Blues Funeral - Album
Blues Funeral (Album) by Mark Lanegan
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Mark William Lanegan November 25 1964 – February 22 2022 Was An American Singer Songwriter And Poet. First Becoming Prominent As The Lead Singer For The Early Grunge Band Screaming Trees He Was Also Known As A Member Of Queens Of The Stone Age And The Gutter Twins. He Released 12 Solo Studio Albums As Well As Three Collaboration Albums With Isobel Campbell And Two With Duke Garwood. He Was Known For His Baritone Voice Which Was Described As Being "as Scratchy As A Three-Day Beard Yet As Supple And Pliable As Moccasin Leather" And Has Been Compared To Tom Waits Leonard Cohen And Nick Cave. Lanegan Began His Musical Career In 1984 With Screaming Trees With Whom He Released Seven Studio Albums And Five EPs Before Their Disbandment In 2000. During His Time With The Band He Also Started A Solo Career And Released His First Solo Studio Album The Winding Sheet In 1990. He Subsequently Released A Further 10 Solo Albums Which Received Critical Recognition But Only Moderate Commercial Success. Following The End Of Screaming Trees He Became A Frequent Collaborator Of Queens Of The Stone Age And Was A Full-Time Member Between 2001 And 2005 During The Songs For The Deaf And Lullabies To Paralyze Eras. Lanegan Collaborated With Various Artists Throughout His Career. In The 1990s He And Kurt Cobain Recorded An Album Of Lead Belly Covers That Was Ultimately Never Released. He Also Joined Layne Staley And Mike McCready In The Band Mad Season And Formed The Alternative Rock Group The Gutter Twins With Greg Dulli In 2003 As Well As Contributing To Releases By Moby Bomb The Bass Soulsavers Tinariwen The Twilight Singers Manic Street Preachers And Unkle Among Others. Lanegan Struggled With Addiction To Drugs And Alcohol Throughout His Life But Had Been Sober For Over A Decade At The Time Of His Death. Encouraged By His Friend Anthony Bourdain He Released The Memoir Sing Backwards And Weep In 2020. He Followed This Up In 2021 With The Memoir Devil In A Coma Which Focused On His Near-Death Experience With COVID-19. He And His Wife Shelley Brien Left The U.S. In 2020 And Settled In The Irish Town Of Killarney Where He Died Two Years Later At The Age Of 57. No Cause Of Death Was Revealed. Studio Albums
The Winding Sheet 1990 Whiskey For The Holy Ghost 1994 Scraps At Midnight 1998 I'll Take Care Of You 1999 Field Songs 2001 Bubblegum 2004 Blues Funeral 2012 Imitations 2013 Phantom Radio 2014 Gargoyle 2017 Somebody's Knocking 2019 Straight Songs Of Sorrow 2020
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Biography - Mark Lanegan
Mark William Lanegan November 25 1964 – February 22 2022 Was An American Singer Songwriter And Poet. First Becoming Prominent As The Lead Singer For The Early Grunge Band Screaming Trees He Was Also Known As A Member Of Queens Of The Stone Age And The Gutter Twins. He Released 12 Solo Studio Albums As Well As Three Collaboration Albums With Isobel Campbell And Two With Duke Garwood. He Was Known For His Baritone Voice Which Was Described As Being "as Scratchy As A Three-Day Beard Yet As Supple And Pliable As Moccasin Leather" And Has Been Compared To Tom Waits Leonard Cohen And Nick Cave. Lanegan Began His Musical Career In 1984 With Screaming Trees With Whom He Released Seven Studio Albums And Five EPs Before Their Disbandment In 2000. During His Time With The Band He Also Started A Solo Career And Released His First Solo Studio Album The Winding Sheet In 1990. He Subsequently Released A Further 10 Solo Albums Which Received Critical Recognition But Only Moderate Commercial Success. Following The End Of Screaming Trees He Became A Frequent Collaborator Of Queens Of The Stone Age And Was A Full-Time Member Between 2001 And 2005 During The Songs For The Deaf And Lullabies To Paralyze Eras. Lanegan Collaborated With Various Artists Throughout His Career. In The 1990s He And Kurt Cobain Recorded An Album Of Lead Belly Covers That Was Ultimately Never Released. He Also Joined Layne Staley And Mike McCready In The Band Mad Season And Formed The Alternative Rock Group The Gutter Twins With Greg Dulli In 2003 As Well As Contributing To Releases By Moby Bomb The Bass Soulsavers Tinariwen The Twilight Singers Manic Street Preachers And Unkle Among Others. Lanegan Struggled With Addiction To Drugs And Alcohol Throughout His Life But Had Been Sober For Over A Decade At The Time Of His Death. Encouraged By His Friend Anthony Bourdain He Released The Memoir Sing Backwards And Weep In 2020. He Followed This Up In 2021 With The Memoir Devil In A Coma Which Focused On His Near-Death Experience With COVID-19. He And His Wife Shelley Brien Left The U.S. In 2020 And Settled In The Irish Town Of Killarney Where He Died Two Years Later At The Age Of 57. No Cause Of Death Was Revealed. Studio Albums
The Winding Sheet 1990 Whiskey For The Holy Ghost 1994 Scraps At Midnight 1998 I'll Take Care Of You 1999 Field Songs 2001 Bubblegum 2004 Blues Funeral 2012 Imitations 2013 Phantom Radio 2014 Gargoyle 2017 Somebody's Knocking 2019 Straight Songs Of Sorrow 2020 read less
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The Winding Sheet 1990 Whiskey For The Holy Ghost 1994 Scraps At Midnight 1998 I'll Take Care Of You 1999 Field Songs 2001 Bubblegum 2004 Blues Funeral 2012 Imitations 2013 Phantom Radio 2014 Gargoyle 2017 Somebody's Knocking 2019 Straight Songs Of Sorrow 2020 read less
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Published: 07 Jul 2013, 01:17
Blues Funeral Is The Seventh Studio Album By American Alternative Rock Musician Mark Lanegan Released On February 6 2012 On 4AD. The Album Was Recorded With Producer Alain Johannes Throughout Early 2011 And Johannes As Well As Other Musicians Including Greg Dulli And Jack Irons Contributed To The Recording Process. Blues Funeral Was Announced For Release On November 7 2011 Through Lanegan's Official Website And Less Than A Month Later The Album's Lead Single "The Gravedigger's Song " Was Released As A Digital Download On ITunes. Aside From Collaborative Albums With Isobel Campbell And Other Collaboration Projects Including Soulsavers And The Gutter Twins Blues Funeral Is Mark Lanegan's First New Material In Eight Years Since Bubblegum 2004 Upon Its Release Blues Funeral Received Widespread Critical Acclaim And Charted In Six Countries Within The Week Of Its Release Including Belgium The Netherlands Sweden New Zealand And The United Kingdom. Background Following Extensive Collaborations With Isobel Campbell Former Vocalist And Celloist Of Indie Pop Band Belle & Sebastian Lanegan Began Working On Blues Funeral After The Tour In Promotion Of Their Third Collaborative Studio Album Hawk 2010 . The Tour Concluded On October 29 2010 In Los Angeles California And Lanegan Subsequently Began Composing Songs. In An Interview With MOJO Lanegan Described His Writing Process For The Album Saying That " Were Written Right Before Or During The Period When We Recorded" And "generally I Write On The Guitar But This One I Started A Few With The Keyboard And A Drum Machine To Do Something Different. With Al I Can Show Him Something On Acoustic Guitar And Give Him A Description And Within A Couple Of Hours It's Done." Composition The Quietus Described The Album's Sound As "Blues Funeral Incorporates Beats Marshalled By Sequencers With Grand Cinematic Sweeps And A Rock & Roll Sensibility That Reveals An Artist Refusing To Paint Himself Into A Corner." Lanegan Also Noted That "with This New Record Because I Use A Lot Of The Elements Of My Influences That I Haven't On Previous Record I've Made A Record That's Something More Like I Would Personally Listen To Than Some Of The Records That I’ve Made Before "and Listed The Album's Influences As The Gun Club's Miami Joy Division's Closer And Roxy Music's Country Life Amongst Others. Release Lanegan's Official Website Posted A Press Release On November 7 2011 Announcing That Blues Funeral Was Due To Be Released Worldwide On February 6 2012. The Album Was Made Available For Pre-Order On ITunes And Domestic Versions Of The Album On CD And Double LP Were Made Available Through The 4AD Store And Amazon. Physical Versions Of The Album Were Released A Day Later Than The Digital Release. On January 21 2012 Amazon Previewed Thirty-Second Clips Of Each Songs On The Album And On January 31 MOJO Made The Album Available For Stream In Its Entirety. Tour A Two-Leg Tour Was Planned To Accompany The Release Of Blues Funeral Throughout Spring 2012. Lanegan Performed Two Shows In The United States—at The Bowery Ballroom In New York On February 7 And At Echoplex In Los Angeles California On February 9— Prior To The European Tour Which Will Last From February 24 To April 2. The Tour Will Include Norway Finland The Netherlands Belgium United Kingdom Ireland Germany Denmark Poland Czech Republic Austria Croatia Italy Switzerland Spain And Portugal. Following The Release Of The Album Lanegan Announced Two Further Legs Of The Tour With Five Shows In Australia And New Zealand In April And With Twelve Shows In The United States Mexico And Canada In May.