Nov 15, 2024
On today's episode, I talk to musician Jake Xerxes Fussell.
Originally from Columbus, Georgia, Jake is the son of folklorist
Fred Fussell, and as a teenager began playing and studying with
elder musicians in the Chattahoochee Valley, apprenticing with
Piedmont blues legend Precious Bryant, with whom he toured and
recorded. In 2015, Jake released his debut self-titled album
composed entirely of adapted folk and blues songs on Paradise of
Bachelors, his home for his next three albums: What in the Natural
World, Out of Sight, Good and Green Again. Earlier this summer, Fat
Possum Records released his latest album When I'm Called, and
listeners, it's a delight!
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Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee!