Name: Red Horse, White Mule
Brand: Jack Rose

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VHF 002

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2016-09-23

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Supplier US

Revol­ver

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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783881014112

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

Artist

Jack Rose

Genre US

Folk

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Jack Rose (February 16, 1971 - December 5, 2009) was an American guitarist originally from Virginia and later based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a founding member of the drone/noise band Pelt, but is best known for his *solo acoustic guitar work*. With a distinctive style that blended elements of folk, blues, and world music, Rose captivated audiences with his virtuosic fingerpicking and emotive compositions.

Inspired by artists such as *Robbie Basho*, *John Fahey*, and *Sandy Bull*, Rose's music explored the depths of the acoustic guitar. His intricate melodies and hypnotic rhythms created a mesmerizing experience for listeners. Through his albums like "Red Horse, White Mule" and "Kensington Blues," Rose showcased his mastery of the instrument and cemented his place as one of the most influential figures in contemporary acoustic guitar music.

While he tragically passed away at a young age, Jack Rose's legacy lives on through his timeless recordings. His influence can be heard in the works of artists like *James Blackshaw*, *Glenn Jones*, and *Steve Gunn*. Whether you are a fan of folk or experimental music, exploring Jack Rose's discography is sure to be a captivating journey into the world of solo acoustic guitar.

Part of a collaboration with Jack Rose's estate and Three Lobed Records to restore all of his LPs to print, VHF presents new vinyl editions of the celebrated guitarist's first three solo albums, newly cut by John Golden Mastering from the original source material. Originally issued on LP by Eclipse Records between 2002-04, these releases chart an eclectic, more experimental approach left behind as his technique and compositions became more refined and deliberate on later works like Kensington Blues. Rose's 2002 solo debut Red Horse, White Mule was a bit of an outlier in the underground gestalt at the time, coming just before the wave of releases from the new generation of Takoma- / Fahey-inspired players. Strictly a solo affair, Red Horse balances the epic, side-long raga of "Red Horse" against a second side of shorter pieces, including the ragged slide style of "The Colonel's Blues." The compositions and performances incorporate the new and the classic with a rough-hewn charm. "Rose's personalized and disparate criteria awaken feelings of both rapture and tragedy on the scale of that which must have been felt by the newly-wed anthropologist who drove Kiowa Indian guests out of his Oklahoma residence with Victrola discs of Amelita Galli-Curci in order to go to bed with his bride or the child who, on hearing Bugs Bunny sing Queen Liluokalani's dirge "Aloha Oe," quarantined himself in the clothes hamper until such time that the United States withdraws from Hawai'i." —Kisan Nagai, blues scholar, on Red Horse, White Mule

Red Horse, White Mule

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