skład:
Tim Rutilli, Ben Massarella, Jim Becker, Joe Adamik and Micheael Krassner

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Califone return in short sentence with an all new recording “Heron King Blues”, which comes fresh on the heels of 2003's critically acclaimed Quicksand/Cradlesnakes [THRILL122]. Heron King Blues picks up where Q/C left off, and was again recorded in Chicago at the band's Clava Studios. This time around the band recorded with Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble, Simon Joyner, Edith Frost), and are led by longtime collaborators Tim Rutili and Ben Massarella, along with Jim Becker and Joe Adamik.



For this recording the band set out to make a record like Captain Beefheart's Mirror Man, entering the studio with a blank canvas and recording relatively quickly. (Beefheart needed only one night; Califone took a bit longer.) Most songs were improvised or written immediately before recording, and before long a series of raw, live recordings had been completed. The initial recordings were chopped up, mixed around, and reassembled into the final product: a beautifully lush and patient masterpiece.