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Originally Posted by DaveB
Holy shit, that's awesome. That's Marc Ribot on guitar, right? I've heard a few songs by them over the years, but never got around to picking anything up. Any suggestions to start out?
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Pretty much what Ryan said. If you like this track, go straight for 'Voice of Chunk', which has Ribot (yeah, that's him) doing some great stuff. 'No Pain For Cakes' is also good, and I'm quite partial to the band's final* disc, 'Queen of All Ears'. The songs on 'Queen' are really circular and beautiful, and Lurie sounds outstanding.
Furthermore, Lurie's soundtrack disc 'Manny and Lo & African Swim' has some wonderful stuff on it (shorter songs, with almost a pop vibe, done in varying styles) and if you like the couple songs with vocals you might like his Marvin Pontiac disc, which is a very broad riff on blues and electric folk. VERY broad. 'Men With Sticks' by the John Lurie National Orchestra is also great, but very very hard to find. (I don't have a copy or I'd offer to send it.)
*Final in that it was released nine years ago, and Lurie's basically out of music now.
EDIT: And I'll never, ever forgive myself for not going to see the Lounge Lizards tour for 'Queen' at the Paradise in Boston. I'm still sad about missing that.