D. CHARLES SPEER & THE HELIX
''DISTILLATION''
NOVEMBER 17 2009
39:29
1. Mason Dixon Crime /4:04
2. Open Season /4:42
3. Hardwood Floors /4:06
4. Life Insurance /5:02
5. Helical /2:11
6. Gravedigger /4:21
7. The Fallika Stair /3:56
8. Elderfower /5:40
9. Shorty (A Bastard Cat) /5:27
D. Charles Speer/guitar, vocals
Hans Chew/piano, vocals
Marc Orleans/electric guitar, pedal steel
Margot Bianca/vocals
Ted Robinson/bass
Steven McGuirl/drums
BIOGRAPHY
by Thom Jurek
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist D. Charles Speer is the adopted moniker of Dave Shuford, a member of the infamous No-Neck Blues Band from Brooklyn, NY. He writes roots Americana songs from the weird side of American life, evoking the past, representing the present, and predicting the future in the musical languages of the Deep South and country & western. His backing band, the Helix, is also made up of some NNCK members: D. Charles Speer & the Helix's other members include Hans Chew (piano, vocals); Marc Orleans (electric guitar, pedal steel); Margot Bianca (vocals); Ted Robinson (bass); and Steven McGuirl (drums). Their first recordings, Past or Beyond/Canaanite Builder and Some Forgotten Country, appeared on the Sound@One imprint in 2007. In 2008 they issued After Hours on the Black Dirt label. In Madagascar was released on Sound@One during 2009, and Distillation appeared the same year on Three-Lobed. Speer also collaborated with Jack Rose on the four-track EP Ragged and Right from Thrill Jockey, which saw release in 2010, a few months after Rose's death.
''DISTILLATION''
NOVEMBER 17 2009
39:29
1. Mason Dixon Crime /4:04
2. Open Season /4:42
3. Hardwood Floors /4:06
4. Life Insurance /5:02
5. Helical /2:11
6. Gravedigger /4:21
7. The Fallika Stair /3:56
8. Elderfower /5:40
9. Shorty (A Bastard Cat) /5:27
D. Charles Speer/guitar, vocals
Hans Chew/piano, vocals
Marc Orleans/electric guitar, pedal steel
Margot Bianca/vocals
Ted Robinson/bass
Steven McGuirl/drums
BIOGRAPHY
by Thom Jurek
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist D. Charles Speer is the adopted moniker of Dave Shuford, a member of the infamous No-Neck Blues Band from Brooklyn, NY. He writes roots Americana songs from the weird side of American life, evoking the past, representing the present, and predicting the future in the musical languages of the Deep South and country & western. His backing band, the Helix, is also made up of some NNCK members: D. Charles Speer & the Helix's other members include Hans Chew (piano, vocals); Marc Orleans (electric guitar, pedal steel); Margot Bianca (vocals); Ted Robinson (bass); and Steven McGuirl (drums). Their first recordings, Past or Beyond/Canaanite Builder and Some Forgotten Country, appeared on the Sound@One imprint in 2007. In 2008 they issued After Hours on the Black Dirt label. In Madagascar was released on Sound@One during 2009, and Distillation appeared the same year on Three-Lobed. Speer also collaborated with Jack Rose on the four-track EP Ragged and Right from Thrill Jockey, which saw release in 2010, a few months after Rose's death.
