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Jay Farrar, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale, Eddie Spears, Kelly Lynch, Amy Adams (III), Ken White (IV), Noah Watts, Kim DeLong - The Slaughter Rule

Jay Farrar, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale, Eddie Spears, Kelly Lynch, Amy Adams (III), Ken White (IV), Noah Watts, Kim DeLong - The Slaughter Rule

Band: Jay Farrar, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale, Eddie Spears, Kelly Lynch, Amy Adams (III), Ken White (IV), Noah Watts, Kim DeLong Title: The Slaughter Rule Rating: Release Date: 04 March, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Open Ground 2: Gather - Jay Farrar 3: Rank Stranger - Vic Chesnutt 4: Frost Heaves 5: When I Stop Dreaming - Freakwater 6: Odessa Yodel - Wylie & the Wild West 7: Highwood 8: Gaterhing Flowers for the Master's Banquet - Blood Oranges 9: Augusta 10: To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) - Ryan Adams 11: Buffalo Jump 12: West of Samoa - Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant 13: Freight 14: Dark Early 15: Porchlight - Neko Case 16: Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown - Flatlanders 17: Cold Chimes 18: Gumption 19: Killing the Blues - Malcolm Holcombe 20: Hangman 21: Blue Eyes - Uncle Tupelo 22: Open Ground (reprise) 23: Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown? - Pernice Brothers

Editoral Review Nothing in Farrar's guitar-centric score--which consists mainly of brooding blues riffs and John Fahey-influenced acoustic numbers, colored occasionally by keyboards, feedback, and minimal percussion--would sound out of place on his 2001 solo album, Sebastopol. This companion piece to the 2002 indie film offers instrumental snippets of Jay Farrar's original score along with a dozen cuts drawn from alt-country's moody songwriter wing. Recycled contributions from Neko Case, Ryan Adams, Uncle Tupelo (a hard-to-find cover of Gram Parsons's "Blue Eyes"), and the Flatlanders hold few surprises: they're all stellar, but none is exclusive to this disc. Most of the new tunes found here are conservative covers of country classics, including "Rank Stranger" (Vic Chesnutt), "When I Stop Dreaming" (Freakwater), and "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" (Blood Oranges). Best of all are Malcolm Holcombe's hard-bitten rendition of "Killing the Blues" and the Pernice Brothers' gauzy take on "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" --Anders Smith Lindall .. You can see a complete list of all Jay Farrar, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale, Eddie Spears, Kelly Lynch, Amy Adams (III), Ken White (IV), Noah Watts, Kim DeLong discography, or go back to the Jay Farrar, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale, Eddie Spears, Kelly Lynch, Amy Adams (III), Ken White (IV), Noah Watts, Kim DeLong tabs