When he found the sweet spot in a melody, his voice was a really moving thing. He may have been sort of wayfaring stranger throughout his life, made poor choices and been hard to work with, but he was the last of the most stubbornly talented to emerge from LA’s indie scene of the 70’s.
Same,I grew up mostly in LA.The Gun Club/JLP spoke to me even more than most early punk bands.Maybe Angelenos aren't as shallow and trendy as people stereotype us?
@@kevincarlson668 - There is a deep level of awareness in LA that belies the image. If you think about Laurel Canyon, Topanga Canyon and old Hollywood, pockets like Silverlake and all of it really, this is the belly of the deepest creative industries. The fact that LA had an African American population going back to the mid- 1800’s, a Latino population going back to the 1700’s, and it was a Mecca at the turn of the century for the film industry, to me it represents a cultural center that is far more aware than it appears. JLP, being half Latino, sort of represents the people who live in the shadows of the creative art of film and music. He had no connections to it via family, but living in the shadows of this mammoth industry, he probably had deep awareness of the power of film, literature and music. He was not really anything other than smart and aware. His outsider persona belied a voracious reader, a connoisseur of old film actors and especially blues music. He was friends with Bob Hite of Canned Heat I believe, one of the greatest white blues bands of all times. Being an outsider in a town where connections make the difference, all he had was his imagination to color his experience. It’s like being the child of a carnival worker, you see behind the scenes of the fair, and you might want to start a sideshow yourself. That he did with his writing and musical connections. He must have always felt like he was an outsider looking in, because it’s very difficult to be a prophet in your hometown. Especially a willful and stubborn and iconoclastic rebel, with a dark penchant for mischief.
@@owenwilberforce6138 Beautifully put,Mr Wilberforce..Though I grew up in fairly upper middle class(ugh) areas,I always sensed that.For that reason,I miss L.A. sometimes.
@@owenwilberforce6138 that's really insightful. One of my biggest regrets, probably the biggest, was not seeing the Gun Club when they played here in Canberra Australia. I was 17, discovering live music. And I didn't go to the Uni Bar that night. Oh well. I didn't really appreciate them until about 20 years ago. Now I get it. Better late than never.
@@timhouston4470 - I had the same sentiment with JJ Cale. There is a fairly well known venue in my part of the world, South Orange County- California called the Coach House, I saw many legends there, too many to list, even played there myself several times. He would play there often because he had lived in Southern California throughout the latter part of his life, and I missed him there when he played several times himself. Low key and soft spoken, he was a musician’s musician and it wasn’t until I saw a documentary about him on tour that I realized why he was a legend among the Tulsa musicians who were in Leon Russell’s orbit. I kick myself because he was and will forever be one of my favorite songwriters and performers. Gun Club too I probably could have caught at some point but I was unable to catch them live. It makes every video people post that much more important, a window into a seemingly unimportant at the time event-but we forever kick ourselves for missing it.
I loved Gun Club. I saw their first performance in Boston when I was 16 or 17. Mother Juno was in my cassette collection...most people didn't get it ...Bill Bailey was one thing but this and Yellow Eyes and Lupita Screams and Port of Souls were off in the stratosphere
Where did this come from? I love these acoustic versions! It must be from the new double album, limited 500, I NEED to have it! Even though it's vinyl, I don't care...it's JLP. I love you Jeffrey Lee! I wish you were still here- not just some legend...
When he found the sweet spot in a melody, his voice was a really moving thing. He may have been sort of wayfaring stranger throughout his life, made poor choices and been hard to work with, but he was the last of the most stubbornly talented to emerge from LA’s indie scene of the 70’s.
Same,I grew up mostly in LA.The Gun Club/JLP spoke to me even more than most early punk bands.Maybe Angelenos aren't as shallow and trendy as people stereotype us?
@@kevincarlson668 - There is a deep level of awareness in LA that belies the image. If you think about Laurel Canyon, Topanga Canyon and old Hollywood, pockets like Silverlake and all of it really, this is the belly of the deepest creative industries. The fact that LA had an African American population going back to the mid- 1800’s, a Latino population going back to the 1700’s, and it was a Mecca at the turn of the century for the film industry, to me it represents a cultural center that is far more aware than it appears.
JLP, being half Latino, sort of represents the people who live in the shadows of the creative art of film and music. He had no connections to it via family, but living in the shadows of this mammoth industry, he probably had deep awareness of the power of film, literature and music. He was not really anything other than smart and aware. His outsider persona belied a voracious reader, a connoisseur of old film actors and especially blues music. He was friends with Bob Hite of Canned Heat I believe, one of the greatest white blues bands of all times. Being an outsider in a town where connections make the difference, all he had was his imagination to color his experience.
It’s like being the child of a carnival worker, you see behind the scenes of the fair, and you might want to start a sideshow yourself. That he did with his writing and musical connections. He must have always felt like he was an outsider looking in, because it’s very difficult to be a prophet in your hometown. Especially a willful and stubborn and iconoclastic rebel, with a dark penchant for mischief.
@@owenwilberforce6138 Beautifully put,Mr Wilberforce..Though I grew up in fairly upper middle class(ugh) areas,I always sensed that.For that reason,I miss L.A. sometimes.
@@owenwilberforce6138 that's really insightful. One of my biggest regrets, probably the biggest, was not seeing the Gun Club when they played here in Canberra Australia. I was 17, discovering live music. And I didn't go to the Uni Bar that night. Oh well. I didn't really appreciate them until about 20 years ago. Now I get it. Better late than never.
@@timhouston4470 - I had the same sentiment with JJ Cale. There is a fairly well known venue in my part of the world, South Orange County- California called the Coach House, I saw many legends there, too many to list, even played there myself several times. He would play there often because he had lived in Southern California throughout the latter part of his life, and I missed him there when he played several times himself. Low key and soft spoken, he was a musician’s musician and it wasn’t until I saw a documentary about him on tour that I realized why he was a legend among the Tulsa musicians who were in Leon Russell’s orbit. I kick myself because he was and will forever be one of my favorite songwriters and performers. Gun Club too I probably could have caught at some point but I was unable to catch them live. It makes every video people post that much more important, a window into a seemingly unimportant at the time event-but we forever kick ourselves for missing it.
my absolute best group see live in '90 and the best singer ever +++ in these music's empty years ..
I was introduced to JLP's work by Mark Lanegan's book. RIP to both of them.
Me too...just read the chapter on this band mark loved and had to look them up
what book?
@@llewelxx sing backwards and weep
I'm glad to see all the people moved by JLP and his unique mind 🤙
Love you Jeff, we miss you
Cocteau Twins chords and Gun Club. Divinity!
One of the best songs ever written. RIP.
this song is so beautiful. both versions are equally touching and it's making me tear up
Love the studio version but some songs are so good they need two versions.
I loved Gun Club. I saw their first performance in Boston when I was 16 or 17. Mother Juno was in my cassette collection...most people didn't get it
...Bill Bailey was one thing but this and Yellow Eyes and Lupita Screams and Port of Souls were off in the stratosphere
His voice trancended. So incredible.
JEFFREY IS STILL ALIVE
i wish 😕
Brings a tear to my eye.
Miss you Jeffrey..... ,best inspiration,ever had.....😖Hope you’re in a better place🖖
My favorite singer and band ever...
me two
he got the real blues!
Best voice ever
This chord sequence with this time signature is gold.
Thank you vastly for posting a version I'd never heard of one of the most perfect and beautifully tragic songs ever written.
We love you Jeffrey
Gone way too soon
So special! Wish u didn't leave us.
Brilliant as always. Live on forever JLP.
miss you jeffrey
Beautiful as ever and always. Rock'n'roll is missing his amazing presence.
They say only the good die young. JLP was a great one.
lovely
rest in peace
then come back
in disguise
mime us again
❤❤❤
Hoje 31/03/2023 27anis sem o Jeffrey lee Pierce, me amarro nessa banda ❤
A melhor!
anoche volvi escuchandola en auriculares en el largo viaje de regreso a mi hogar, emocionada, cantando, que belleza los sentimientos
So touching.
Muito foda, de arrepiar a voz do Jeffrey Lee pierce, canção linda. AMo pra sempre!
Quelle merveille 👍👍👍
Incredible
Thank you for posting this!!
🌹
Forever 🖤
Cara nessa versão ficou muito linda essa canção , é de arrepiar j.l.p .Amo pra sempre , krlh!!!
RIP.
Brilliant
❤️
wow !!!
i am fool what a great sinlenced immortal lengend
Miss you xoxo
Nice song...love the guitar pickin..I want a souvlaki..well done...slovenia??clean take..scooby doo there you are...
enchantey bro
marce, un día me dijiste q jeffrey hizo de este mundo un lugar más lindo como yo y hoy, yo te digo lo mismo a vos. te amo.
WOW !!!!!!!!
Where did this come from? I love these acoustic versions! It must be from the new double album, limited 500, I NEED to have it! Even though it's vinyl, I don't care...it's JLP. I love you Jeffrey Lee! I wish you were still here- not just some legend...
it's from Anarchic Blues www.discogs.com/Jeffrey-Lee-Pierce-Anarchic-Blues-Live-In-Slovenia-1994/master/442111
Saw this by a show with maby 20 people in switzerland (thun , mokka)and it was beautiful like gun club
♡
This has a distinct Tom Waites feeling to it. So beautiful.
Distinct
Wow. That's true it does
JLP doesn't sound really sober!
I am so depressed.
how u doin now man
yer flyin Jeff
wheels up
with her father present
Who is doing the melody guitar??
Who needs Robin Guthrie anyway???? Tender!!
Jeffrey lee pierce greets greta Thunberg on the airport tarmac in front of only one camera
bumppo shepherd lol
Holy sh#t that's brilliant
cool acoustic version ☝️