[Jandek] John Jacob Niles

[Darin Mitchell]

Does anyone know if any Niles albums are still in print? I've looked all 
over (and online), but I've had no luck (here in Toronto).

>From everything that I've heard, Niles is wonderful.

M.


>From: S Smith <uncleborloff at yahoo.com>
>To: jandek at mylist.net
>Subject: Re: [Jandek] John Jacob Niles
>Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 06:30:07 -0800 (PST)
>
>I wonder how Niles got into that style? After seeing him on the Dylan doc. 
>I realize there's a definite lineage to what Jandek's taking on that goes 
>further back than I had thought. No doubt. Here's a quote from Dylan's 
>Chronicles Vol. 1 page 239 about the Niles influence.
>
>         "I listened a lot to John Jacob Niles record, too. Niles was 
>nontraditional, but he sang traditional songs. A Mephistophelean character 
>out of Carolina, he hammered away at some harplike instrument and sang in a 
>bone chilling soprano voice. Niles was eerie and illogical, terrifically 
>intense and gave you goosebumps. Definitely a switched-on character, almost 
>like a sorcerer. Niles was otherworldly and his voice raged with strange 
>incantations. I listened to "Maid Freed from the Gallows" and "Go Away from 
>My Window" plenty of times."
>
>
>Shannon
>
>Mathew Young <youngmb at umich.edu> wrote:
>
>
>After being introduced to his music through discussion of John Jacob Niles 
>on
>this list a few months ago I was surprised to see video footage of him in 
>part
>one of the "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" documentary on PBS last night 
>(part 2
>airs tonight, if you're interested (which you should be)). That guy was
>something else. The looks on the faces of those watching him sing were
>priceless. That voice...
>
>In other news (which I very well might have missed already announced on the
>list) I saw Richard Youngs on the cover of Wire magazine that is on 
>newsstands
>now. Heads up.
>
>
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