Jim Ford - Demolition Expert (Rare Acoustic Demos) (2011)

Tracklist

01. Looking over My Shoulder (Still Alright After All)
02. We're Not Burning Bridges (We're Just Lying in the Flames)
03. Heartaches by the Number
04. I'd Be Ahead If I Could Quit While I'm Behind
05. Throwing Footballs at Airplanes
06. It's Just a Picture Show
07. Out of School, Educated Fools
08. L. A. Girl
09. Tonight
10. Happy Man
11. A Couple More Years
12. Ridin' on My Skateboard
13. Precious Jewel / Long Black Limousine
14. Demolition Expert / Under Construction
15. Looking over My Shoulder (Still Alright After All) (Vol. 2)
16. Ju Ju Man
17. You Win Again
18. Just Cause I Can
19. Jessie
20. Go Through Sunday
21. You Can't Take It with You
22. She's Got Her Own Way
23. Happy Songs Sell Records, Sad Songs Sell Beer
24. Ten Years and One Day
25. Girl, I'd Love to Have You Back
26. Three Kinds of Women
27. Stopping to Start
28. High over Texas
29. Too Much Man
30. Interview Excerpts


Jim Ford is the mythic artist behind 1969's legendary country soul album Harlan County. After recording his sole album he hung out with Sly Stone and wrote for artists and friends like Bobby Womack, PJ Proby, The Temptations & Nick Lowe before completely disappearing from the scene in a haze of drugs and irrational behavior. When BEAR FAMILY managed to track Ford down in 2006 he was living in North California in a simple mobile home loaded with reel to reel tapes and cassettes. Some of these masters were included by BEAR FAMILY on popular anthologies like Sounds Of Our Time and Point Of No Return. This brand new CD, Demolition Expert (Ford was a demolition expert when stationed in Germany during his stint in the U.S. Army), sets focus on Jim Ford's acoustic home sessions, containing 29 previously unreleased acoustic recordings. It is a unique opportunity for the listener to hear Jim's creativity flow. You're invited to Jim Ford's living room to witness him come up with some truly soul shattering musical moments. Many tracks on this anthology would be potential hits in the hands of today's artists. You will also hear Jim be interrupted with drug deals on the phone and friends chattering and singing along. The recordings are a welcome and essential addition to any Jim Ford collection. Liner notes by singer, songwriter, musician, artist (and Jim Ford fanatic) Jeb Loy Nichols.

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