THE DREAM SYNDICATE
''GHOST STORIES (BONUS TRACKS)''
2004
1988
75:34
1/The Side I'll Never Show
Steve Wynn/3:52
2/My Old Haunts
Steve Wynn/3:07
3/Loving the Sinner, Hating the Sin
Steve Wynn/4:30
4/Whatever You Please
Steve Wynn/3:45
5/Weathered and Torn
Steve Wynn/3:10
6/See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
F. Lewis / Steve Wynn/4:02
7/I Have Faith
Johnette Napolitano / Steve Wynn/3:47
8/Someplace Better Than This
Steve Wynn/3:37
9/Black
Steve Wynn/4:35
10/When the Curtain Falls
Steve Wynn/5:22
11/When the Curtain Falls
Steve Wynn/4:59
12/If You Should Ever Need a Fool
Jon Klages / Steve Wynn/3:13
13/Never Ending Rain
Jon Klages / Steve Wynn/6:22
14/Whatever You Please
Rodney Crowell / Steve Wynn/3:22
15/Darlin' They Know
Steve Wynn/2:57
16/Carolyn
Steve Wynn/3:35
17/I Ain't Living Long Like This
Steve Wynn/5:41
18/Spill the Wine
Sylvester Allen / Harold Brown / Lonnie Jordan / Charles Miller / Lee Oskar / Howard Scott/5:38
Chris Cacavas /Accordion, Organ, Piano, Vocals (Background)
Paul B. Cutler /Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Dennis Duck /Drums
Robert Lloyd /Guest Artist, Piano
N. Velvet /Guest Artist
Rob Stennett /Guest Artist, Guitar
Mark Walton /Bass
Steve Wynn /Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
by Denise Sullivan
Opening with the self-referential "The Side I'll Never Show," and produced by Neil Young and Crazy Horse vet Elliot Mazer, Wynn and Co. mine the dark and rusty terrain of folk and blues-rock that they ultimately made work to their advantage on this very straight-ahead rock album. Wynn's vocal style and forthright lyrics never really connected with the masses at the time, but years later, it's clear he was making music for the ages.
BIOGRAPHY
by Denise Sullivan
Dream Syndicate are at the foundation (alongside the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and R.E.M.) of contemporary alternative music simply because at the time when most bands were experimenting with new technology, the Syndicate deigned to bring back the guitar. Fronted by Steve Wynn (b. Feb. 21, 1960) and including Karl Precoda (guitar), Dennis Duck (drums), and Kendra Smith (bass), the band formed in Los Angeles after Smith and Wynn had relocated there from Davis, CA. They debuted with a self-titled, unbelievably Velvet Underground-like EP on Wynn's own Down There label. It was shortly off to Ruby/Slash for Days of Wine and Roses, the most lauded record on the college charts that year. The record has been cited as influential from artists as diverse as Kurt Cobain to the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson. Live, they had developed into an assaultive guitar band prone to jamming, which helped earn them the tag as leaders of L.A.'s paisley underground movement.
Released in 1984, Medicine Show was met with mixed response by the college crowd. By this time, Smith had left the band and was replaced by Dave Provost on bass and Tom Zvoncheck on keyboards. Wynn took his cues from Neil Young & Crazy Horse on the record rather than Lou Reed (who was considered a preferable source at the time), and the rootsier sound caused a backlash with the fan base. As the band label-hopped, a new lineup and falling morale spawned Out of the Grey (Big Time) in 1986 and the Elliot Mazer-produced Ghost Stories (Enigma) in 1988. The band had realigned to include Mark Walton on bass and Paul B. Cutler on guitar. They recorded Live at Raji's in 1989 as their swan song.
Wynn has since recorded albums as a leader and with Gutterball (featuring the House of Freaks and Silo Bob Rupe) and is continuously collaborating with other musicians. His 1996 solo record had him backed by the Boston band Come. Smith went on to work in Opal with David Roback, a prototype version of his Mazzy Star, and has since recorded solo albums as well. After a long hiatus from music, Karl Precoda reappeared in 1997 fronting the Last Days of May, a neo-psychedelic instrumental trio. Duck continued to work with Wynn as a touring drummer and bassist Mark Walton played with the Continental Drifters. A documentary of Dream Syndicate's last tour, Weathered and Torn, has been released on DVD.
''GHOST STORIES (BONUS TRACKS)''
2004
1988
75:34
1/The Side I'll Never Show
Steve Wynn/3:52
2/My Old Haunts
Steve Wynn/3:07
3/Loving the Sinner, Hating the Sin
Steve Wynn/4:30
4/Whatever You Please
Steve Wynn/3:45
5/Weathered and Torn
Steve Wynn/3:10
6/See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
F. Lewis / Steve Wynn/4:02
7/I Have Faith
Johnette Napolitano / Steve Wynn/3:47
8/Someplace Better Than This
Steve Wynn/3:37
9/Black
Steve Wynn/4:35
10/When the Curtain Falls
Steve Wynn/5:22
11/When the Curtain Falls
Steve Wynn/4:59
12/If You Should Ever Need a Fool
Jon Klages / Steve Wynn/3:13
13/Never Ending Rain
Jon Klages / Steve Wynn/6:22
14/Whatever You Please
Rodney Crowell / Steve Wynn/3:22
15/Darlin' They Know
Steve Wynn/2:57
16/Carolyn
Steve Wynn/3:35
17/I Ain't Living Long Like This
Steve Wynn/5:41
18/Spill the Wine
Sylvester Allen / Harold Brown / Lonnie Jordan / Charles Miller / Lee Oskar / Howard Scott/5:38
Chris Cacavas /Accordion, Organ, Piano, Vocals (Background)
Paul B. Cutler /Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Dennis Duck /Drums
Robert Lloyd /Guest Artist, Piano
N. Velvet /Guest Artist
Rob Stennett /Guest Artist, Guitar
Mark Walton /Bass
Steve Wynn /Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
by Denise Sullivan
Opening with the self-referential "The Side I'll Never Show," and produced by Neil Young and Crazy Horse vet Elliot Mazer, Wynn and Co. mine the dark and rusty terrain of folk and blues-rock that they ultimately made work to their advantage on this very straight-ahead rock album. Wynn's vocal style and forthright lyrics never really connected with the masses at the time, but years later, it's clear he was making music for the ages.
BIOGRAPHY
by Denise Sullivan
Dream Syndicate are at the foundation (alongside the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and R.E.M.) of contemporary alternative music simply because at the time when most bands were experimenting with new technology, the Syndicate deigned to bring back the guitar. Fronted by Steve Wynn (b. Feb. 21, 1960) and including Karl Precoda (guitar), Dennis Duck (drums), and Kendra Smith (bass), the band formed in Los Angeles after Smith and Wynn had relocated there from Davis, CA. They debuted with a self-titled, unbelievably Velvet Underground-like EP on Wynn's own Down There label. It was shortly off to Ruby/Slash for Days of Wine and Roses, the most lauded record on the college charts that year. The record has been cited as influential from artists as diverse as Kurt Cobain to the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson. Live, they had developed into an assaultive guitar band prone to jamming, which helped earn them the tag as leaders of L.A.'s paisley underground movement.
Released in 1984, Medicine Show was met with mixed response by the college crowd. By this time, Smith had left the band and was replaced by Dave Provost on bass and Tom Zvoncheck on keyboards. Wynn took his cues from Neil Young & Crazy Horse on the record rather than Lou Reed (who was considered a preferable source at the time), and the rootsier sound caused a backlash with the fan base. As the band label-hopped, a new lineup and falling morale spawned Out of the Grey (Big Time) in 1986 and the Elliot Mazer-produced Ghost Stories (Enigma) in 1988. The band had realigned to include Mark Walton on bass and Paul B. Cutler on guitar. They recorded Live at Raji's in 1989 as their swan song.
Wynn has since recorded albums as a leader and with Gutterball (featuring the House of Freaks and Silo Bob Rupe) and is continuously collaborating with other musicians. His 1996 solo record had him backed by the Boston band Come. Smith went on to work in Opal with David Roback, a prototype version of his Mazzy Star, and has since recorded solo albums as well. After a long hiatus from music, Karl Precoda reappeared in 1997 fronting the Last Days of May, a neo-psychedelic instrumental trio. Duck continued to work with Wynn as a touring drummer and bassist Mark Walton played with the Continental Drifters. A documentary of Dream Syndicate's last tour, Weathered and Torn, has been released on DVD.
