Album #: 84 Recording Dates: Memorial Day Weekend 2013 Release Date: 2014 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Ah yes, the COLD Farm Jam! The drummer was able to drum with gloves, and the big headphones protected our ears (from the cold at least). Fingers however were forced to fight back against the tyranny of a late Spring cold snap. No doubt …
Album #: 82 Recording Dates: 1999 Release Date: 2013 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Brian Cameron lent me seven tapes recorded between 5/4/1999 and 8/15/1999. Brian moved to San Francisco right around this time, and these tapes never really got much attention. From these tapes I edited, produced and named ten brand new Sheep Fiends tracks, as well as recapturing alternate …
Album #: 81 Recording Dates: Memorial Day Weekend, 2012 Release Date: 2013 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Back for a second, more steamy Farm Jam! This time Faiz doesn’t make the journey but both Mark and Aaron take their first trip. It’s hot and kind of miserable, but the garage is filled with riffs as it was destined to be. Aaron …
Album #: 80 Recording Dates: 2011-2012 Release Date: 2012 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Recorded at two jams exactly six months apart on the 17ths, this CD overall has a heavier, darker sound. Perhaps it’s just more dense. You get five different vocalists across fourteen total tracks. Sample tracks from three singers are featured below, as well as an appearance …
Album #: 78 Recording Dates: Memorial Day Weekend, 2011 Release Date: 2012 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This two CD set captures the original Farm Jam experiment which by all accounts was a resounding success. Hell you can even watch “Farm Jam -The Movie” if you are so inclined! Brian M. floated a crazy idea about a bunch of us driving …
Album #: 77 Recording Dates: 9/11/2010 Release Date: 2011 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This CD captures what happened one Sunday on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 somewhere in Chicago. Faiz continues bringing compelling audio confusion to the party and we ended up playing with a fellow from Brazil who came by as well. It’s quite a varied collection of improvisation …
Album #: 76 Recording Dates: 06/12/2010 Release Date: 2010 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This one has a perfect album title. A very nostalgic jam finds me revealing my activities during Gerald Ford’s inauguration; followed by rage about my stolen backyard and the totality of my past. Meanwhile the weird atmospheric epic “Eyes Wide Like Saucers” recounts a frightening event in …
Album #: 75 Recording Dates: 01/23/2010 Release Date: 2010 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This is a pretty strong jam CD from 2010. We’d grown comfortable with the Rumpus Room studio and felt free to create without stress. Several dirges anchor this heavy record while the topics of outer space isolation, obsessive collecting, the American Dream and nightmares of spiders unfold …
Album #: 74 Recording Dates: 2005-2009 Release Date: 2010 Catalog: SMR31 ScratchNotes: These 15 tracks come from just seven jams that I attended between 2005 and 2009 – six Sheep Fiends events and one guest appearance with the Poker Night String Band. The most notable musical development that occurred during this period was the evolution of the Rumpus Room …
Album #: 73 Recording Dates: 2009 Release Date: 2010 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This album primarily captures a freaky weird Sheep Fiends jam from October 2009. Hillbilly adjacent cover songs mesh with menacing instrumentals. Haunting laughter and oddly wrong pop songs. A strong start for a new decade of Sheep Fiends. Three Track Sampler Track 04 – Dread Reaper (Sheep Fiends) – Sounds …
Album #: 71 Recording Dates: 06/28/2008 Release Date: 2008 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: This album catches a fascinating and dark jam from 2008. Fairly experimental groupings and genresploitation keep you guessing; while the ambiance is sparked by Faiz’s army of pedals dedicated to the cause. With our next release we begin the multi-track evolution of the Rumpus Room. And things would …
Album #: 70 Recording Dates: 8/10/1999 Release Date: 2008 Catalog: SF ScratchNotes: Another entry in Brian’s series of musical unearthings. His cassette extraction execution. I only play on one track from 1999 here, and the recording is a bit rough to post here. _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ No Track Sampler …
