Fern Jones - Glory Road

Fern Jones - Glory RoadHer voice was all Saturday night, delivered on a Sunday morning. Patsy on Jesus. Elvis without the pelvis. Fern Jones' only album, released by Dot Records in 1959, captured 36 year old Sister Fern as she anointed church music with the same untamed energy that younger white Southerners were bringing to their Rock'N'Roll. The Glory Road's sound gnaws at the bit and stands in reverence, a runaway rockabilly tent show without a single drop of rain on the

and Efterklang - was suddenly forced off the road for the first time in her career

Limited 180gm gold colored vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket

Starting with the swell of horns in the middle of album opener "The Old Gold Shoe

and billboard's top independent album chart at #5 in it's initial release over a decade ago

" Floral Green is filled with raw intensity

The album features guests Nels Cline (Wilco) and Roger Waters and includes covers of songs originally recorded by Gerry Rafferty and Tame Impala

the rhythmic strumming of the funkified guitars give way to the galloping drums and bass

narrative-driven songwriting that feels both confessional and cryptic

The 27-song concert features not only all the classics but also rarely played live tracks and is still one of the absolute star moments in the band's successful career

along with one up-tempo guitar-driven number ("Wide Open Eyes") that closes out Side One

that of musicians who ignite the past to better define the present

only to realize that what he left behind is what he's been looking for all along