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Salvador Sanchez by Sun Kil Moon

Artist Biography For Sun Kil Moon

Sun Kil Moon Is The Current Project Of San Francisco California-Based Singer-Songwriter Mark Kozelek Best Known For His Previous Band Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon Sees Kozelek Undertake All The Writing Composing Singing And Guitar Playing Accompanied By Anthony Koutsos Also An Ex-Member Of RHP On Drums And Geoff Stanfield On Bass. Tim Mooney Also Played Drums With Sun Kil Moon Until His Death In June 2012. The Band Is Named After Korean Bantamweight Boxer Sung-Kil Moon. Following The Dissolution Of Red House Painters After The Tumultuous Release Of Their Last Album Old Ramon Kozelek Released A Handful Of Solo Recordings Before Forming Sun Kil Moon In 2002. Their Debut Album Ghosts Of The Great Highway Was Written Entirely By Kozelek And Released By Jetset Records In 2003. It Is An Album Centered Around The Theme Of Memory Connecting Kozelek's Haunting Memories With The True-Life Stories Of Deceased Boxers Such As Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez And Flyweight Pancho Villa. Kozelek's Music With Sun Kil Moon Spans Genres Such As The Simple Acoustic Country-Folk Of "Glenn Tipton" To The Heavy Crazy Horse-Esque Rock Of "Salvador Sanchez" And The Light-Hearted "Lily And Parrots " Onto The Fourteen Minute Psychedelic Tour De Force "Duk Koo Kim" Another Homage To A Deceased Boxer And The Beautiful And Haunting "Gentle Moon" And "Carry Me Ohio." Kozelek's Voice Is Now More Flexible And Less Downcast Than In His Work With Red House Painters Resulting In A Resonant And Often Beautiful Album. The Band's Follow-Up Tiny Cities Was Released On November 1st 2005 On Kozelek's Own Caldo Verde Label. The Album Covers Eleven Songs By The Indie/alternative Group Modest Mouse And In Its Sparse Production And Spare Instrumentation Is More Or Less A Solo Work By Kozelek. Kozelek Is Known For Covering Songs From Bands Not Normally Associated To His Genre Of Slow Introspective Music. They Are More Than Traditional Covers As They Are Extensively Re-Worked And Re-Interpreted To The Point That They Are Often Not Recognizable To The Originals And Take On A Different Meaning Despite The Lyrics Remaining Intact Word-For-Word. Kozelek's 2000 Solo Debut Rock 'n' Roll Singer Featured Covers Of Songs By AC/DC And John Denver. His Solo 2001 Follow-Up What's Next To The Moon Was An Entire Album Of AC/DC Songs Done In His Typically Languid Hypnotically Melancholy Acoustic Style. Even Further Back Songs For A Blue Guitar The 1996 Red House Painters Album Featured Covers Of Yes's Long Distance Runaround Paul McCartney & Wings's Silly Love Songs And The Cars' "All Mixed Up". Tiny Cities Is Very Much In This Tradition Taking The Often Frenetic Noisy Songs Of Modest Mouse And Transforming Them Into Haunting Acoustic Guitar-Dominated Midtempo Ballads Filled With A Deep-Seated Haunting Melancholy.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Salvador Sanchez

Salvador Sanchez Is About Boxers And In Particular Boxers Who Died Prematurely In And Out Of The Ring. The Titular Salvador Sanchez Was A Mexican Boxer Who Was The WBC Featherweight Champion From Feb 2 1980– Aug 12 1982 When He Died In Car Crash. 1 Other Boxers Mentioned In The Song Include Francisco Guilledo Aka Pancho Villa Benny "Kid" Paret And Ricky Gozo. This Song Originally Appeared On 2003's Ghosts Of The Great Highway By Mark Kozelek's Band Sun Kil Moon As A Full Electric Version With A Heavily Distorted Rhythm Guitar Dominating The Mix. A Studio-Recorded Acoustic Version Appeared As A Bonus Track On The 2007 Reissue Of Ghosts Of The Great Highway And A Live Acoustic Version Appeared On Kozelek's Little Drummer Boy In 2006. The Song Pancho Villa Also On GotGH Has Essentially Identical Lyrics And Is Performed With A Full Band But With The Heavily Distorted Electric Guitar Replaced With An Acoustic.

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