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POKEY LaFARGE

LP

Rock Bottom Rhapsody

PINK VINYL

First Pressing

INDIE EXCLUSIVE

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Pokey Lafarge - Rock Bottom Rhapsody (Indie

Exclusive Pink Vinyl)

In early 2018, LaFarge - searching for the sort of

 artistic freedom and inspiration he wasn’t finding in

the Midwest - relocated from his longtime home

base of St. Louis, Missouri, to Los Angeles,

California. New songs came quickly to LaFarge in

his new environment but new temptations soon

found him, as well. Though he declines to get into

specifics, LaFarge admits that he experienced a

significant “fall from grace” during the last months

of 2018. “Things sort of started to unravel in my

mind.”

Recorded primarily at Reliable Recorders on

Chicago’s Northwest side, ‘Rock Bottom Rhapsody’

was produced by LaFarge’s friend and collaborator

Chris Seefried (who also co-wrote several of the

album’s tracks) and features the considerable

talents of guitarist Joel Paterson, keyboardist Scott

Ligon, upright/electric bassist Jimmy Sutton and

drummer Alex Hall. Musically, LaFarge continues to

mix and match a wide variety of styles and

traditions, while never losing track of his own vision

“This record is kind of like Roy Orbison and Bob

Dylan hanging out with chanson singers and French

jazz bands in like the forties, but I was never trying

to make it sound like a particular person.”

Despite the trying period that preceded its

recording, ‘Rock Bottom Rhapsody’ is ultimately far

more uplifting and life-affirming than its title would

suggest. “That desperation, that struggle,” LaFarge

ponders, “Did it add something to the record? It

certainly did. I mean, I don’t know if it made it better;

it just is what it is. It’s not up to me to decide if

people are going to feel that…”

Tracks -

1. Rock Bottom Rhapsody

2. End Of My Rope

3. Fuck Me Up

4. Bluebird

5. Rock Bottom Reprise

6. Lucky Sometimes

7. Carry On

8. Just The Same

9. Fallen Angel

10. Storm-A-Comin’

11. Ain’t Comin’ Home

12. Lost In The Crowd

13. Rock Bottom Finale

Date - 2020

 Condition - MINT / UNPLAYED (SEALED)

Cat. Number - 607396539017

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