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01. John Townley - Skin Game Blues
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02. John Townley - The Lowdon Run
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03. John Townley - Cold Day
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04. John Townley - Drunken Hearted Man
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05. John Townley - The Old Sailor
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06. John Townley - Alligator Man
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07. John Townley - Another Lifetime
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08. John Townley - Flisackowa Zona
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09. John Townley - This Life Belongs To Me
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10. John Townley - Della's Gone
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11. John Townley - If You Haven't Any Hay
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12. John Townley - Stealin'
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13. John Townley - The Faithful Soldier
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ARTIST
TOWNLEY, JOHN
TITLE
The Old Sailor
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
THE LOLLIPOPPE SHOPPE
CATALOG #
LSCD 022CD
LSCD 022CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
12/11/2020
John Townley
is associated with various musical projects by different groups of people. For some, he's the driving force behind the double-album by
The Family of Apostolic
(1968), for others the guitarist of folk-rock garage-heroes
The Magicians
(1965-66). Yet other folks think of him as the musician/producer behind maritime albums like his own
Sailor!
(1991) and
A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion
(2000) or the two albums by
The Starboard List
(1976-77). But in the end it's always the one and only John Townley -- a man of many talents with an incredible scope of musical abilities and sensibilities. Having studied guitar with
Rev. Gary Davis
in the early 1960s, John played the blues and folk circuit of coffee houses in New York City, meeting almost everyone you could imagine in that scene. He played in a duo with
David Blue
, formed an all-electric folk-band in 1965,
The Psychedelic Rangers
, before joining The Magicians. His next venture was to found the Apostolic Studios, the first 12-track-facility in New York. There he recorded
The Family of Apostolic
-album and the follow-up with
Ocean
(1969) as well as various projects for Vanguard Records and other labels. From the 1970's onward John's been researching, playing and producing mainly maritime folk music, making the aforementioned albums and sailing (often literally) around the USA and Europe. Now he's back with this new solo album -- and being the multi-instrumentalist that he is, he played every instrument you can hear on it by himself. The project started in 2014-15 with recordings at
Marc Greene
's studio in Brookville, NY and it was finished when Grammy-winning engineer
John Kilgore
did the final mixes in New York City in 2019-20. As John always has been fond of eclectic album concepts (just listen to the albums by the Family of Apostolic and Ocean) this new album also covers a lot of ground. His folk and blues roots are represented by new interpretations and re-inventions of some real classics, on top there are also some wonderful new original songs. Everything is tied together by John's incredible guitar playing -- acoustic and electric -- and his great voice (plus harmony vocals and around ten other instruments). John Townley returns with a folk n' blues-pickin' smasher of an album. Deluxe fold open cover. Includes insert with liner and song notes by John Townley.
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