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defrogI meant to post something about Dave Cloud, the underground Nashville legend known either for his karaoke performances at the Springwater Lounge or his garage-rock project with the Gospel Of Power, who passed away in February at the age of 58 from melanoma.
I didn’t actually find out about his death until four months after the fact, since Cloud’s stature as a music artist wasn’t exactly up there with, say, Lynn Anderson. The Nashville Scene covered it extensively, and he actually got mentioned in the obit sections of two British music magazines (Uncut and Mojo), but that was about it.
Anyway, while I was trying to think up a decent tribute post, I found out that he managed to complete one more Gospel Of Power album. It is out now on Fire Records.
Title: Today Is The Day They Take Me Away.
Which is the best title for a posthumous album, although it would be a mistake to read much into it. It’s named after a track on the album which was reportedly written before Cloud became ill.
Anyway, the album sounds more or less like you’d expect from Cloud: lo-fi garage with varying production values, and Cloud’s idiosyncratic delivery that always gets compared to Waits and Beefheart but is really more unique than that.
In some ways it’s not quite as good as his previous studio LP, Practice In The Milky Way – a few of the songs are too samey in terms of subject matter (in one case, two songs are exactly the same but with different titles).
Still, it’s got a lot of great moments on it. This is one of them.
Listen.
It’s a good note to go out on. He will be missed.
BONUS TRACK: Apparently, according to the Bandcamp page, if you buy the vinyl version instead of CD or digital, you get a bunch of extra tracks. Which just makes sense.
Get off of my cloud,
This is dF
I didn’t actually find out about his death until four months after the fact, since Cloud’s stature as a music artist wasn’t exactly up there with, say, Lynn Anderson. The Nashville Scene covered it extensively, and he actually got mentioned in the obit sections of two British music magazines (Uncut and Mojo), but that was about it.
Anyway, while I was trying to think up a decent tribute post, I found out that he managed to complete one more Gospel Of Power album. It is out now on Fire Records.
Title: Today Is The Day They Take Me Away.
Which is the best title for a posthumous album, although it would be a mistake to read much into it. It’s named after a track on the album which was reportedly written before Cloud became ill.
Anyway, the album sounds more or less like you’d expect from Cloud: lo-fi garage with varying production values, and Cloud’s idiosyncratic delivery that always gets compared to Waits and Beefheart but is really more unique than that.
In some ways it’s not quite as good as his previous studio LP, Practice In The Milky Way – a few of the songs are too samey in terms of subject matter (in one case, two songs are exactly the same but with different titles).
Still, it’s got a lot of great moments on it. This is one of them.
Listen.
It’s a good note to go out on. He will be missed.
BONUS TRACK: Apparently, according to the Bandcamp page, if you buy the vinyl version instead of CD or digital, you get a bunch of extra tracks. Which just makes sense.
Get off of my cloud,
This is dF
