Stream new Mason Jennings Track, "The Field"
source: http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/08/04/mason-jennings-the-field-exclusive-stream/
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Several years ago at SXSW, I was minding my own business in the backyard of Stubb’s when a Mason Jennings set started, and I was damn near trampled to death as every other woman in the joint made a squealing beeline for the stage. Women ran, sloshing beers be damned, to be closer to the man with the acoustic guitar. I guess that makes him “dreamy folk singer-songwriter Mason Jennings.”
Time to get excited, ladies: For Blood of Man — due Sept. 15 from Jack Johnson’s dreamy folk label, Brushfire Records — Mason Jennings has plugged in. I rarely quote from bio copy, but Jennings wrote this himself about the decision to go electric, and it’s actually quite evocative:
“It all kinda started at Christmas when my sons and I were hanging ornaments on the tree. We have an ornament that is a little electric guitar and my six-year-old son was looking at it and asked, “What’s this, Dad?” I said, “What??? It’s an electric guitar.” To which he replied, “What’s that?” Well, I was kinda horrified so I ran downstairs and pulled out an old hollowbody electric (my wife’s) and an amp and I came upstairs, plugged it in and ripped into “My Generation” by The Who. My one son actually climbed me in point-2 seconds and leaped off my shoulders while the other one looked like I had plugged the lights on the tree into him. They flew around the room dancing for two straight wonderful hours. I got the point. I grew up playing only electric and it was like remembering how to be free. For many reasons, it was so needed. So I got free.”
We’re streaming “The Field,” a song about parenting in wartime. The electric guitar on this track reminds me a bit of early Liz Phair. It’s not that far from the acoustic sound Jennings made his name on, actually. Just… louder.
What do you think, Mixers? Still dreamy?
Time to get excited, ladies: For Blood of Man — due Sept. 15 from Jack Johnson’s dreamy folk label, Brushfire Records — Mason Jennings has plugged in. I rarely quote from bio copy, but Jennings wrote this himself about the decision to go electric, and it’s actually quite evocative:
“It all kinda started at Christmas when my sons and I were hanging ornaments on the tree. We have an ornament that is a little electric guitar and my six-year-old son was looking at it and asked, “What’s this, Dad?” I said, “What??? It’s an electric guitar.” To which he replied, “What’s that?” Well, I was kinda horrified so I ran downstairs and pulled out an old hollowbody electric (my wife’s) and an amp and I came upstairs, plugged it in and ripped into “My Generation” by The Who. My one son actually climbed me in point-2 seconds and leaped off my shoulders while the other one looked like I had plugged the lights on the tree into him. They flew around the room dancing for two straight wonderful hours. I got the point. I grew up playing only electric and it was like remembering how to be free. For many reasons, it was so needed. So I got free.”
We’re streaming “The Field,” a song about parenting in wartime. The electric guitar on this track reminds me a bit of early Liz Phair. It’s not that far from the acoustic sound Jennings made his name on, actually. Just… louder.
What do you think, Mixers? Still dreamy?
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adamwgarland
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Good stuff, good stuff.
It doesn't sound much different than his acoustic tracks.
- 2 years ago
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adamwgarland
