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GARY LUCAS - SKELETON AT THE FEAST

Editions

CD: Enemy Records EMY 126-2, 1991

Tracks

Strong Seed
Guerillas in the Midst
Robert's Johnson
Hard Werken Fucked Over Man/The Reckoning
Hugh's Graveyard Stomp
Hitchcocked (including "Vertigo" and "Psycho") (Herrmann)
Tompkins Square Dance
Christmas in Space Medley: Bells/Little Drummer Boyee/Are You Experienced? (trad., arr. Lucas/Hendrix)
Aguirre (Lacrime Di Re)/The Sheep Look Up (Fricke/Lucas)
Scud Patrol/Flux et Veritas
Syd's Dream
Music for "The Golem" (Lucas/Horn), with Walter Horn - Keyboards:
a. Main Title--Rabbi Loew Consults the Stars/The Decree
b. The Junker and the Jewess
c. Creation of the Clay Man/Astaroth
d. The Golem walks with Famulus, Der Bose Juden-Jungling
e. The Festival of the Roses
f. In the Synagogue/The Vision of the Patriarchs
g. Go Go Golem

Liner notes / Remarks

Liner notes:

All songs written and performed (Solo Guitars) by Gary Lucas except where noted.
Absolutely no overdubs, all tracks recorded live (track 9: recorded live at home, NYC, fall 1990)
Produced and arranged by Gary Lucas.

Remarks:

In 1992 Gary Lucas played the 'Aguirre'-theme for a live audience at The Knitting Factory, NYC.
See: Youtube

And also at the Jecheon International Music and Film Festival South Korea 8/15/09.
See: Soundcloud