British musician was doing some housecleaning in 2006 when he ran across a battered old cassette with a label that read 'JLP Songs.' Soon discovered that the tape was the long-forgotten document of a songwriting session between himself and, the firebrand leader of the blues-punk band who died in 1996 at the age of 38.

1994-10-22 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Copenhagen Jazzhouse Montmatre, DK. Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove - Copenhagen Jazzhus Montmatre, DK - 1994-10-22 [audience recording]. Mp3 version: Posted. With the release of Axels And Sockets, the third instalment of The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project, next week, Helen Donlon looks back over the troubled but. Back in London in 1993 a side project was conceived with Cypress Grove - Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee And Cypress Grove With Willie Love, a highly. Jeffrey Lee Pierce (June 27, 1958 – March 31, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and author. He was one of the founding members of the band The Gun Club, and also released material as a solo artist. 1.1 1970s; 1.2 1980s; 1.3 1990s. 2 Posthumous tributes. 2.1 Jeffrey Lee.

While the fidelity of the tape was too poor for commercial release and some of the songs were mere fragments, was struck by the strength of 'Constant Waiting,' 'Ramblin' Mind,' and 'Free to Walk,' and was determined people should have the chance to hear 's lost songs. Working with a handful of 's friends, peers, and admirers, helped to oversee new recordings of these and several other lesser-known compositions, and the results have appeared as, credited to the. 's stellar cast for these recordings includes,,,,,,,, and, and while the approach of including three performances each of 'Constant Waiting,' 'Ramblin' Mind,' and 'Free to Walk' (to represent different phases in the development of the tunes) backfires somewhat as they tend to trip over one another, the emotional force and musical strength of these recordings makes this album something special. Magix Movie Edit Pro 2014 Premium Plugins Download.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] 1970s [ ] Jeffrey Lee Pierce was born on the 27th of June, 1958. As a teenager, Pierce moved from, a working-class industrial suburb east of Los Angeles, to, at the time a white working- and middle-class suburb in the. Pierce attended Granada Hills High School, where he participated in the drama program, acting in plays and writing several of his own brief experimental theatre pieces. Pierce's musical influences at this time, as through most of his career, were multifaceted and inspired, including such diverse sources as John Coltrane, The Slits, Television and Blondie.

During the mid-70s, after attending a concert by (at which he was fascinated as much by Marley's shamanistic presence as by his music), Pierce became deeply engrossed in; eventually he would travel to to explore the music, a trip that left him ambivalent about the music's relevance to American culture but may have served as an influential source of his own shamanistic and charismatic performances. His infatuation with reggae overlapped with the emergence of punk rock, and Pierce became a fixture on the Hollywood scene as a writer for the fanzine and as a musician. While his later interest in American blues was presaged by his devotion to the rootsiest forms of reggae, his love for the more theatrical, complex sounds of glam and prog rock showed up in his support for the movement in New York City. However, due to the unique nature of Pierce's inspirations and influences, his music always stood alone as original, fresh and inspired. Pierce found himself disappointed by the swift decline of punk rock into strict formality, and his sense that reggae was ultimately a foreign import. Seeking music with the authenticity and simplicity of reggae but more deeply rooted in American history and culture, he became influenced and inspired by the, developing an encyclopaedic knowledge of the genre.