Description
James Grauerholz, William S. Burroughs' business manager, spent decades behind the scenes crafting a sublime catalog of his own music.
James Grauerholz has long been known as 'The Burroughs Guy'. From 1974 until William S. Burroughs' passing in 1997, James has handled the business of William S. Burroughs Communications, acting as his manager, bibliographer, editor, literary executor and companion. What has been little-known up until now is that James has led a double life as an accomplished musician and songwriter with an extensive body of work stretching back from the late 1960s to the present. James set out to be a singer-songwriter before fate led to his calling with William S. Burroughs and despite the demands of his literary responsibilities, he continued to write music as a creative outlet. Over the years, James witnessed and has been a key figure in many extraordinary musical movements. He has been referred to as the 'Zelig of Punk Rock', having been part of a small coterie who kick-started the CBGBs/Max's Kansas City scene in NYC. The Zelig comparison is dead accurate, but it goes far beyond Punk Rock. James was there for the Midwestern Country-Rock explosion of the early 1970s. He was there for the AOR singer-songwriter movement of the late 1970s, mixing his songs with Boz Skaggs in San Francisco. He was at the Hacienda in Manchester where Factory Records and New Order were birthed. He was around when New Wave and Hardcore were emerged AND he was an important piece of the puzzle in the evolution of underground music of the early 1990s.
In Lawrence, KS, where James has lived since the early 1980s. James lent his opinions, his studio, his gear, his chops and his time unselfishly on innumerable occasions to help fledgling bands evolve. Through all of these eras, James' voice as a songwriter has held its own piece of Real Estate. Each of the twenty-one tracks represented on this double album bear a style that is distinctly his own, both lyrically and compositionally. It is worth adding that James is one hell of a guitar player too.
Media
Track Listing
Disc 1:- Be That Way
- You Can’t Tell The Girls From The Boys Any More
- Appointment With The Hangman
- Atlasta Motel
- Captain Bobby Stout
- Rainy Kansas City
- New York City Lullabye
- The Bunker Song
- To A Hustler
- The Boulder Song
- Darling I Can
- Someone In Cleveland
- Just Like Yesterday
- Falling Away
- Heaven’s Radio
- The Walled City Of Kowloon
- You’re Living In A Dream World
- The Intersection Of You and Me
- I Just Want To See You Again
- Posertown
- Spring Is Just Around The Corner
Additional Details
Label: Lotuspool Records
Genre: Alternative/Punk
Language: English
Run Time: 76:10 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 10/09/26
UPC: 795457703870