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Biography
Gob Iron is an United States|American musical group officially formed in 2006. It consists of Uncle Tupelo / Son Volt 's Jay Farrar and Varnaline 's Anders Parker . Their debut album, Death Songs For The Living was released on October 31, 2006 by Transmit Sound / Legacy Recordings . Their name comes from a United Kingdom|British slang term for a harmonica .
Music
The songs that would become Death Songs For The Living were recorded spontaneously during a five-day period in autumn of 2004 in Farrar's studio in St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis . Farrar had originally intended to record a new Son Volt album, but that project was postponed in favor of these songs.
The songs played, with one exception of a Farrar original, were reworked versions of traditional folk songs by artists such as J. M. Gates|Rev. J. M. Gates , Stephen Foster and the Stanley Brothers . Lyrics and melodies have been altered, some almost entirely rewritten through what is sometimes referred to as the " folk process ". While Farrar and Parker chose the songs on the fly, it was later found that death was a common theme running through; hence the title, Death Songs For The Living . The songs are punctuated by nine short instrumentals, one between every pair of songs.
Allmusic praised Death Songs For The Living as Farrar's best effort since Son Volt's 1995 Trace_(album)|Trace . The album is described as "strong, deeply felt, and speaks of a genuine commitment to keeping the folk tradition alive through a willingness to challenge its structures".cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r929881|pure_url=yes|title=allmusic ((( Death Songs for the Living > Overview )))|last=Deming|first=Mark|work=Allmusic|accessdate=2009-04-24
Discography
Discography
Release Date
Label
Death Songs for the Living
October 31, 2006
Transmit Sound / Legacy Recordings
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External links
http://www.shorefire.com/artists/gobiron/bio_gobiron.html Gob Iron information page
http://www.jayfarrar.net/ Jay Farrar official website
http://www.andersparker.com/ Anders Parker official website
Category:American alternative country groups Category:American folk rock groups Category:Music of St. Louis, Missouri
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