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Ballads for Liquor Salesmen

by The Tangled Minds

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    " Who is The Waiting Man? A musician. A man ...unconcerned with the vagaries of human consumption. A man who wants you to have his music. "

    After 20 years of being affiliated in the local Inland Empire music scene as a songwriter and production coordinator, working with numerous bands and archiving projects, this 38 year old is still treading the Avant -Garde halos which surround and make his tonal garden .

    From his humble beginnings at the Fleur -de -Lis café to his first break on the Patrick Brayer Radio Archives, his music and talents have led him from the enclaves of Southern California to the dank dens of Scotland.
    The acoustic /electric sound is a mainstay for this eclectic musician.

    And that Sound is...? Simply put :
    "...a nice marriage of jangly pop with freakout collages.
    It's pop music for alien step children & little bastards who need a trip to the woodshed. The effective marriage of pop, strange lyrics, and freakout bits is reminiscent of our favorite Madcap " -Kiloh Smith

    " You ‘ve got to be happy with what you have and strive to surround yourself with people you can learn from . " This is the gospel of the waiting man. That philosophy has led to his work with such projects as Patrick Brayer , the Bad Hair Day , the Beauty Recognizers, Southern State Tapestries ,the Tangled Minds, Buzzsaw and the Shavings, GaryAdam Neuharth, and no , like this ... , giving a grand total of 17 CDs to his credit over the past few years .

    "Making material available through zentone.org to be heard or seen is extremely important right now, but most of all I wish to express myself with a higher degree of respect for my craft . The lessons that I‘ve learned from my mentor will hopefully come naturally in time. I enjoy the concept of producing and arranging projects that incorporate all the cohesive elements. "

    After the making of two new CD's under the title " Ballads for liquor salesmen " and " no more bad hair days " , they were received with open local and European arms , thanks to the help of such local musicians as Patrick Brayer , guitarist Jill Martinson , and drummer Chad Villarreal .These EP 's incorporated new material and a fusion of country , blues , rock , and jazz .

    Here is a quote from the ballads insert:

    "When an artist thinks, he thinks about the strategic placement of the silence and how the dissonance of his thought makes a harmonic of the stillness. Iggy Henderson has taken our philosophy into another generation...
    It has always been my belief that you don't make talent, you just get out of the way of it.
    Listening to these recordings I think
    the most important thing, besides the images themselves, is the since of ritual that comes from the concourse of a heart, that upon the
    giver no one can bestow. Though this work is brand new I am already seeing it in the anthology of the inland empirical future ... "

    - Patrick Brayer

    "I believe it is possible to support Arts education by providing a community with opportunities for quality performances.
    We should rely on ourselves to establish sound aesthetic experiences for our peers. "
    George ‘Ignatius’ Henderson

    For any further contact Via Snail mail:
    The Institute for Silent Activity
    P.O. Box 1576
    Running Springs, CA 92382     ... more
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The Waiting Man - Jeannie in a Bottle 05:36
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The Waiting Man - Jackass Ears 03:12
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The Waiting Man - Drivin Nails in my Coffin 02:38
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Redhead Holiday 03:18
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The Waiting Man - The Soft Parade 03:53
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The Waiting Man - Cocktail Napkin Halo Jamboree 04:32
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when an artist thinks, he thinks about the strategic placement of the silence and how the dissonance of his thought makes a harmonic of the stillness. iggy henderson has taken our philosophy into another generation. the lessons i had learned from my mentor and compatriot
/ invisible chris darrow / i have tried to instill in a young henderson. though i see the word "hinder" and the word "son" in his name i still
worked to compliment david bowie with the cheerokee slide guitar of jenks "tex" carmen, and side track syd barrett with my avante garde collection of the “ homosexual country music of borderland texas ( circa 1954 ) ” .

it has always been my belief that you don't make talent, you just get out of the way of it. during these recordings we drank six kinds of beer and ate twelve kinds of sushi and on brakes binoculared the post office in the 103 degree heat . listening to these recordings now i can hear
the endless smoking of shag monkey hair tobacco and the cleansing of our palates on watching the first 20 minutes of "the days of wine and roses" over and over again . i think the most important thing, besides the images themselves is the since of ritual that comes from the
concourse of a heart, that upon the giver no one can bestow . though this work is brand new i am already seeing it in the anthology of the
inland empirical future in which they will celebrate the impoverished wolf-tone cries of the invisibles. patrick brayer the tamales desert 2000

patrickbrayer.com

I finally got your CD and am listening and enjoying.
I also like your taste in "older" women - Theda was always a special lass to me. A looker!

so I like songs 2 and 4 best .

Jackass Ears has a thankfully sauve'-less Bryan Ferry vibe to the vocal, and walks the tightrope between anger and remorse. it drives well, and my only complaint is I would like more vocals, as in more upfront, and maybe some harmony. More of a good thing kind of wish here.
Soft Parade again grabs me because of the vocals, tune, and its leaning toward wistfulness, with some romanticism. I can take romanticism all day long if it is truly heartfelt, and I feel you are from the heart here, and then some.

-Hugh Hues of Reclusive Records

I really liked the CD, Jeannie in a Bottle, and The Soft Parade particularly, good lyrics (which is a rarity these days).

-James Littlewood ( editor of Charm magazine , UK )

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released December 16, 2000

Ignatius Henderson- vocals , 12- string , acoustic & electric guitars , bass , & percussion
Patrick Brayer - mandolin , fiddle , lap steel , lead guitar , banjo , vocals & percussion


PRODUCED BY : Patrick Brayer and Ignatius Henderson
Engineered and recorded by : Patrick Brayer
Production coordination: Ignatius Henderson
All songs written by Ignatius Henderson
except : *by ( henderson/ brayer ) ** by ( jerry irby )
all additional composition and arrangement by Patrick Brayer
Recorded at Church Teeth Recording Studio in Upland , California
Mastered at the Institute for Silent Activity , Running Springs , CA
Special thanks to the Patrick Brayer Radio Archives

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Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty-three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules — and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress.-Kurt Vonnegut

Best mix performance on a good pair of headphones turned up loud while gazing up at the stars.

The art of life is multi- dimensional. This music is made by me and my friends. Avante! ... more

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