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Jaron Childs, Minglewood Blues, 2007 |
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59. MINGLEWOOD BLUES BY CANNON’S JUG STOMPERS, 1928 REMIX: JARON CHILDS, MINGLEWOOD BLUES, 2007 Minglewood lumber camp in Tennessee was a popular place for musicians to find work. Cannon's Jug Stompers were one of the great jug bands of the twenties. Childs played ‘Minglewood Blues’ many times over as he looked through his collection of over a thousand photographs that he has found on the street over the last twelve or thirteen years. As he listened to the song, he sorted through the images, discarding those he did not feel were right with the music. All of the few photos that remained appeared to involve some sort of comedy or mischief. Finally he chose one to work from - “This is the image that I felt the happiest looking at while listening to this song.” The subject matter in Jaron Childs’ paintings derive from his extensive collection of found photographs and his work often treats emotionally intense subject matter with photorealistic precision. He has recently exhibited at SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, work with the experimental performance collective Brown Rainbow and plays cello with the band Low. www.jaronchilds.com |
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