MICHAEL HURLEY - Long Journey LP Orig 1976 Rounder Radio Station Promo VG/NM-
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Radio Station Promo writing on cover / Vinyl is super nice.
Yet another overlooked brilliant singer-songwriter, Hurley mined the roots of American music, delivering warm and heartfelt original songs with an earthy twang. This disc is one of his finest, here reissued with "Watchin' the Show," a previously unreleased track. This is music will delight folk lovers, but more surprisingly should please Eagles fans as well.
Singer and songwriter Michael Hurley became a cult hero for his playfully surreal brand of folk music that's witty, thoughtful, and filled with both joy and consternation. Married to simple and engaging melodies steeped in traditional folk styles, Hurley often prefers recording at home to going into a studio. Much of his work has a charmingly lo-fi feel, one of the qualities that made him an influential hero and kindred spirit to the later freak folk scene. 1972's Hi-Fi Snock Uptown was a superior early effort; 1976's Have Moicy! (a collaboration with the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Frederick & the Clamtones) was a minor masterpiece of loose-limbed urban folk; 1980's Snockgrass was steeped in blues, folk, and jug band influences; 1995's Wolf Ways saw him back in action after a layoff from recording; 2009's Ida Con Snock was a collaboration with the indie rock group Ida; and 2021's The Time of the Foxgloves was a spare and soulful effort that captured him in classic form.
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