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Jim White, Larry Hosford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jim White
Transnormal Skiperoo is a name I invented to describe a strange new feeling I've been experiencing after years of feeling lost and alone and cursed. Now, when everything around me begins to shine, when I find myself dancing around in my back yard for no particular reason other than it feels good to be alive, when I get this deep sense of gratitude that I don't need drugs or God or doomed romance to fuel myself through the gauntlet of a normal day, I call that feeling 'Transnormal Skiperoo.’ Jim White traveled many a junkyard road to get to Transnormal Skiperoo. Raised in Pensacola, Florida, a town crushed between the church and heroin, Jim’s songs reach deep into the underbelly of the South. One time Pentacostal, fashion model, New York taxi driver, drifter, pro-surfer, photographer, film-maker, his music is the conduit for all the stories he collected along the way. His previous albums ‘Wrong-Eyed Jesus’ [1997], ‘No Such Place’ [2001] and ‘Drill a Hole in That Substrate…’ [2004] were acclaimed as masterpieces of ‘outer space alt.country’ and established Jim as a phenomenal maverick talent. Jim also starred in the BBC4 film ‘Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus’, an award-winning road-movie exploring Southern culture through its music and stories. Now living in an old farmhouse in the backwoods of Georgia, Jim White may have finally reached a place called home, but his other search, for what he calls ‘the gold tooth in God’s crooked smile’ continues in this new set of backyard tales. Transnormal Skiperoo was produced by Joe Pernice and Michael Deming, recorded with the band Ollabelle, and also features tracks with Tucker Martine and Laura Veirs, local Georgia legend Don Chambers & Goat, bluegrass duo Jeff & Vida and percussionist Mauro Refosco.

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"It seems more than coincidence that country singer/songwriter Larry Hosford shares a hometown with John Steinbeck. With his earthy songs of working-class struggle, the Salinas-born Hosford would have been at home in a Steinbeck novel. Beginning his musical career playing folk music on Cannery Row, Larry played in various area bands through the 1960s and 70s, most notably the fondly remembered Santa Cruz band, Snail. Those experiences plus a rueful stint as a recording artist in LA and Nashville and years steeped in the drug subculture have provided Lorenzo with ample material for his memoirs, being written in the town that shares a name with Larry's most famous country song ... 'Salinas'. Where else?"

 
Location: The Front Room at The Crepe Place
Contact: 831-429-6994
$12 advance, $15 door 8pm doors, 9pm show Tickets Available at www.ticketweb.com or at The Crepe Place

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