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Jake Xerxes Fussell

Jake Xerxes Fussell's Tiny Desk (home) concert opens with the eyebrow raising lyric, "I've got fresh fish this morning, ladies. They are gilded with gold and you may find a diamond in their mouths." It was originally sung by a fishmonger in Florida and captured in a field recording. Coming from Fussell, it sounds as lived-in as his worn Telecaster looks. It's immediate, but somehow out-of-time. Fussell found the tune at the Library of Congress, part of his process of collecting and curating traditional, public domain folk songs, and reinterpreting them through his own lens.

English
  • Originally Aired January 25, 2022
  • Runtime 17 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created July 4, 2022 by
    pvk8336
  • Modified July 13, 2022 by
    randleylobo