This is the full album before it was "mixed" for release.  It is raw. It is pure. The poetry of Chris' lyrics are more legible.  The tones are what we were listening to in the studio. The actual release mystified people. It never represented the recording.  It never represented the genius of where Chris could, and did, take the blues and rock paradigms. The album is one of rock's Greatest Misses.  

There are some alternate versions, and a different sequence.  Mostly I am posting this because of the decades of conversation with Whitley fans who don't enjoy the album.  How can you convince someone that "really, it's a milestone and a classic" when the only thing they have heard is a watered down commercial release that has little to do with the actual work that was done?  I hope this spurs conversation about this classic!

Chris Whitley-Din Of Ecstasy

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TR-909 Software Rhythm Composer Patch Collection "A Guy Called Gerald" - AGCG 07

FUNERAL_ROMANCE!

Deep blue sea can
Swallow me and
Help me see that
I'm no island. 

Funeral Romance

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Ry Cooder talking about his guitars - specifically his 'Daphne Blue' Stratocaster and his Sunburst 'Buddy Holly Tribute' Coodercaster.

Ry Cooder - Interview 2006

Forgiven

Yet Another Explanation

First aired on KCRW's The Blueprint with Kevin Lincoln July 30, 2003

Lazarus

Weightless (Chris Whitley)

We first met esteemed mix engineer Michael Brauer in Tape Op #37 in 2003, when Mike Caffrey interviewed him about his multi-bus mixing technique. Some 16 years later Michael and Larry Crane sat down at his new space, BrauerSound Studios, to discuss his career path and unique mixing techniques. He's crossed genres frequently, working as a mixer on projects by artists as varied as Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, Tony Bennett, Coldplay, John Mayer, Calle 13, Angelique Kidjo, Phoenix, Bon Jovi, M. Ward, Grandaddy [Tape Op #7], Caveman, James Bay, and Grizzly Bear. Enjoy!

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Episode 29: Michael Brauer

Written, arranged and played by Craig Loveridge on a Fouke Industrial Baritone Lapsteel.

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