Lena Hughes
"Queen of the Flat Top Guitar"
scum stats: original pressing probably a couple hundred copies, i would LOVE one, but the reissue is a nice placeholder until someone pulls my name for Secret Santa
I'd been wracking my brain consistently for the past year or two trying to remember what in the hell this record was. All I could recall was an NPR story about a woman who played "parlor music."
Staring at the LP stacks not two minutes ago, looking closer than I usually do, this one just jumped out at me. Not only did I not recall ever buying, I certainly had no recollection of listening to it.
NPR can do a better job than me here (and was the way I had originally learned about this record), so check out what they have to say...
All I can say is that it just seems so damn odd to me that there's a legitimate concern of us losing (or never having documented?) sounds from the not-so-distant past. These beautiful, airy, room-filling, finger-picked tones here are perfect for an early morning listen looking out the window to a sunny day filled with possibilities.
What a beautiful sound! Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
John Fahey was musician I thought of upon hearing. First came across during 1980’s. It’s so true music is a drug, mood altering, fitting into a space along side thought, vision, atmosphere. Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space.
beautiful song. beautiful title. good one!!
This truly makes me want to roll down a hill into a meadow.