Baxter, Rayland - Wide Awake GEFB002331601.1

Baxter, Rayland - Wide Awake GEFB002331601.1Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release. Rayland Baxter's Wide Awake is a dream realized. Since he first started writing music, this roving rock 'n' roll philosopher dreamed of a space where he could devote every waking hour to creating. The hard touring musician finally found it in the form of an abandoned rubber band factory in Franklin, KY, where he covered the windows, threw a mattress on the floor, and with guitar and piano in tow, spent three straight

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taking Jules' embryonic song frameworks and stepping forward as one

thick fog rolling over desolate mountains

Justin Strauss: Summer Rain [Justin Strauss Mix] 8:02

1-1 Empty Hearted Town* 3:04

the organic sound of fingers squeaking on guitar strings in "Angela" ("The strangers in this town/They raise you up just to cut you down") and the Faustian bargain described in "My Eyes" ("Oh

The new collection of songs came quickly and effortlessly as I did my best not to resist or refine the songs

They broke up in 1981 but reunited in 1989 and have been going steady ever since

graced the cover of The Wire

and the second without founding member Blixa Bargeld

Japanese singing bowls and more

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