VA - The Hired Hands: A Tribute to Bruce Langhorne (2017)

Compiled by Dylan Golden Aycock, Loren Connors, and Suzanne Langille, The Hired Hands is an homage to one of the greatest and most infamous guitarists alive, Bruce Langhorne. His music has influenced and touched a lot of lives over the years, either through his soundtrack work with Peter Fonda or his studio work in the 1960s as the go-to hired hand for Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Odetta, and many others. Browsing his wikipedia page, one is informed of the volume of work he accomplished throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s. Scissor Tail Editions was lucky enough to release Langhorne s score to Peter Fonda s 1971 anti-western The Hired Hand on vinyl in 2012. Artists were asked to cover or reinterpret a song of their choice from the soundtrack. No rules were made on whether the music should be derivative of a certain song if the soundtrack inspired a mood, then the artist could use their intuition. Langhorne has come on hard times in recent years, having suffered a stroke that prevents him from playing the guitar. A large percentage of the profits for this tribute go to Langhorne and his family.

TRACKLIST

CD1
1. Paul Metzger – Opening
2. Lee Ranaldo – Harry and Hannah
3. Susan Alcorn – Hello Goodbye Hello
4. Steve Gunn – For Bruce
5. C Joynes – No Further
6. Loren Connors – Response to Windmill
7. Laura Ortman – Spring
8. Talk West – Riding Thru the Rain
9. Padang Food Tigers – Left Me For Harry
10. Tim Rutili – in the clearing when the deer comes and the kid tries to keep as still as possible
11. Nathan Bowles – Windmill
12. Scott Tuma – Song in B
13. James Jackson Toth – Stumpranchers
14. Greg Anton – Three Balls Blues
15. Tom Carter – Spring (02:06)
16. Alan Licht & Steve Shelley – Ending

CD2
1. House and Land – Ocarine
2. Wes Tirey – Horsedreamer
3. Chris Corsano – For Bruce Langhorne
4. John Fahey – Red Cross, Disciple of Christ Today
5. Eugene Chadbourne – Graveyard (Dead Girl)
6. White Out – Another Windmill
7. Daniel Bachman – The Sound of the Sun
8. Nathan McLaughlin – Dust Clouds for Bruce
9. Matthew De Gennaro – The Payador's Dream
10. Marc Edwards – Riding Thru The Rain (Response)
11. Elliott Sharp – Eon Blur Changer
12. Dylan Golden Aycock – Three Teeth
13. Andrew Burnes – Arch Leaves
14. Boxhead Ensemble – The Eleventh Hour
15. Lake Mary – In The Garden (No Further Need)
16. Chuck Johnson – Mastic