Jack Logan (born February 8, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Lawrenceville, Illinois . He began recording, however, after moving to Winder, Georgia . He created two comic books in the 1980s, starring Peter Buck of R.E.M. as a superhero, and the connection to Peter Buck led to Twin/Tone Records ' Peter Jesperson 's interest in releasing some of Logan's material. He also drew a comic book that was included with LP copies of the Coolies second album, Doug.
6-520: His first release was the critically acclaimed Bulk which contained 42 songs from the approximately 600 Logan had recorded from 1979 to 1993. Both Bulk and Logan's next album, Mood Elevator , received four stars in Rolling Stone . Logan has worked with Kelly Keneipp, Vic Chesnutt , Bob Kimbell, Kevin Lane, Aaron Phillips and Rob Keller. The backing band for his albums Buzz Me In and Monkey Paw albums
12-500: Is the debut album by the American musician Jack Logan , released in 1994. The album's 42 songs were chosen by Twin/Tone 's Peter Jesperson from a pool of around 600, recorded over a period of more than 10 years; Jesperson had been alerted to Logan by Peter Buck . The album sold more than 17,000 copies in its first year of release. The songs were taped on home recorders, with Logan's friend Kelly Keneipp and others. Logan penned
18-994: The Southern Gothic morality of Flannery O’Connor to include the current society of the trailer park and the long-haul trucker." Spin declared that "sometimes the editorial sword should be stronger than the pen," but conceded that "a few songs hint of the discombobulation of Skip Spence's Oar ." The New York Times deemed the album full of "raw, piercing songs about everything from self-destructive friends to Saturday-morning cartoons." The Chicago Tribune concluded that, "although Logan's no-frills honesty permeates every track, it doesn't all work; some tunes sound like pleasant half-ideas, while others sound like meandering, primitive jams in search of closure." The Washington Post thought that Logan "writes about his own community—Bobbie Ann Mason's Southern working-class universe of Wal-Marts and rock-and-roll roadhouses—where folk art's peculiar blend of bluntness and quirkiness are present in
24-678: The lyrics to the songs; around 17 musicians contributed to them over the years. Logan worked as a small motor repairman in Georgia during much of the recording of Bulk , and had started playing with the local band Liquor Cabinet. The album was issued as two compact discs, although it was stylistically split up and ordered as nine LP record sides. It includes a cover of Neil Young 's "On the Beach". Vic Chesnutt contributed vocals to "The Parishioners". Trouser Press wrote that Logan's "characters wear their humanity proudly, and their circumstances update
30-462: The music as well as the lyrics." Entertainment Weekly stated that "Logan launches into a freewheeling Stones bash, slacker rock, mordant country, punishing thrash, and anything else that strikes his fancy." USA Today opined that "the adventurous Logan dishes out unpretentious rock with pop smarts, blues credibility, rockabilly spirit and lounge levity." Rolling Stone determined that "Logan's blithe modesty and budget-sound recording style are
36-505: Was The Possibilities . His most recent release is 2013's Bones in the Desert , a self-released vinyl LP recorded with Scott Baxendale. Logan guest-starred as himself on a 1997 episode of Cartoon Network 's Space Ghost Coast to Coast . This article about a singer-songwriter from the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bulk (album) Bulk
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