Dennis Locorriere - The Voice Of Dr Hook - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Mj Lenderman is the project of Asheville native, Jake Lenderman, whose 'Boat Songs' was released to wide acclaim on Dear Life Records in 2022. Now Dear Life is proud to offer a vinyl reissue of MJ's 2021 tag debut, 'Ghost of Your Guitar Solo,' a collection of nine songs recorded and performed entirely by Lenderman, and one live band track. The record was written and recorded quickly, songs often being fully constructed and recorded within frenzied single day sessions. Songs were born out of freewheeling jam sessions with his roommates, with Lenderman often freestyling lyrics that would later become the foundations of the finished songs. Lenderman would write 20 disconnected lines a day, scrapping most of them but preserving a few to be used later. This process aided in what became an extremely prolific writing period for the artist in the spring of 2020. The record sounds like country music being played by a noisy punk band, unkempt and imperfect like the characters in his songs. Here, Lenderman broadened his lyrical scope beyond solemn introspection, adding humor to scenes larger than his own life. He points to authors Harry Crews and Larry Brown as inspirations, both of whom were southern, self-taught writers who balanced empathy, humor, and darkness. This leads to the erosion of the line that separates humor and sadness. The resulting songs are about over-indulgence and drug/alcohol abuse, full of self-loathing and pity while celebrating the absurdity of it all. Album Tracks 1. Ghost of Your Guitar Solo 2. I Ate Too Much at the Fair 3. Someone Get the Grill Out of the Rain 4. Inappropriate 5. Gentleman's Jack 6. Another Place 7. Infinity Pool 8. Catholic Priest 9. Ghost of Your Guitar Solo 2 10. Live Jack

Album Tracks 1. Boom Boom 2. Crawlin' King Snake 3. Shake It Baby 4. I'm in the Mood 5. No Shoes 6. Little Wheel 7. Solid Sender 8. Boogie Chillun 1. Dimples 10. Hobo Blues 3. I Love You Honey 12. I'm So Excited 5. Leave My Wife Alone 14. Every Night 7. I'm Prison Bound 16. Sugar Mama

An intriguing tale of murder and mystery, broken hearts, failed schemes, and twisted memories worthy of a David Lynch film. Album Tracks 1. End of Love 2. Tropics of Love 3. Broken World 4. Why I Stay 5. Invitation 6. Did You Wonder 7. Sign on the Road 8. Sympathy Crime 9. Visitor 10. Waiter 11. Cry for Love 12. Before the People 13. Only One Way 14. Fingerprints 15. One Who Has Disappeared