tommy jay
"tommy jay's tall tales of trauma"(OE068)
(click on song titles to hear MP3's!)
1. Last Hurrah(Jay/The General)
2. Tough Luck Roy(Jay/The General)
3. I Was There(Jay/McKee)
4. Memories(Jay/Squidfish)
5. Gotta Get Up And Go(Jay/The General)
6. Dreamland(J. Mitchell)
7. Fear of Shadows(Jay)
8. Ocean(L. Reed)
9. Moving to Harrisburg(Jay/Squidfish)
10. Old Hemingway (Hem)(Jay/Rep/Eling)
11. Village Idiot(Jay/The General)
12. Lust, Honor and Love(Jay/Squidfish)
13. Winter Nomad(Jay)
an Old Age/No Age Production
the players:
tommy jay
the general
nudge squidfish
greg mckee
mike rep
kris brown
jennifer eling
t.a. lafferty
laura west
now how about some reviews!
Tommy Jay's Tall Tales of Trauma
(Orange Entropy)
This would be Tommy Jay and a whole host of friends. Generally minimalist rock, often just a guitar and voice. And even when a semblance of a band backs him up, the sound is very thin.
Reminds me of a more coherent and much less mystical Roky Erickson. Everything is much more conventional. Somewhere along those 70s byways between BOC and America (I'm not joking about that, either).
But even so, I think the Erickson reference fits best. The songs all follow a similar style, though with the revolving cast of mates the sound changes almost constantly.
And that works just fine, as Jay's consistent songwriting (even though he teams up with many of his musical collaborators) keeps him on familiar ground. The big trick is to try new things without falling off the face of the earth. Jay accomplishes this tough task with seeming ease.
--Jon Worley(Aiding & Abetting)
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