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ESC009 | released November 13, 2007

Track Listing

1. Words Of Wisdom

2. The Kettle Valley Line

3. The Civil War

4. Horse Named Bill

5. Tobacco's But An Indian Weed

6. The Devil Made Texas

7. Only A Brakeman

8. There Was An Old Woman

9. The Mirimachi Fire

10. The Big Rock Candy Mountain

11. Girls Of Ohio

12. Blue Haired Boy

13. Carve That Possum

14. The Mountaineer's Wedding

15. Abalone

16. I Cannot Sing The Old Songs

Brian Dewan

Words of Wisdom

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"Enigmatic jack-of-all-trades Brian Dewan has dabbled in everything from carpentry to free-form electronic music and worked with everyone from the Blue Man Group to Sesame Street, so it comes as no surprise that his latest mission is to rescue as many long-buried American folk songs from "old schoolbooks, garage sales attics, and basements" as he can find and filter them through his sepia-toned armory of parlor-room instrumentation... Dewan's love for the macabre informs many of his song selections, some of which were obviously drawn from the dusty pages of children's books created in an age where parents and politicians had more important things to do than remove "questionable" material from scholastic texts for fear of moral depravity and potential lawsuits... Masterfully conveys the pioneering attitude, limitless imagination, and dark whimsy of the pre-Information Age." - James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

"If you're wondering why Dewan has only released three albums in 14 years, it's because he's been providing cover artwork for the likes of David Byrne (Uh-Oh), They Might Be Giants (Lincoln), and Neutral Milk Hotel (the interior of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea). His piece for the latter ('Flying Victrola') is almost as enchanting as Jeff Mangum's magnum opus. Dewan's follow-up to Brian Dewan Tells the Story (1993) and The Operating Theatre (1998) is a one-man affair with the artist on autoharp, electric zither, organ, and accordion. Of the solo efforts I've heard this year, Words of Wisdom is among the best." - Kathleen C. Fennessy, AndMoreAgain

"This isn't your average singer/songwriter!" - MTV.com

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