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Starlite Walker

by Silver Jews

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J/O
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J/O it's Jan 4th and I just came home from drinking margaritas at the mall in honor of DCB and I couldn't be more happy to buy this CD, thank you, David, thank you Drag City, love forever
Bugsy Rabot
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Bugsy Rabot New Orleans was the first thing I ever heard by David Berman and is still a song that makes me drop anything else I might be engaged with at that time. Here he is raw and powerful and we were so lucky to have him
frienizens
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frienizens the spontaneity of the original recordings but with a bit more intention and some great lyrics (that u can hear.. that being said arizona is all time fav).
bobby n and steve are tru joos, despite what all the big doctors say
caseygoods
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caseygoods Did you take a boat in order to make a call on a payphone? Are you upstairs? Then this album is for you. The soundtrack of museum guards yearning for more.
thomloudon
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thomloudon I have wanted this for so long.
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"Starlite Walker was an Oxford, Mississippi record. David resided on the outskirts of town at the time. He was renting a tiny building that was part of a professor's chemistry lab in the woods. He paid $100 a month. It was mildly suspicious. Stephen and I went there to rehearse for about five days. Oxford is a beautiful town. There are lots of beautiful people. We were well. Peaking physically. We built songs around David's words. David had just about all of his lyrics written down in a notebook. When we were 70% ready, we headed up to Easley Studios in Memphis (which burned to the ground a few years ago). Doug and Davis were ready for us. They were cool and it was welcoming. Steve West joined us on the songs that we needed a 'real' drummer. I just wasn't good enough. It didn't bother me. I was proud of my drums on "Trains Across The Sea" and my moog on "New Orleans." We didn't have any significant problems recording and it turned out well. Our host Sherman Willmott (we stayed above his record shop in a small apartment) did a marvelous job of keeping barbecue sauce on our faces the whole time. I gained six pounds. Upon completing Starlite Walker, Silver Jews felt like a band instead of a project. We became formidable.

Bob Nastanovich
2/7/11
Des Moines, Iowa

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released October 24, 1994

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