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Up (2010)the lost way (1-26-10) A really nice germ of a song. the winter sun (1-17-10). A coupla wah'd Strats. vestapol workout (1-17-10) Solo acoustic jam in open D tuning. 2nd mix, simpler, mic'd only, no DI. been there before (1-10-10) Another real groovy thing from the new gear. new glass (1-1-10) Wicked head cold for a week, but managed to lay this down last night with the new guitar and amp.
sir sarcastic (10-24-09, 2nd mix) Second version, faster tempo, cleaner mix, with lead vocals. up (10-23-09) Second version, faster & tighter, still working on the falsetto verses, but here's a good taste in the meantime Troubled Times (Fountains of Wayne cover v4 11-26-09) God how I love this song. Version 4: Resang all the verses to come closer to the original, did some doubletracked guitars to thicken, and added the chorus wailing guitar...and some mix touches... start of a new ballad (v2 11-29-09) V2: A further sketch with some stubbed in vocals (Hey Now!) and a 3rd guitar... |
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She's Got Everything (2009)someday the rain will come again my best friend (Bonnie's theme)
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blackwhiteman (2008)
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Stars in the Ocean (2007)variation on "Late Summer Sun" The 15th (pop mix), The 15th (rock mix) (Wire covers.)
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Blossom (2006)liquid sweet waterfall
©2006 Words and Music, Jack Knetzger
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Etwas Limpy (2005)She's Got a Problem (Fountains of Wayne) (electric) She's Got a Problem (Fountains of Wayne) (acoustic) Kid Gloves -mix 2 (Fontains of Wayne) Kid Gloves - mix1 (Fountains of Wayne) Fly Away to Buffalo (instrumental)
©2005 Words and Music, Jack Knetzger
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Summertime (2004)Alot of 12-string acoustic instrumentals, yet ending in a hellacious Les Paul/Marshall open-D dirge.
in the shade
©2004 Words and Music, Jack Knetzger
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3/4-Baked July (2002)Ostensibly the follow-up to 1994's "Half-Baked July," if there is a pale homage to Harvest in the Knetzger ouevre, this be it, mostly by virtue of four Youngish tracks featuring the only recorded appearance of Jack on harmonica (for good reason). "Bugs" is the standout, Belewish single. Ish a good album.
bugs
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Pop Summit (2002)A mish-mash, opening with a lame Python-esque parody of the BBC version of Trading Spaces. There follows a set of mostly instrumental tracks, spiced up by MIDI drum beds on tracks 3-9, courtesy of special guest artist Derrick Bostrom, of the original Meat Puppets and creator of Today's Sounds .
changing internal organs
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magic sugar eye (2000-2001)From the huge opening overture of guitars to the melotronic dreamscape of the final track, the double album "sugar eye" is a pop Gigantess in search of a place to sit down. These tracks from disc 1 alone range from rotgut rock to ooh-lah-lah pop to space jazz, and that's just in the track "medley." The furthest point comes halfway in on "john mccain for president," a 9-minute Cocoa Puff-fueled rant over a slanky Velvety guitar, dubbed at 3 am while the house slept.
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Vault Vol 2. - Misc Tracks (1998-2001)3rd stone from the sun, you got me floatin', ain't no telling, if 6 was 9 (Hendrix covers) |
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Vault Vol 1. - the '70s Classic Tracks (1975-1981)Jack Knetzger (git,v) & Derrick Bostrom (drums) (tracks provided by Derrick Bostrom) Ringo's Theme (Beatles) - Jack channels Art Fern and John Lennon on the vocal. Perfect Bostrom Starr take as usual. A duo, no bass, like most ABC. Fire (Hendrix) - there were two eras in ABC - before and after the Fender Reverb unit, a tube-driven reverb head that got plugged into Jack's Marshall combo for swampy results. Rare jam features Cris Kirkwood on bass, and Kevin Craig on vocals. Night of the Living Dead (Misfits) - heroic punk vocal cover from Jack. Amazing tempi, listen to the tight tom patterns on the bridges from Bostrom. Cris Kirkwood-bass. I Wanna Be Your Man (Beatles) - Sometimes the Strat-Marshall combo was too much even for Jack to control, as evidenced by the out of control noise rave up at the onset. Turns into a fine chugger, Jack vocal. Fantastic fandango treble pickup lead spot from which Jack could not return. Curt Kirkwood on bass. I Call Your Name (Beatles) - Another super drum performance from Bostrom, Jack attempting more Lennon scream builds on the choruses. Again, the lead spotlet denoues into a song fragment ending, a classic ABC device. Curt Kirkwood-bass. Highway Chile (Hendrix) - If he got decent fakes for a couple chords and a riff or two, Jack did Hendrix. This HC features an extended improv rythym/feedback lead for 3/4 of the track before the Jack vocal appears. Curt Kirkwood-bass.
"The Terminals" Jonestown (Jack) (aka "Guayana Massacre") -- Jack on vocals & lead David Was a Man (Jack) -- Jack on vocals Alone with You (Nicholls?) -- A John song, Emmett dubbed the lead Jack-style after Jack split the band Creeps Repeat (Jack) -- Jack singing original with classic wall-of-shmear chord progression Elevator Song (Jack) -- Jack on vocals (thanks to Emmett Kilgariff, for the tracks |
