Thursday, September 19, 2013

Arthur Russell

An American artist who truly was his own genre. Arthur Russell, 1951-1992.
A multi instrumentalist, but many of his most moving works were simply him accompanying himself with his cello. He invented styles. He composed orchestral pieces, wrote and performed rock. He was very influential in the birth of the club music scene in Lower Manhattan. He was very instrumental in encouraging bands like The Modern Lovers and The Talking Heads, who he recorded with. He even worked with Bootsy Collins and Gerry Harrison. 
This name of this piece is, This Is How We Walk On The Moon.

1 comment:

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