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The Tom Waits and Keith Richards jam “Shenandoah,” off the upcoming compilation Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, is streaming now at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/01/08/168805385/new-music-from-tom-waits-keith-richards-ra-ra-riot-villagers-more.
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The two-disc compilation, produced by Hal Willner, set for release February 19 via Anti- Records, also includes music by Waits' fellow famous former neighbor Frank Zappa, as well as Johnny Depp (executive producer of the collection), Sean Lennon, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Courtney Love, and REM frontman Michael Stipe, among others.
“Each time I have managed to maneuver Waits and Richards into a studio over the last 25 years or so, it always results in one for the history books," says Willner. "With ‘Shenandoah,’ they collaborate and there is no word in the English language to describe it…as good as music gets.”
The album is a followup to Willner’s 2006 production, Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys (Anti-). Best known for his tribute records, covering the music of Thelonious Monk, Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen among others, Willner is said to have come up with the idea for Rogues Gallery compilations with actor Depp and director Verbinski while on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (the second installment in the movie franchise).
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The Frank Zappa track appearing on the compilation, "Handsome Cabin Boy," was recorded with the Mothers of Invention and played by the band regularly in the late '60s.
Waits and Zappa occasionally toured together, including a 1974 run where the duo, on arriving in San DIego, went to Waits' favorite local pizza parlor.
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Track Listing
Disc 1:
Leaving of Liverpool (Shane MacGowan w/Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski)
Sam's Gone Away (Robyn Hitchcock)
River Come Down (Beth Orton)
Row Bullies Row (Sean Lennon w/Jack Shit)
Shenandoah (Tom Waits w/Keith Richards)
Mr. Stormalong (Ivan Neville)
Asshole Rules the Navy (Iggy Pop w/A Hawk and a Hacksaw)
Off to Sea Once More (Macy Gray)
The Ol’ OG (Ed Harcourt)
Pirate Jenny (Shilpa Ray w/Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
The Mermaid (Patti Smith & Johnny Depp)
Anthem for Old Souls (Chuck E. Weiss)
Orange Claw Hammer (Ed Pastorini)
Sweet and Low (The Americans)
Ye Mariners All (Robin Holcomb & Jessica Kenny)
Tom's Gone to Hilo (Gavin Friday and Shannon McNally)
Bear Away (Kenny Wollesen & The Himalayas Marching Band)
Disc 2:
Handsome Cabin Boy (Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention)
Rio Grande (Michael Stipe & Courtney Love)
Ship in Distress (Marc Almond)
In Lure of the Tropics (Dr. John)
Rolling Down to Old Maui (Todd Rundgren)
Jack Tar on Shore (Dan Zanes w/Broken Social Scene)
Sally Racket (Sissy Bounce (Katey Red & Big Freedia) with Akron/Family)
Wild Goose (Broken Social Scene)
Flandyke Shore (Marianne Faithfull w/Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
The Chantey of Noah and his Ark (Old School Song) (Ricky Jay)
Whiskey Johnny (Michael Gira)
Sunshine Life for Me (Petra Haden w/Lenny Pickett)
Row the Boat Child (Jenni Muldaur)
General Taylor (Richard Thompson w/Jack Shit)
Marianne (Tim Robbins w/Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs)
Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Kembra Phaler w/Antony/Joseph Arthur/Foetus)
Missus McGraw (Angelica Huston w/The Weisberg Strings)
The Dreadnought (Iggy Pop & Elegant Too)
Then Said the Captain to Me (Two Poems of the Sea) (Mary Margaret O'Hara)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39496/
The Tom Waits and Keith Richards jam “Shenandoah,” off the upcoming compilation Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, is streaming now at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/01/08/168805385/new-music-from-tom-waits-keith-richards-ra-ra-riot-villagers-more.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39497/
The two-disc compilation, produced by Hal Willner, set for release February 19 via Anti- Records, also includes music by Waits' fellow famous former neighbor Frank Zappa, as well as Johnny Depp (executive producer of the collection), Sean Lennon, Patti Smith, Nick Cave, Courtney Love, and REM frontman Michael Stipe, among others.
“Each time I have managed to maneuver Waits and Richards into a studio over the last 25 years or so, it always results in one for the history books," says Willner. "With ‘Shenandoah,’ they collaborate and there is no word in the English language to describe it…as good as music gets.”
The album is a followup to Willner’s 2006 production, Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys (Anti-). Best known for his tribute records, covering the music of Thelonious Monk, Kurt Weill and Harold Arlen among others, Willner is said to have come up with the idea for Rogues Gallery compilations with actor Depp and director Verbinski while on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (the second installment in the movie franchise).
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39493/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39495/
The Frank Zappa track appearing on the compilation, "Handsome Cabin Boy," was recorded with the Mothers of Invention and played by the band regularly in the late '60s.
Waits and Zappa occasionally toured together, including a 1974 run where the duo, on arriving in San DIego, went to Waits' favorite local pizza parlor.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39498/
Track Listing
Disc 1:
Leaving of Liverpool (Shane MacGowan w/Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski)
Sam's Gone Away (Robyn Hitchcock)
River Come Down (Beth Orton)
Row Bullies Row (Sean Lennon w/Jack Shit)
Shenandoah (Tom Waits w/Keith Richards)
Mr. Stormalong (Ivan Neville)
Asshole Rules the Navy (Iggy Pop w/A Hawk and a Hacksaw)
Off to Sea Once More (Macy Gray)
The Ol’ OG (Ed Harcourt)
Pirate Jenny (Shilpa Ray w/Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
The Mermaid (Patti Smith & Johnny Depp)
Anthem for Old Souls (Chuck E. Weiss)
Orange Claw Hammer (Ed Pastorini)
Sweet and Low (The Americans)
Ye Mariners All (Robin Holcomb & Jessica Kenny)
Tom's Gone to Hilo (Gavin Friday and Shannon McNally)
Bear Away (Kenny Wollesen & The Himalayas Marching Band)
Disc 2:
Handsome Cabin Boy (Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention)
Rio Grande (Michael Stipe & Courtney Love)
Ship in Distress (Marc Almond)
In Lure of the Tropics (Dr. John)
Rolling Down to Old Maui (Todd Rundgren)
Jack Tar on Shore (Dan Zanes w/Broken Social Scene)
Sally Racket (Sissy Bounce (Katey Red & Big Freedia) with Akron/Family)
Wild Goose (Broken Social Scene)
Flandyke Shore (Marianne Faithfull w/Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
The Chantey of Noah and his Ark (Old School Song) (Ricky Jay)
Whiskey Johnny (Michael Gira)
Sunshine Life for Me (Petra Haden w/Lenny Pickett)
Row the Boat Child (Jenni Muldaur)
General Taylor (Richard Thompson w/Jack Shit)
Marianne (Tim Robbins w/Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs)
Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Kembra Phaler w/Antony/Joseph Arthur/Foetus)
Missus McGraw (Angelica Huston w/The Weisberg Strings)
The Dreadnought (Iggy Pop & Elegant Too)
Then Said the Captain to Me (Two Poems of the Sea) (Mary Margaret O'Hara)