Shepperton, England 's Dan Melchior emerged as a
primitivist bile-fueled bard in the tradition of Skip James and Billy
Childish (the latter of whom he has collaborated with, as well as being
part of Holly Golightly's band). He eventually emigrated to the USA
where he settled in to create a huge discography of releases solo and
with NYC's great Broke Revue. These days he's relocated to North
Carolina, and has continued to sidestep easily-pegged garage rock
categorization to create some truly mutant sounds, irascible as ever
with his Das Menace project and a new album "Catbirds and Cardinals" on
Northern-Spy. More Chrome than countrified, Dan and Das Menace rip it up
on Brian's show today! Lineup: Dan Melchior: vox, guitar, David Van
Dokkum: drums, Tony Allman: bass. Songs today: Ride In a Van / Black Dog
Barking / Bewildered and Wild / Town Feeling (Kevin Ayers cover) /
(Interview). Please check out a webpage set up to help Dan and his
lovely wife Letha foot medical costs for her treatments:
melchiorfund.blogspot.com. Thanks Dan & DM and Mike!
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/42241
set also included a cover "Town Feeling" by Kevin Ayers