The Riderless

All this shit began almost 5 years ago. Kev, Ryan, and I would jam acoustic and electric guitars very strangely. We were all self-taught and into sound. Keys, timings, structures, etc. (musician speak) did not really interest us. We played our first show at the Whippet Lounge for the Peace for Primates benefit. We lifted "the riderless" from a William S. Burroughs writing (this name has since taken on infinite meanings). We were instrumental and improv. Two electric guitars, bass, bongos, turntables, drum machine at very slow speeds, and violin through effects pedals. We were not harmed by confused listeners. Success.

The next few years were centered around the old Forest City Gallery backroom parties. Still instrumental and improv. Kev counted up to about fifteen people who had played with us over this course of time. Celebrities? No. People who still play around town? Yes. Violins, lap steel, bowed guitar, two drummers, freeform "midnite" words, banjo, slide, harmonica, two basses, four guitars, etc. You get the point. David Thomas from Pere Ubu once said that if you put weird people in a room, they will make weird music.

Then something stranger happened. We discovered the delta blues, country blues and exotic folk music from around the world. Holy fuckin' shit.

RHYTHM. We were always more into "groove" than "noise" although various degrees of intoxication can easily blur these two aspects of "music". Now, I guess one can say we "streamlined". Sell out? Stupid question when concerning The Riderless..

- Pat Cahill, www.theriderless.com

Website: www.theriderless.com

Releases

Fallen Reverends TRT018 $10 David Thomas from Pere Ubu once said that “if you put weird people in a room, they will make weird music”, and so there we were, continually building sound with a revolving door of diverse talent and personalities abroad.

Audio

• Old House Hung Up from Remote Mote Locations
• Pendulum from The Red Pawn
• Grace Note from Bow or Bow

 

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