James Jackson Toth - Waiting In Vain (2008)

Cult singer/songwriter James Jackson Toth cut his teeth as the leader of New York-based avant-garde/freak folk ensemble Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice and their myriad incarnations. The Memphis-based artist, along with his wife, Jex Toth, have put out numerous collections of eclectic psychedelic folk-rock under an even more diverse set of names, many pressed onto CD-Rs and sold at shows in extremely limited quantities. For his first "official" solo album, Toth looked to producer Steve Fisk (Nirvana, Soul Coughing, Soundgarden) and a small army of San Francisco-based musicians from the likes of Deerhoof, Vetiver, and Geraldine Fibbers to craft a nuanced, decidedly straightforward collection of songs echoing everybody from Richard Hawley and Chris Isaak to Jason Molina and Bob Dylan. Waiting in Vain arrived in summer 2008 on the Rykodisc label. --by James Christopher Monger (All Music Guide)

Credits:

James Jackson Toth - Arranger, Electric Guitar, Vocals, Soloist
Jex Toth - Arranger, Vocals

Andy Cabic (Vetiver) - Vocals
Otto Hauser (Vetiver/Espers) - Percussion, Drums, Vibraphone
Carla Bozulich (Evengelista) - Vocals
Nels Cline (Wilco) - Electric Guitar
John Dieterich (Deerhoof) - Electric Guitar
Jason Quever (Papercuts/Skygreen Leopards) - Piano, Electric Guitar, Wurlitzer
Shayde Sartin (Sonny & The Sunsets/Skygreen Leopards) - Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Arranger
Tahlia Harbour (Sonny & The Sunsets/Citay) - Vocals
Jarvis Taveniere (Woods/Meneguar) - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar

Steve Fisk - Piano, Producer, Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Mixing, Wurlitzer
Ian Pellicci - Engineer
Ed Sherman - Art Direction

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