Shannon Lay - Living WaterThe debut release on Mare, Kevin Morbys new imprint with Woodsist Records, Shannon Lays Living Water is an instant classic. Recorded by Emmet Kelly (Cairo Gang, Bonnie Prince Billy, Ty Segall) in his Los Angeles home studio, this is an album where the room reacts to the music taking shape around it. Lays voice transcends time and space. One cant tell if shes old or new, if shes sitting next to you, on a mountain top, or down in some canyon. Her second

Both gents have since moved away

Originally only made available through her ashram

acoustic balladeering Hazlewood would later seize for his career-highlight LP

so when Al Cleveland and The Four Tops' Obie Benson brought him the framework of a song called "What's Going On"

“I have no musical skills at all

These and other small companies were the musical heartbeat of the Crescent City all seeking that big

Expanding the epic

the album was ranked number 286 on the Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time

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This is an ear-ringing missive from the end of the cul-de-sac

number 23 on the UK Albums Chart

As on Rock Bottom something in Wyatt's character clearly inspires his contemporaries to play to their unknown strengths when collaborating with him