Stripping Cane

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Stripping Cane
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Studio album by Jeffrey Foucault
Released August 10, 2004
Recorded Jul 20, 2003-Jul 27, 2003
Genre Americana, Folk music
Label Signature Sounds
Producer David Goodrich
Jeffrey Foucault chronology
Redbird
(2003) Redbird2003		Stripping Cane
(2004)		 Ghost Repeater
(2006) Ghost Repeater2006

Stripping Cane is the second solo album from American singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, released in 2004.

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Jeffrey Foucault American musician

Jeffrey Foucault is an American songwriter and record producer from Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States, whose work marries the influence of American country, blues, rock 'n' roll, and folk music. He has released six full-length solo albums under his own name and two full-band lyrical collaborations with poet Lisa Olstein, under the moniker Cold Satellite. Foucault has toured extensively in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe since 2001, in both full-band and solo appearances. Since 2013 he has performed as a duo with drummer Billy Conway.

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Minor 7th (not rated) [2]
No Depression (no rating) [3]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Jason McNeil wrote that "The thread that seems to hold this album so tightly is how Foucault paints a vivid vignette with simple turns of phrases, especially on the lovely toe-tapping "The Bluest Blade," a song that can't truly be appreciated after just one listen." [1] David Kleiner of Minor 7th wrote Foucault's "sharply realized stories rise out of the darker side of the Appalachian tradition, murder ballads and lonesome love... the tunes are deep set in the sound of the mountains, stripped down front porch music just a mite rough: little flash, all atmosphere, finger picking six string, banjo, slide guitar, and mandolin fills... Because Foucault believes "what's beautiful is broken," "Stripping Cane" is relentlessly downbeat and almost relentlessly down tempo." [2] Writing for No Depression , music critic Scott Brodeur wrote of the album "Musically, Foucault’s tunes bounce between the percussive guitar-picking blues of Chris Smither, the sparse songs of Greg Brown, and the acoustic playfulness of Leo Kottke... Lyrically, the songwriter’s plains poetry — he’s originally from southeastern Wisconsin — is filled with landscape similes and captivating tales of wanderlust and loss... Foucault is a bright young star on the Americana scene." [3]

<i>No Depression</i> (magazine)

No Depression is a quarterly roots music journal with a concurrent online publication at nodepression.com.

Track listing

All songs by Jeffrey Foucault unless noted.

  1. "Cross of Flowers" - 4:21
  2. "Mayfly" - 3:34
  3. "Doubletree" - 3:15
  4. "Stripping Cane" - 4:25
  5. "The Bluest Blade" - 3:24
  6. "Pearl Handled Pistol" - 4:35
  7. "Northbound 35" - 5:08
  8. "4&20 Blues" - 2:58
  9. "Don't Look for Me" - 3:05
  10. "Tropic of Cancer" - 3:55
  11. "Lodi" (John Fogerty) - 2:53
  12. "Every New Leaf Over" - 3:57

Personnel

Peter Mulvey American musician

Peter Mulvey is an American folk singer-songwriter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since the early 1990s, he has developed a strong national following in the indie folk/rock scene through his relentless touring and critically acclaimed albums. Starting his musical career in Milwaukee while at Marquette University, he honed his performing skills while traveling in Dublin, Ireland. He later spent several years in Boston, where he frequently performed in the city's subway system. He is best known for his warmly wry songwriting and his intense percussive guitar style.

Kris Delmhorst American musician

Kris Delmhorst is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, United States, she now lives in Western Massachusetts, is an active member of the Boston folk scene, and tours internationally. She has released six full-length solo albums and two EPs on Signature Sounds Recordings.

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References

  1. 1 2 MacNeil, Jason. "Stripping Cane > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Kleiner, David. "Stripping Cane > Review". Minor 7th . Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Brodeur, Scott (Nov–Dec 2004). "Review: Stripping Cane". No Depression .
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