The Chicago musician Jeremy Jacobsen, better known as
the Lonesome Organist,
is a true one-man band. His simultaneous proficiency with a wide
variety of instruments -- including the organ, drums, guitar, harmonica,
toy piano, tap-shoes, and steel drum -- makes his music suitable for a
variety hour or a circus show as well as a rock album. Never lacking in
novelty,
the Lonesome Organist mixed styles such as rock, yodeling, blues, circus music, and soundtrack music on his records. On his 1997 album,
Collector of Cactus Echo Bag, and his 1999 album,
Cavalcade
-- released on the Thrill Jockey label -- Jacobsen used such a variety
of instruments and arrangements that almost any musical genre could be
pointed to as a likely influence. In his live performances, Jacobsen was
no less eclectic, playing as many as four instruments at once and
rapidly switching styles from song to song. However,
the Lonesome Organist has not always been lonesome. He collaborated with bands such as
the Blues Explosion,
5ive Style, and Euphone.
Forms and Follies, the Lonesome Organist's third
effort, was recorded on eight tracks. It appeared in spring 2003.
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