DEGE LEGG
''BASTARD'S BLUES''
MAY 1 1996
65:41
1/Bastard's Blues/3:15
2/The Flatlands of Ascension/6:35
3/Snakes of Triage/2:31
4/Dead Town/3:58
5/Ice Cream In Beruit/1:26
6/Climbing Ivy/2:46
7/So to Speak/3:49
8/Vignette #13/1:11
9/When the Party's Over/4:54
10/Bloodlines/3:38
11/First Things First/6:47
12/Halloween Police/3:16
13/Haus Made of Rain/6:39
14/Something for Nothing/4:26
15/Elron vs. The Zow-Zow/2:02
16/Whippin' On That Thang/2:35
17/Niz/5:24
REVIEW
By Buffy TS
Dege Legg (Santeria, Brother Dege) has created one of the most unassuming pieces of genius i have ever heard. The overall mood of the disc is melancholic, yet beautiful. Sad songs filled with beautiful imagery, soulful spirit, and haunting melodies. The disc is also peppered with tripped out phone messages and vocal effects, and bonus tracks that include drunken jam sessions with the infamous Elron. There's even a Casio soaked cover of Black Sabbath's "N.I.B.".
The soft side of Dege Legg comes though as bold as a battle cry that has somehow found it's way out through the clenched teeth of a boy that has been told to "take it like a man". Not one thing on this record comes out as forced or fakes. Everything inspired, yet countered. Starting off with the soft voice full of the fears and doubts of a young soldier left alone in the middle of the jungle during high noon of a guerilla warfare. In no time it seems that we are listening to the brazen shouts of a bowed arm veteran spitting directly into the face of the enemies.
Dege Legg is a man not afraid to curse the devil with his heart on his sleeve and his fist in the air. It's al fighting worlds in a war zone with a little time to stop and laugh at the absurdities of the battle.........Bastard's Blues Indeed.
Brother Dege/Bio
Brother Dege aka Dege Legg is the best kept secret in the Deep South. If you like it REAL, then you're at the right place. Brother Dege is pure channeled soul minus the big money record label and promotional budgets. Dege is a musician and writer, born/raised in the swamplands of Louisiana. Like the possessed love child of Son House and Blind Willie Johnson, he plays a post-Americana style of Delta Blues filtered through roots music, rock & roll, and a bunch of other stuff. No tradition can live on without the growing pains of its innovators. Well, here it is: Delta Blues for the 21st century in the form of Brother Dege's Folk Songs of the American Longhair. Dege Legg is also the leader and founding member of the psyouthern psych legends Santeria and Black Bayou Construkt. The future is unwritten.
''BASTARD'S BLUES''
MAY 1 1996
65:41
1/Bastard's Blues/3:15
2/The Flatlands of Ascension/6:35
3/Snakes of Triage/2:31
4/Dead Town/3:58
5/Ice Cream In Beruit/1:26
6/Climbing Ivy/2:46
7/So to Speak/3:49
8/Vignette #13/1:11
9/When the Party's Over/4:54
10/Bloodlines/3:38
11/First Things First/6:47
12/Halloween Police/3:16
13/Haus Made of Rain/6:39
14/Something for Nothing/4:26
15/Elron vs. The Zow-Zow/2:02
16/Whippin' On That Thang/2:35
17/Niz/5:24
REVIEW
By Buffy TS
Dege Legg (Santeria, Brother Dege) has created one of the most unassuming pieces of genius i have ever heard. The overall mood of the disc is melancholic, yet beautiful. Sad songs filled with beautiful imagery, soulful spirit, and haunting melodies. The disc is also peppered with tripped out phone messages and vocal effects, and bonus tracks that include drunken jam sessions with the infamous Elron. There's even a Casio soaked cover of Black Sabbath's "N.I.B.".
The soft side of Dege Legg comes though as bold as a battle cry that has somehow found it's way out through the clenched teeth of a boy that has been told to "take it like a man". Not one thing on this record comes out as forced or fakes. Everything inspired, yet countered. Starting off with the soft voice full of the fears and doubts of a young soldier left alone in the middle of the jungle during high noon of a guerilla warfare. In no time it seems that we are listening to the brazen shouts of a bowed arm veteran spitting directly into the face of the enemies.
Dege Legg is a man not afraid to curse the devil with his heart on his sleeve and his fist in the air. It's al fighting worlds in a war zone with a little time to stop and laugh at the absurdities of the battle.........Bastard's Blues Indeed.
Brother Dege/Bio
Brother Dege aka Dege Legg is the best kept secret in the Deep South. If you like it REAL, then you're at the right place. Brother Dege is pure channeled soul minus the big money record label and promotional budgets. Dege is a musician and writer, born/raised in the swamplands of Louisiana. Like the possessed love child of Son House and Blind Willie Johnson, he plays a post-Americana style of Delta Blues filtered through roots music, rock & roll, and a bunch of other stuff. No tradition can live on without the growing pains of its innovators. Well, here it is: Delta Blues for the 21st century in the form of Brother Dege's Folk Songs of the American Longhair. Dege Legg is also the leader and founding member of the psyouthern psych legends Santeria and Black Bayou Construkt. The future is unwritten.
