The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar

by Glenn Jones

The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 August 2018
  • Label: Thrill Jockey
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:06
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The former Cul de Sac frontman delivers a masterful collection of intricate, unaccompanied fingerstyle guitar compositions. Heavily rooted in the American Primitive tradition established by John Fahey, the acoustic recordings are warm, pastoral, and technically demanding.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, instrumental, acoustic, unaccompanied-solo, nature, guitars, intricate, melodic

Tracklist

  1. The Giant Who Ate Himself (4:42)
  2. Everything Ends (3:21)
  3. The Last Passenger Pigeon (7:16)
  4. The Was And The Is (2:08)
  5. A Different Kind Of Christmas Carol (2:56)
  6. River In The Sky (1:58)
  7. From Frederick To Fredericksburg (4:26)
  8. Even The Snout And The Tail (5:25)
  9. Elliot Audrey, Born Today (3:46)
  10. The Sunken Amusement Park (2:05)

Credits

  • Bay City Rollers - primary artist
  • Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio - written-by
  • Bill Martin & Phil Coulter - written-by
  • Willie David Young - written-by
  • John Goodison - written-by
  • Phil Wainman - written-by
  • Len Boone - written-by
  • Chris Adams - written-by

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