Name: Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021
Brand: Alan Licht

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FV122cd

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-28

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Supplier US

Secre­tly

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

656605412238

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Alan Licht

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Family Vineyard

Alan Licht is an improv guitarist and a member of avant-garde rock acts such as Run On, Love Child, and Blue Humans. With influential recordings like "The Evan Dando of Noise?" and "A New York Minute," this Jersey-born artist has become a seminal figure in New York's art music scene.
His unique style and collaborations with artists like *The Shadow Ring*, *Bill Orcutt*, *Phill Niblock*, *Chris Corsano*, and many others have garnered him critical acclaim. Known for his experimental approach to guitar playing, Licht's work pushes the boundaries of traditional music genres.
If you enjoy the sounds of artists such as *David Grubbs*, *The Dead C*, *Steve Roden*, or *Philip Jeck,* then Alan Licht's innovative compositions will surely captivate your musical sensibilities. His contributions to the field have influenced notable musicians including members of the bands *No-Neck Blues Band* and *Wolf Eyes*.

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 “Jump” and Sonic Youth’s “Tom Violence” from the perspective of American Primitive guitar soli, employing a chord organ to twist Pere Ubu’s “Heart of Darkness” and Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” 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 “Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie” 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

Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021

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