__Fri Jul 27th__ Lonesome Wyatt & The Holy Spooks, Joseph Huber, Poopdeflex

Friday July 27th, 2012
Lonesome Wyatt & The Holy Spooks
Joseph Huber
Poopdeflex
10PM
$6

Lonesome Wyatt lived a mostly reclusive existence in the Wisconsin countryside during his formative years, which developed into an intense imagination and a constant feeling he was an outsider. Compelled by unknown forces to create music, he began recording songs in his parent’s basement and credited them as Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks. With references ranging from Nick Drake to Rozz Williams, these primitive songs remained unheard.
Somewhere along the way, Wyatt met a similar-minded misanthrope who called himself The Minister. Fueled by their shared hopeless view of humanity, the duo became legally certified holiness preachers and began to create music together as Those Poor Bastards. They melded many influences, including a love of pre 1960’s country music, classic horror films, and a rudimentary grasp of instrumentation. Their first album, Country Bullshit, may too have been relegated to obscurity if it wasn’t for a small but significant act. On a whim, Wyatt gave a copy of the EP to Hank Williams III after a show, and so taken was Hank by their efforts that he began to play their song “Pills I Took” live, and released a version of it on his record “Straight to Hell.” That support burgeoned a devoted following and 5 full-length albums and a handful of EPs later they continue to spread the doom.

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In the back of his mind, Wyatt has always kept the idea of the original Holy Spooks recordings. Dusted off from their cobweb crypts, he released a selection of the original tapes in a 3 volume set, and set to work recording new material with a similar feel as those earliest renderings. The result is “Heartsick,” 12 mournful songs of loneliness, sorrow and decay. Returning to record in a damp Wisconsin basement and featuring ukulele, keyboard, piano, the occasional guitar, and atmospheric vocals, this album will assuredly fuel the dreams of demented somnambulists and the chronically depressed. And, dear listener, what more could a human hope for? Loss. Regret. Failure.

About Joseph Huber:

Singer/Songwriter/Multi-Instrumentalist Joseph Huber is a founding member of, and also has spent the last 6 years playing banjo and touring with, the Milwaukee, WI based ‘streetgrass’ group, the .357 String band. Hard livin’ put together with plenty of downtime has offered more than enough motivation and oppurtunity for his songwriting. “Bury Me Where I Fall”, Huber’s introductory solo album offers a new, unseen side to his writing. Less high-octane and blistering as his known work, “Bury Me…” reveals multiple, new landscapes, ranging anywhere from desolate, world-weary ones; to brooding and ominous ones; over to defiantly joyful ones. The only thing we can be sure of is that consistency is not a human trait. Written, preformed, and recorded by Huber in his own home, “Bury Me Where I Fall” offers intimate access into deeply personal music. Huber has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with many great performers including Hellbound Glory, Bob Wayne, Grahahm Lindsey, and Robert Earl Keen.

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