Dredd Foole & Ed Yazijian

about

Dredd Foole (Dan Ireton) and Ed Yazijian met while wandering the shadowy corners of the Boston 80’s post-punk scene. Ed was playing in such avant- rock combos as High Risk Group and 7 or 8 Wormhearts (and the original pre-lp Cul de Sac). Dan had just dissolved Dredd Foole & the Din, tired of rock as a form and the extraordinary loudness of the group. He wanted a chance to do some real singing. Ed was feeling a need for something more subtle and embraced the idea of actually being able to hear what he played. They set out to turn the world onto the largely acoustic folk and free improv stew they had cooked up. The rock audiences of Boston where not impressed. Indifference and downright hostility were the norm. There was talk of an L.P. and some tentative recordings were done. But before anything could materialize, frustration took over and Dan decided to retire from performing music altogether. Ed went back to rock music with Kustomized. And eventually, Dan bought a four-track and recorded the lp In Quest of Tense (which some consider the opening salvo of the free-folk movement) with Ed appearing on one track. But by the time it was released, they had gone their separate ways. Years later by a series of coincidences they reconnected . (Ed was in Chicago. Dan had moved to Vermont) and they found that when they played together again it seemed nothing had been lost. They did a short tour with comrades and friends Damon & Naomi and eventually played the now legendary Brattleboro F

top songs

albums

▥

The Wire - Below The Radar Vol 1

▥

Wooden Weavil Volume 1 (collection of folk music from Bo' Weavil Recordings)

▥

That Lonesome Road Between Hurt & Soul

▥

That Lonesome Road Between Hurt And Soul

▥

Wooden Weavil Volume 1 (collection of folk music from Bo' We

▥

Below The Radar Volume 1

▥

Wooden Weavil Volume 1

▥

Below The Radar 01

▥

Below The Radar Vol 1

Below The Radar Vol. 1

▥

The Wire - Below The Radar Vol

▥

The Wire: Below The Radar Vol 1

similar artists