John Patrick Elliott - KENREX (Music from the Play) (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Welcome to Skidmore
02. Beyond the Skyline
03. Conjuring Ken
04. Half Alive (Ida's Version)
05. McFadin's Theme
06. Holler at the Weasel
07. Burnt out Barn
08. Staring Down That Dead End Road
09. Tape Flip
10. Tick Tock Tickin' Away
11. Feels Like Madness to Me
12. Coyote Catch Me
13. The Dance of Death
14. Shenandoah on Tape
15. Midwest Lullaby

July 10th, 1981, Missouri. Smalltown bully Ken Rex McElroy rules Skidmore with an iron fist. His ten year reign of terror has involved theft, intimidation, assault, abduction and attempted murder. Amazingly, thanks to his slippery defence attorney and the rusty cogs of the American justice system, Ken Rex has never spent a night behind bars. But, when Ken shoots pillar of the community, greengrocer Bo Bowenkamp, leaving him for dead, the good folk of Skidmore decide that enough is enough. If the courts won’t bring Ken to heel, they will.

KENREX is the unbelievably true story of a community taking back control — part True Crime, part Western, with a foot stomping live Americana soundtrack.

Co-written and performed by Jack Holden (creator of Olivier-nominated West End hit Cruise), co-written and directed by Ed Stambollouian (Director of Night School for the Pinter at the Pinter Season), with original music from Stage Debut winning composer John Patrick Elliott (composer of the original score for Cruise).

The play’s music, written and performed live on stage by Elliott, is inspired by True Crime podcasts, foot-stomping Americana, traditional bluegrass and folk music of the Midwest, as well as glitching electronic textures manifested in the sounds of jittering evidence tapes and mangled police radios.

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