Skeleton at the Feast

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Skeleton at the Feast
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Live album by
Released1991
Recorded1989 (1989)–1990 (1990) at the Netherlands and New York
Genre Psychedelic rock, blues rock
Length45:43
Label Enemy
Producer Gary Lucas
Gary Lucas chronology
Skeleton at the Feast
(1991)
Gods and Monsters
(1992)
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Skeleton at the Feast is the debut live album by American musician Gary Lucas, released in 1991 through Enemy Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strong Seed" Gary Lucas 6:14
2."Guerillas in the Midst" Frank Zappa, Gary Lucas5:42
3."Robert's Johnson"Gary Lucas2:14
4."Hard Werken Fucked over a Man/The Reckoning"Gary Lucas4:25
5."Hugh's Graveyard Stomp"Gary Lucas2:10
6."Hitchcocked including Vertigo and Psycho " Bernard Herrmann 4:10
7."Tompkins Square Dance"Gary Lucas2:22
8."Christmas in Space Medley: Bells/Little Drummer Boyee/Are You Experienced?" Jimi Hendrix, Gary Lucas7:30
9."Aguirre/The Sheep Look Up" Florian Fricke, Gary Lucas5:34
10."Scud Patrol/Flux et Veritas"Gary Lucas4:03
11."Syd's Dream"Gary Lucas1:19
12."Music for the Golem: Rabbi Loew Consults the Stars/The Decree"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas6:10
13."Music for the Golem: The Junker and the Jewess"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas5:03
14."Music for the Golem: Creation of the Clay Man/Astaroth"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas5:17
15."Music for the Golem: The Golem Walks with Famulus, Der Böse Juden-Jüngling"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas1:41
16."Music for the Golem: The Festival of the Roses"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas5:03
17."Music for the Golem: In the Synagogue/The Vision of the Patriarchs"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas2:55
18."Music for the Golem: Go Go Golem"Walter Horn, Gary Lucas2:55

Personnel

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References

  1. Westergaard, Sean. "Skeleton at the Feast". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. Stubbs, David (Dec 7, 1991). "Skeleton at the Feast by Gary Lucas". Melody Maker. Vol. 67, no. 49. p. 29.
  3. Fricke, David (Jan 12, 1992). "Rock Guitarists: The Bold, the Hopeful, the Loud". The New York Times. p. H26.