About Trinkets from the afterlife
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In early 1977 a young guitarist took on a new job as caretaker for an old estate house in a remote area of Arkansas. The young man had heard local legends tell of the house being haunted, of being the reason of many people in past history of the house, going insane, or committing gruesome murders after living there for a time. The rumors only made the prospects of living there more exciting, and perhaps a perfect place to study, and play with musical ideas. In the course of a few months, the guitarist and a couple of his friends formed a rock band, beginning a bitter-sweet career that lasted until 1985. In the early days, the band discovered the old house had acoustic properties giving their music an eerie sonic feel. High ceilings, thick walls, and a huge fore-room added to the sound. A mood that can only be described as living on the edge came out of their instruments, and the realization became evident that something or someone was guiding the band's musical abilities far beyond their own knowledge of playing. Things began to appear in physical form without explanation, including orbs, faces of people, and animals from a past era. Inanimate objects were defying gravity for no reason but to hover in view of anyone present. The band members were frightened at first but soon came to grips with the idea of other entities guiding their musical decisions. From the beginning, the band was all about originality, and concepts fused together to form a sound like no other. Elements of rock, blues, folk, and classical music was the end result that occupied the band members day and night. After a year of honing their skills in local venues, and entertaining the presence in the old house, the band toured regions of Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma, finally coming home to a tragic event that would claim the life of their singer. He had like so many others before him, fell into the vices of alcohol, and drugs. Arrested and thrown in jail, he staged a hoax of hanging himself in his jail cell, which tragically backfired taking his own life. Two years later to the day, the bands bass player died of unknown causes. His body found balanced in the rafters of the old house. As for the drummer, his wife and family had him committed to the state hospital where he to this day resides. The founding member of the band eventually left the shelter of the old house, taking with him the memories, and music from that time. The music of this band has been written, and produced by that same guitarist, and put together to tell the story of the lives and events of that time. Each song possesses a mood fitting it's particular moment of that experience. The music has evolved along with present day life, and is now available for the first time to you the music collector.
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