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Michael Hurley – Weatherhole (1999)

Posted By: boogie-de

Date: 14 Feb 2014 08:05:52

Review by Steve Cooper from Allmusic:
Not as potent as Long Journey, Blue Navigator, or Snockgrass, Weatherhole is more on a par with Watertower, and the two Racoon Records albums, Armchair Boogie and Hi Fi Snock Uptown. In other words, Michael Hurley is even more laid-back than usual; though, with Hurley, "laid-back" can be an asset. The main culprit here is mixing Hurley's vocals a layer or two back in the mix. In fact, the dobro, alternately provided by either Kevin Maul or David Mansfield, seems to be hogging the lead vocal mic. The Hurley dynamic requires his lazy, loopy-yet-effective vocals to be squarely up front. It is no accident that the most successful songs on Weatherhole – "The Beggars Terms," "Vanessa," "Mr. Man in the Moon," and "Don't Call Me Sam" – feature Hurley's vocals clearly atop the instrumental mix. These four tunes, along with "The Rue of Ruby Whores," "Extra Love," "Wildegeeses," and "Your Old Gearbox," comprise eight worthy additions to the Hurley canon. "Vanessa," to single out one, with its "holy modal," fiddle-and-banjo backing, is essential. The other four originals on Weatherhole are so-so Doc Snock fare, as is the take of the traditional "Rider's Lament." Particularly so-so is the overly cute toker anthem, "Nat'l Weed Growers Association." Still, eight out of 13 is not a bad ratio. What's that, math fans? Sixty percent? One is inclined to accept the percentage because no one else is even remotely capable of providing a Hurley fix other than Hurley himself. Hurley's vivid, primitive artwork for the cover and insert booklet of Weatherhole, featuring usual suspects Wood Bill, Kornbred, Jocko, and Boone, is among his best.

Biography by John Bush from Allmusic:
A singer/songwriter in the subversive Greenwich Village folk scene of the late '60s and '70s, with several songs lent to the Holy Modal Rounders, Michael Hurley maintained an infrequent solo career into the '90s but was more famed for his writing credits. Born on December 20, 1941 in Pennsylvania, he migrated to Greenwich Village by the early '60s and was ready to sign a major record deal when he contracted mononucleosis; after spending several years in the hospital, Hurley returned to music and released a Folkways album in 1964 titled First Songs. Though he was inactive through the rest of the '60s, several songs from his first LP were borrowed by both the Holy Modal Rounders and the Youngbloods, who signed Hurley to their Raccoon label in 1970. He delivered two albums for Raccoon, Armchair Boogie and Hi-Fi Snock Uptown, but was inactive again by 1972.
Four years later, Holy Modal Rounders leader Peter Stampfel recruited Hurley for a 1976 project, Have Moicy. The group's self-titled album was critically praised, landing recommendations for Album of the Year by The Village Voice and Top 20 LPs of the '70s by Rolling Stone. Hurley's prominent place on the album – guitar, fiddle, several lead vocals – gave notice that he was ready to resume his solo career, and he signed to the folk label Rounder in 1977. Hurley released only two LPs for the label (Long Journey and Snockgrass), spending most of his time on his farm in Vermont or playing sideman on several albums. He resurfaced occasionally, recording LPs in 1984, 1988, 1995, and 1999.
Hurley continued to record in the 21st century. In fact, from the late '90s he was embraced by hip indie singer/songwriters such as Devendra Banhart and Chan Marshall, who were attracted to the singer's unconventional vocals and esoteric sensibility. He issued records in the 21st century beginning with reissues of The Bellemeade Sessions and Weatherhole, followed by a new recording, Sweetkorn, in 2002 on Germany's Trikont imprint. It was followed by Down in Dublin in 2004. Hurley released two albums for Banhart's Gnomonsong label as well: Ancestral Swamp in 2007 and Ida Con Snock in 2009; the prestigious vinyl-only collectors imprint Mississippi reissued his 1995 album Parsnip Snips that same year, and his 1972 album Hi-Fi Snock Uptown in 2010.

Tracks
01. Your Old Gearbox 3:42
02. Extra Love 3:13
03. The Beggar's Terms 3:32
04. Nat'l Weed Grower's Assoc. 3:08
05. Me and Red 4:24
06. The Rue of Ruby Whores 4:21
07. Vanessa 2:25
08. Mr. Man in the Moon 3:31
09. Lean on Me 3:59
10. Dust Off This Old Guitar 5:20
11. Rider's Lament 3:45
12. Don't Call Me Sam 3:43
13. Wildegeeses 3:59
Total time: 48:53

Musicians
Michael Hurley: Guitar, Vocals
Jeff Valentine: Backing Vocals (6, 9)
Kevin Maul: Dobro Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar (4–6, 11–13)
David Mansfield: Violin, Guitar (1–3, 7, 9)
LouAnn Timberlake: Mandolin (3, 6, 9)
Jeff Valentine, Pinewood Woodbill: Trumpet (6)
Paul Watson: Bass (4–6, 11–13)
Dave Reisch: Bass (1–3, 7, 9)
Johnny Hott: Drums, Jaw Harp (4–6, 11–13)

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