Courtesy Move

[halftheworldaway]

Hey does anyone have any material from this Jay Bennet, John Stiratt and ken coomer collaberation?

[jcroach]

Hey does anyone have any material from this Jay Bennet, John Stiratt and ken coomer collaberation?

 

You can find some info here:

http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showtopic=34178

 

# Courtesy Move – Courtesy Move was a side project of Jay Bennett, Ken Coomer and John Stirratt. The recorded an album in 1996 that was never released. Some Courtesy Move songs were recycled for use on Jay Bennett and Edward Burch’s album “Palace At 4 AM”

 

* California – different version than the one found on "Palace At 4 AM" and “Palace 1919" – "California" 45 single

* These I'll Provide - "California" 7” single and "Nashville: The Other Side of the Alley" Bloodshot Records compilation CD; Buy from Amazon.com. Buy from iTunes

* "Sherry Rich and Courtesy Move" CD; Buy from sherryrich.com, One track, Polite Kisses, available for purchase on her MySpace page

[halftheworldaway]

thanks, so there is no place where we can actually hear the record that wasn't released huh? No one ever got a copy of this, which sucks cause I heard one of the songs on a jay bennet site and it sounded relly good

[jcroach]

thanks, so there is no place where we can actually hear the record that wasn't released huh? No one ever got a copy of this, which sucks cause I heard one of the songs on a jay bennet site and it sounded relly good

 

Not that I know of. I've heard "These I'll Provide" and "California" and they're not too bad, but I've never heard of anyone having heard a leak of copy of the "album" if there ever really was a completed album.

[aricandover]

they were Tim Easton's backing band on The Truth About Us

[jcroach]

they were Tim Easton's backing band on The Truth About Us

 

I had forgotten about that. Thanks. I'll add it to the discography.

[joshead]

Ken Coomer and John Stiratt also back up Jay Bennett on "It's Hard" and "Let Count Our Losses" from Jay's "Bigger Than Blue." The liner notes on those tracks say 'Produced by The Courtesy Move.'

[jcroach]

Ken Coomer and John Stiratt also back up Jay Bennett on "It's Hard" and "Let Count Our Losses" from Jay's "Bigger Than Blue." The liner notes on those tracks say 'Produced by The Courtesy Move.'

 

Did they "back up" Jay or did he just recycle the original Courtesy Move tracks and add some additional recordings to them? I was always under the impression it was the latter.

[joshead]

Did they "back up" Jay or did he just recycle the original Courtesy Move tracks and add some additional recordings to them? I was always under the impression it was the latter.

 

 

I dont know, Im just going by what the liner notes say. I assumed since it was a Ken,Jay, and John track that it might be considered a Courtesy Move song.

[Boots]

Did they "back up" Jay or did he just recycle the original Courtesy Move tracks and add some additional recordings to them? I was always under the impression it was the latter.

 

I'm 99% it was a recycle

[joshead]

Does that mean it isnt a Courtesy Move song?

[jcroach]

Does that mean it isnt a Courtesy Move song?

 

It's probably not in the original form it had during the Courtesy Move sessions. My guess is that Jay, Ken and John all wrote songs for Courtesy move, or at least John and Jay. These songs were likely two that Jay wrote for the 1996 sessions and then took the recorded tracks and embellished them some for his album. I wasn't disputing that this was a Courtesy Move song, just that Courtesy Move didn't "back up" Jay while recording Bigger than Blue in 2004.