So impressed were we by their debut album Sadness Is A Bridge To Love, Wears The Trousers ran a feature on Society Of Imaginary Friends in our 2008 yearbook, which in turn inspired the band to pen a new song based on what we'd written. This new recording of 'Another Man Done Gone' continues our inspirational partnership with this London-based collective, and finds the band utterly transforming Odetta's virtually a cappella recording from her 1956 solo debut Odetta Sings Ballads & Blues. Odetta originally trained as an opera singer and loved the theatre, so we hope she'd approve of Louise Kleboe and co's dramatic, red-blooded performance on this beautifully orchestrated epic.
credits
from Beautiful Star: The Songs Of Odetta,
released November 30, 2009
Louise Kleboe – vocals
Alfie Thomas – melodica, accordion, additional voices
Cara Vella – violins
Nicky Baigent – bass clarinet
Jamie Shorter – saxophone
Arranged and produced by Alfie Thomas. Recorded at Glue Ear Studios, Soho, London.
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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The instrumentation and songwriting in this album is really top-tier. Aofie is one of my favorite folk/alt-country artists and she performs wonderfully, bringing her unique tone of voice to this project. This album was my first step into Aofie's artistry, and is firmly one of my favorite albums. rileyridgway