Wooden Smoke

Wooden Smoke

Track Listings

1. Hello

2. Bags

3. Haugseth

4. 2001

5. New England

6. Nanny-Ass Crow

7. Dee ën' A

8. Boom

9. 5 Legs

10. Father's Day

11. Pantomime

12. Machupicchu

13. Wooden Smoke

14. Thanksgiving

Editorial Reviews
Andy Partridge, XTC
"This album is strong, gentle and wise. How many people you know can make a CD sound hand-carved? Beautiful."

Product Description
Mike Keneally's tenth album contains some of the pop innovator’s most elegantly adventurous music, set in a largely acoustic soundscape. A multi-instrumentalist with an unmatched pop cunning and an unrelenting gift for ear-twisting harmony, Keneally first rose to prominence as Frank Zappa's "stunt guitarist." His previous album, the critically acclaimed "Dancing," debuted on three Billboard charts in 2000. "Wooden Smoke" combines Keneally's own multi-tracked virtuoso performances with several of his catchiest tunes.

"At the end of last year," reports Keneally, " I started playing a whole lot of acoustic guitar, sitting on the floor in the living room. The sound of the instrument and the physical sensation of playing it formed the bedrock of "Wooden Smoke;" it's not your typical acoustic album, though there is a lot of interesting sound happening, generated in some fairly unorthodox ways,"

In a characteristic departure from his previous releases, Mike has crafted a work that's courageous, yet soothing and evocative. A number of songs on "Wooden Smoke" feature dramatic and highly precise vocal arrangements, but the remaining material showcases Keneally on a variety of surprisingly unusual instruments, particularly for a record which sounds as familiar and fittingly accessible even as it challenges the listener.

Wooden Smoke

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Wooden Smoke

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