Using electronic sound shaping tools, I am producing audio collages that are comprised exclusively of sampled material from dead musicians. Any appearance from a living musician is purely incidental. These mash-ups are like a visit to rock and roll heaven. I will continue to post new tracks with sample credits here.
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Grateful for the Dead is a tribute to the departed heroes of Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, Hip Hop, etc., and is also my opportunity to boss around the greatest artists the world has ever known. And there's nothing they can do to stop me because they are all dead.
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Recently, the “Some Assembly Required” show on Radio K had a Call For Artists at the mnartists.org site (and the SAR site). Jon contacted me (and many others) looking for fifty-second tracks, composed of at least 50% recycled audio (sounds found in the broadcast media) for a “50/50 Compilation”. The album is 50 tracks, each 50 seconds long, 50%(+) recycled.
The GFTD track "3-Way Dueling Mow Mows" was selected to appear on this compilation. It is sort of like “Dueling Banjos” only with Steve Wahrer (Trashmen), Lux Interior (Cramps) and Joey Ramone dueling it out via sound samples taken from each respective version of "Surfin' Bird". It’s a bit obnoxious but hey, it’s only fifty seconds long. It consits of 100% recycled material and 100% of the source samples are performed by dead musicians (who, in a sense, are also being recycled!)
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TRACKS:
3-Way Dueling Mow Mows
Sample Credits:
Steve Wahrer (The Trashmen): Vocals, Drums
Lux Interior: Vocals
Joey Ramone: Vocals
Charles Mingus: Bass
Michael Karoli (Can): Guitar
Your Flesh
Sample Credits:
Intro:
William S. Burroughs
Dee Dee Ramone
John Bonham: Drums
Jeff Buckley: Guitar, Vocals
Janis Joplin: Vocals
Paul Chambers: Bass
Buddy Rich: Drums
Snakefinger: Guitar, Vocals
Just Believe
Sample Credits:
Kurt Cobain: Guitar
Billy Higgins: Drums
John Entwistle: Bass
Keith Moon: Drums
Jimi Hendrix: Guitar
John Lennon: Guitar, Vocals
Freddie Mercury: Vocals
Chet Baker: Trumpet
So Perverted
Sample Credits:
Frank Zappa: Vocals, Guitar
Spike Jones: Bicycle Horns
Mick Ronson: Piano
Mark Sandman (Morphine): Two String Slide Bass
George Suranovich (Love): Drums
Bargaining
Sample Credits:
Karen Carpenter: Drums, Vocals
James Brown: Vocals
Randy Rhodes: Guitar
Jaco Pastorius: Bass
Max Roach: Drums
Charlie Parker: Sax
Acceptance
Sample Credits:
Jim Morrison: Vocals
Johnny Thunders: Guitar, Vocals
Henri Paul: Guitar
Joseph Spence: Guitar, Vocals
Cliff Burton: Bass
Mel Taylor: Drums
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