Copper Kettle by Jake Xerxes Fussell
We're pleased to share some new music—about bootleg whiskey—from the great Jake Xerxes Fussell, his first since the critically acclaimed 2019 album Out of Sight.
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“Copper Kettle” sounds like a song that came out of the whiskey rebellion of the 1790s but it was composed in the 1940s by a person named Albert Frank Beddoe for inclusion in a stage production titled “Go Lightly, Stranger.” The popular Chicago folksinger Bob Gibson recorded a version of it in the 50s, and not long after that Joan Baez added it to her repertoire. After that it became something of a standard among the urban folkies. I guess it should be noted that the berries of the juniper tree have often been used to flavor spirits, especially gin.
Thanks to Kevin McNamee-Tweed for the artwork: Gloaming (detail), 2016, Pigment on raw canvas, 18"
x 24".
https://kevinmcnameetweed.com
— Jake Xerxes Fussell
Tracklist
| 1. | Copper Kettle | 5:18 |
Credits
Jake Xerxes Fussell: vocals & guitar
Casey Toll: bass
Nathan Bowles: drums
Libby Rodenbough: vocals
Nathan Golub: steel guitar
Recorded by Nick Petersen, Track & Field Recording, Durham, NC.
Mixed by Jeff Zeigler, Uniform Recording, Philadelphia, PA.
Mastered by Patrick Klem, Klemflastic Sound, Durham, NC.
License
All rights reserved.
"Fussell is creating his own legacy within the long lineage of traditional folk musicians and storytellers that have come before him."
– NY Times
"So elegant … relaxing in the way that pondering a Zen koan is relaxing, and sweet in the way that the wounded, honey-voiced blues of Miss. John Hurt are sweet."
– Pitchfork
"Music that resides at the seams of Appalachia and the cosmos."
– NPR