Jeffrey Foucault’s John Prine
Jeffrey Foucault‘s newest record, Shoot The Moon Right Between The Eyes, is a collection of John Prine songs, interpreted by Foucault (with the help of guitarist Peter Mulvey and vocalist Kris Delmhorst, among others). Recorded over the course of a year in a wood-paneled office of an old bank, Mojo magazine was correct in saying Foucault is “confident of his own skills and reverential toward Prine’s”.
On his management company’s website, Foucault says: “When I was seventeen my Dad brought me home John Prine’s first album and it became my private religion for a while. I learned to play the guitar by learning his songs, and my Dad and I still play them around the table after supper. They’ve kept me company for years, in hotel rooms and foreign countries, on stage and away from it, telling the truth in beautiful and unexpected ways. This is a record I always wanted to make.”
The first John Prine record is one of those once in a lifetime records that every wishes he made. Foucault takes Prine’s music to another dimension. A simply beautiful record.
You can get it from his management site or Foucault’s site or eMusic
Jeffery Foucault – Hello In There
Jeffrey Foucault – Daddy’s Little Pumpkin
Jeffery Foucault – My Mexican Home
John Prine is an all time favorite of mine, and the song “Daddy’s Little Pumpkin” is my 4 year old daughter’s fav–and will continue to be until she gets old enough to understand that the lyrics are about her “jailbird” daddy…Nice post!
Wow! I have an old tape of Iris Dement live on radio covering My Mexican Home. I’ve always loved that song, but I’ve never heard John Prine’s original stuff. Looks like it’s something I need to look up!