Otis Houston Jr - AmericaVinyl LP pressing. Otis Houston Jr. Recorded the songs for America in three locations around Harlem and the Bronx in 2006, the year the album was originally self released. Makeshift studios that no longer exist provide a telling context for his autobiographical storytelling. Prerecorded beats made by studio owners were picked based on which suited his cadence laden poetry best and often times on America the songs repeat, with different lyrics,

dynamic presence

so there's never a shortage of stories

His inventive alto sax work was honed in gritty postwar underground bebop sessions and strip clubs in the French Quarter

Herndon describes it as "a collage of sounds - found and recorded in various places and in various ways and then glued together with some rhythm

" says singer / guitarist Jeremy Gaudet

heady melodies wrapping a critical message that is caustic and corrosive

and his flawless taste to Keep Letting Go

so I guess they'd be pretty envious

Rocket From The Crypt) lend their musical & engineering talents that helped bring this record to life

Texas' Devastation

and the Thompson family from Romance in the Wilds return in an exciting holiday sequel

in definitive new recordings from the Mivos Quartet