Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bootblogging #10: More Michael Shannon Friedman


I'm excited that my old buddy Michael Shannon Friedman is coming back to St. Louis on Monday for a guitar circle that night at John Eiler's house and a gig Wednesday (8 p.m. to midnight) at The Tap Room, 21oo Locust St.

Also on the bill for the Tap Room gig: the inimitable Fred Friction and Rough Shop, who (last I heard) plans to back up both Michael and Fred - an admirable pledge to herd two very idiosyncratic musical cats.

I am not sure where in the performance mix, if anywhere, we will find Roy Francis Kasten, Michael's producer, cowriter, and longtime buddy. We have Roy to thank for Michael's two wonderful, warm, folksy records, Stories I have Stolen and Cool of the Coming Dark, which feature many of St. Louis' best musicians, including Rough Shop, then working under a different name.

Unfortunately, Roy partakes of the St. Louis music scene malaise of not knowing how or lacking the stomach to self-promote properly. So these two wonderful records have gone mostly unheard. Roy plans to bring stacks of both to the Tap Room gig (maybe to the guitar circle, too?). I hope folks pick them up. If you like roots music with literate lyrics and tasteful musicianship, this is it.

Previously, I posted up some favorites from Stories I have Stolen. Here are a few from Cool of the Coming Dark, a record with no stinkers.

Free mp3s

"Cool of the Coming Dark"
(Michael Friedman, Roy Kasten)
Michael Friedman

"When God Left Baton Rouge"
(Michael Friedman, Roy Kasten)
Michael Friedman

"Everything You Love Will Be Carried Away"
(Michael Friedman, Roy Kasten)
Michael Friedman



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