Track from the 1999 EP, 'Deral Fenderson is Way Cooler Than Graham Smith.'  Hybrid analog four track and digital studio recording.

Drinking Beer For Jesus

Track from 1998's 'Wined Dined Entranced, Sliced Diced Romanced.'  Digital studio production.

Busy

From a Postal Blowfish related Jimmy Pollard tribute.  

In January of 1999, Guided By Voices played in New York City. I guess what could be best be called a 'fan convention' was going on during the same weekend. After the show, the band convened at Tonic Bar with fans from all over. In the course of this party, the chorus of the infamous "Corn Country" was sang multiple times by Bob Pollard. It was so catchy, I couldn't forget it.  So I wrote some verses and gave it a song structure. Probably not the same as Mr. Pollard's full version, but then that's never been released....  For some reason, I feel it owes a little to John Mellencamp. I'm not certain this is the final version, as I seem to remember a bunch of backing vocals.  Maybe that's just in my head. All instruments and vocals by Deral Fenderson. Recorded on analog four track.

Corn Country

From the Monumental Box Tribute.  This lovely little instrumental number from Guided By Voices' first album, Devil Between My Toes, always intrigued me.  As I listened each time, I kept hearing this other thing. So I made it happen. All instruments by Deral Fenderson.  Recorded on analog four track in the Disco House basement.  Released as Prostitute Dreamboat.

Artboat (James Bond version) AKA Double Oh Artboat

From the Monumental Box Tribute.  This song from Devil Between My Toes is one of Guided By Voices' best.  I decided to chug it up a bit. All instruments and vocals by Deral Fenderson.  Recorded on analog four track in the Disco House basement. Released as Morbid Kyfypt. 

Captain's Dead

Walmart/Mucilage recorded live at The Bazaar in Roanoke, VA on March 19, 2010.

Walmart/Mucilage (live 3-19-2010)

"Burn" recorded live at The Bazaar in Roanoke, VA on February 14th, 2010.

Burn (live 2-14-2010)

"Daddy Died In The Demolition Derby" recorded live at Lucie Monroe's in Christiansburg, VA on March 26th, 2012.

Daddy Died In The Demolition Derby (live 3-26-2012)

Third attempt at "Junkie Mom" recorded live at Lucie Monroe's in Christiansburg, VA on March 26th, 2012. This was my first gig with my new electronic tabla, and I botched two attempts at starting this song (and I've mercifully left them off here). This was the third attempt (sans tabla), which almost immediately veered into an 80s "Wham!" style acid flashback. Truly bizaare performance here. I even stopped by James T. Barnes' house for a spell.

Junkie Mom (3rd attempt live 3-26-2012)

"Junkie Mom" as stitched together and electrified by Jason Meagher (Black Dirt Studio) from two live recordings. One was recorded at The Bazaar in Roanoke VA on February 14th, 2010. The other was recorded at The Log House (RIP) in Blacksburg VA on October 29th, 2009. In the room that night (and possibly helping) were myself, Nathan Bowles, Lisa Cameron, Mark Lentz, Amy Splitt, Grampa KAOS and maybe others I'm forgetting. I'm pretty sure Mary had already gone upstairs to bed. This song was written years ago by myself and Amy Splitt. 

Junkie Mom (live Meagher Frankenstein Mix)

Love this one.  Recorded live on WUVT FM 90.7's Local Zone program in October of 2008.

Field Trip To Hell (live on WUVT)

Unreleased analog four track production from the early oughts (the 00s).

My Heart Doesn't Lie

Fendersonia is a nice place to visit: noise-slaked lullabies, warped-tape pop wonderfulness, melodies so strong they could power an AM station until the world ends, frazzled frequencies carrying sublime sonics and sappy love poesies all messed up and bittersweet and wrong/right, just like love is. It's the kind of place you'd like to get lost, and take your time unraveling the tangle of ideas until they make the perfect sense they promise to. - Stevie Chick
Deral Fenderson, hailing from the foothills of Giles County, Virginia,is less a musician and more a gravedigger, tilling a labyrinthine grave of morose and often carnal subject matter. His canon speaks to his father's untimely death in a demolition derby, his whore of a junkie mother, and his take on the fate of the "Milk Carton Boy". Deral weaves these macabre tales of love lost and pain against the backdrop of lush soundscapes generally reserved for Japanese noise artists. The insidious chug of electric guitar and Mr Fenderson's awkward delivery firmly sets his place as the troubadour of David Lynch's Waffle House. - Wellz Jackson Jason



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