Unlearn to Talk

November 4, 2006... Sometimes words--definitions, justifications--get in the way of a good time.

Skeleton Crew - Learn To Talk

Skeleton Crew - It's Fine

Skeleton Crew - Zach's Flag

"The Hand That Bites" is dedicated to my friend B.S., Talking Heads' #1 fan.

Skeleton Crew - The Hand That Bites

Skeleton Crew - You May Find A Bed

Skeleton Crew was Fred Frith (mostly guitar), Tom Cora (mostly cello) and, eventually, Zeena Parkins (mostly organ).

Skeleton Crew released two records: Learn to Talk (1984) and The Country of Blinds (1986). Excerpts from both were re-issued as a single CD in the 1990s. More recently, the complete albums, plus all of the other material the band recorded at the time, but never released, have been packaged together as a 2 CD set.

The members of Skeleton Crew were associated with the downtown New York improv scene. Unlike many recordings to emerge from that scene, including many recordings Frith himself played on, Learn to Talk and The Country of Blinds are actually fun to listen to. (Anyone interested in buying my Art Bears and Henry Cow/Slapp Happy records, please contact me.)

Tom Cora died in 1998.

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