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Vol. 1-Back Porch Hillbilly Blues
Henry Flynt
Vol. 1-Back Porch Hillbilly Blues
Genres: Folk, Jazz, Special Interest, Rock
 
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"Homespun Americana and modern classical music aren't as far apart as one might think. Charley Patton and Robert Johnson were just as much innovators of minimalist music...as composers such as John Cage, Phillip Glass a...  more »

     
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All Artists: Henry Flynt
Title: Vol. 1-Back Porch Hillbilly Blues
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Locust Records/Carrot Top
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 11/8/2002
Genres: Folk, Jazz, Special Interest, Rock
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Experimental Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 646315901627

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"Homespun Americana and modern classical music aren't as far apart as one might think. Charley Patton and Robert Johnson were just as much innovators of minimalist music...as composers such as John Cage, Phillip Glass and Terry Riley. Theorist/philosopher Henry Flynt falls into the latter camp." - NO DEPRESSION

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Hillbilly Savant, Appalachian Genius, Fluxus Intellectual???
slappy | somewhere else | 06/17/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The image that may come immediately to mind when one thinks of "back porch hillbilly blues" is that of an ignorant, inbred redneck. In this case the exact opposite is true: Henry Flynt is an urban genius and fluxus pioneer. A thinker, a visionary. What's great about Henry Flynt, and especially this music document, is that Henry treats back porch hillbilly music with the cultural respect it deserves.



Flynt accomplishes the difficult task of maintaining the musical and cultural integrity of hillbilly music while elevating it to an urban, intellectualized context/piece. Furthurmore, Henry's work is never dispassionate - this is not simply an intellectual exercise for him - this is spiritual recontextualism, not mundane recycling. He wants to take you higher while "keeping it real".

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