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Night
Tom Jessen
(2002)
Night brings an eclectic mix of indie-soul and roots-pop from this Iowa
City veteran who once fronted the terrific Dimestore
Outfit. At times sounding like a more nasally Mark Eitzel, others
finding him with a deep twangy drawl, Jessen combines many different blends
of Americana, mostly on the folk-rock and soul end, to fashion 11 distinct,
minimally produced but well arranged songs. Sometimes moody with strings
like the lush "Let The Night Be Long", or flavored with Cajun
accordion "River" or Memphis horns and Hammond organ "Let
It Go", Night falls smoothly over the land and Tom Jessen finds his
strength in it. -Miles of Music |
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1. Eulogy [windows media]
[QuickTime]
2. River [windows media]
[QuickTime]
3. Exile [windows
media] [QuickTime]
4. Go Easy On My Eyes [windows
media] [QuickTime]
5. Sunday Night Black [windows
media] [QuickTime]
6. All Those Treasure Daggers [windows
media] [QuickTime]
7. Let Me Let [windows
media] [QuickTime]
8. Something as Subtle as Time [windows
media] [QuickTime]
9. Black Sheep [windows
media] [QuickTime]
10. Let The Night Be Long [windows
media] [QuickTime]
11. Let It Go [windows
media] [QuickTime]
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Tom Jessen - Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Percussion
Nate Basinger - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Patrick Brickel - Percussion
Marty Christensen - Bass (3, 5, 9, 10)
John Cord - Trumpet
Paul Cunliffe - Drums, Percussion (3, 5, 9, 10)
James Ellis - Cello
Amy Finders - Backing Vocals (11)
Eric Griffin - Drums, Percussion (2, 6, 8, 11)
Marit Hervig - Viola
Wes Philips - Bass
Andy Parrott - Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals
John Svec - Backing Vocals (4)
Bob Thompson - Flute
Jim Viner - Drums (1, 4, 7)
Margaret Vrana - Bassoon
Luke Ziegenhorn - Tenor Sax
Liner Notes
All songs © Copyright 2002 by Tom Jessen.
All songs by Tom Jessen.
Design by Tod Foley
Photos by Sandy Dyas (Except thistle photos by Tod Foley)
Engineered by Patrick Brickel
Mastered by John Svec
Produced by Tom Jessen
Special Thanks to Kelly Pardekooper for the Roland, Andy and Nate for
Being there from the beginning, Johnny and Luke, Patrick for his patience
and professionalism.
Thanks: Karl Coook, Marty Letz, Jim Viner, Helen and Mary Neumann, Nell
Dunlap, Craig Albright, First Presbyterian Church, John and Nick, My sincerest
gratitude to all the musicians who believed in and spent a lot of time
on this.
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