Salmon Graveyard - Salmon Graveyard CD Experimental was a smashing success

was a smashing success

marching band bass drum and a miscellaneous collection of objects to hit wired up with transducer mics deconstructed guitar played with bottleneck

while retaining a unifying logic and sense of cohesion

especially on side 1

“I love the sound of mechanical failure

Salmon Graveyard - Salmon Graveyard CD Experimental was a smashing successSalmon Graveyard by Salmon Graveyard The longest track on this record, Salmon Graveyard, does a lot in 26 minutes, but, importantly, it begins with a glissando. It sounds like a descending electronic sine tone but is probably slide guitar, played by John Hoegberg. Its a provocative opening lick. The glissando in question isnt what one would call an ornament. It isnt an embellishment of a musical theme its a dive bomb. It glides down from A natural,