Alan Licht - Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Three Chords and a Sword is a collection of eight cover songs recorded by rock/experimental musician Alan Licht over a span of three decades. Re-imagining both Van Halen's InchJumpInch and Sonic Youth's InchTom ViolenceInch from the perspective of American Primitive guitar soli, employing a chord organ to twist Pere Ubu's InchHeart of DarknessInch and Fred Neil's InchEverybody's Talkin'Inch into eerie, doom-laden ballads, conjuring the sound of New York's Suicide with little more than a microphone and patch cord, each song emerges transformed. Even the rarely-heard Bob Dylan spoken word piece InchLast Thoughts on Woody GuthrieInch is markedly different from the original as heard in Licht's voice. Licht's interpretations echo from a childhood encounter with a Larry Rivers pop art painting drawn from a coloring book of Japanese art, which inspired the album cover created by acclaimed illustrator Robert Beatty. Gatefold, limited CD features songs by the above-mentioned artists plus the Stooges and Will Oldham, plus an insert with a text-based version of Alvin Lucier's InchI Am Sitting In A RoomInch generated by artificial intelligence. Album Tracks 1. Heart of Darkness 2. Jump 3. Stable Will 4. Rocket USA 5. Tom Violence 6. Everybody's Talkin' 7. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie 8. 1970