Willy Vlautin - A Motorcycle For A Horse - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A Jockey's Christmas | Willy Vlautin Willy Vlautin, novelist and singer/songwriter for the Americana band Richmond Fontaine, has produced his first spoken word CD. A Jockey's Christmas is a dark comedy about JD, a misfit, overweight, alcoholic jockey whose career has dried up. The story chronicles his adventures on a journey home to Reno to spend the Christmas holiday with his family. A Jockey's Christmas is told in Vlautin's signature style-compassionate, spare, bleak, hilarious-and melds his two loves, music and letters. Running 33 minutes, Vlautin's narrative is accompanied by Paul Brainard's (Richmond Fontaine) pedal steel and Vlautin's acoustic guitar, as well as noted Portland musician Ralph Huntley on accordion. It plays like an old-time radio show, with music woven into the story. A Jockey's Christmas is divided up into seven chapters and is followed by two race-themed bonus songs, each telling the story of the same race from two dramatically different perspectives. Chapters 1. Trying to Get Back Home 2. Dinner With Mom 3. The Brother-in-Law 4. The Drunk Uncle 5. The Crying Sisters 6. The Roofers & The Casinos 7. Christmas Dinner With a Broken Nose Bonus Songs 8. The Track 9. The 5th Race Players Willy Vlautin | vocals, guitar Ralph Huntley | accordion, keyboards Paul Brainard | pedal steel Farnell Newton | trumpet Vlautin's critically acclaimed debut novel, The Motel Life (2007), won the Nevada Silver Pen Award and also has been shortlisted for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. His second novel, Northline (2008), is set to be adapted for the screen and directed by Courtney Hunt, whose film Frozen River won top honors at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Vlautin's band, Richmond Fontaine, has been praised internationally for their releases Winnemucca, Post to Wire, The Fitzgerald, and Thirteen Cities. For additional information please contact El Cortez Recor

Previously only available as a CD sold with the book, this is the soundtrack to accompany Willy Vlautin's second novel, Northline. Now available as a limited-edition stand-alone CD , this instrumental album with music by Richmond Fontaine was intended to connote the feel of Vlautin's novel. Album Tracks 1. Northline Main Theme 2. The Busboys from the Horseshoe 3. Jimmy Bodie 4. A Confession to T.J. Watson 5. The Bus Ride to Reno 6. Her Sister Calls from Mexico 7. Doc Holidays 8. Paul Newman Saves the Night 9. The Walk to Vern's Tattoo Parlor 10. Dan Mahony Walks Allison Johnson to Work 11. The Night That Never Goes Away 12. Waiting on the Bench 13. A New Life 14. Northline Reprise

A tuneful contemporary Christian artist who merges polished pop/rock sounds with sincere messages of faith, Jamie Slocum was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. This garnered several contemporary hits like the title cut including the title cut. TRACKLISTING 1. Dependence 2. By Your Side 3. I Cannot Turn Away 4. Say Hello To Heaven 5. I Picture God That Way 6. Fragile 7. Once Again 8. Different 9. Just Another Mountain 10. Son Of My Own 11. Fight For Us 12. Jesus Take My Hand. Album Tracks 1. Dependence 2. By Your Side 3. I Cannot Turn Away 4. Say Hello to Heaven 5. I Picture God That Way 6. Fragile 7. Once Again 8. Different 9. Just Another Mountain 10. Son of My Own 11. Fight for Us 12. Jesus Take My Hand