S8E401 - Pink Floyd 'Animals' with James Cook
Pink Floyd's 'Animals', a lyrically dark, musically dense concept album loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', is as eerily precient today as it was when first released in 1977. Rob and this week's guest, Portland, Oregon songwriter...
Pink Floyd's 'Animals', a lyrically dark, musically dense concept album loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', is as eerily precient today as it was when first released in 1977. Rob and this week's guest, Portland, Oregon songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Cook (Trashcan Joe, Captain's Audio Project), take a deep dive into this sweepingly nihilistic classic.
Songs discussed in this episode: Pigs On The Wing (Pink Floyd Cover) - Chrome; Waiting For The Moon, Really Hard To Find - Captain's Audio Project; Breathe (In The Air) - Pink Floyd; Rise Above - Black Flag; Pigs On The Wing (Part One), Astronomy Domine, Dogs, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Dogs, Pigs (Three Different Ones), Sheep, Pigs On The Wing (Part Two) - Pink Floyd; A Little Bit Here - Trashcan Joe; Satan Wrote This Song - Captain's Audio Project
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James Cook
Trashcan Joe Frontman Releasing Debut of Captain’s Audio Project
Captain’s Audio Project is the brainchild of veteran Portland, Oregon songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist James Cook. Here we have the release of his solo debut, finely crafted tunes steeped in traditional Folk, Blues and Jazz. Waiting For The Moon was recorded and produced by Mike Danner at Mike’s Garage in Portland. Waiting For The Moon will be available as a 12” LP vinyl, CD, digital download and from streaming services on February 28, 2025.
The guiding principle for these sessions was to keep everything raw and bare bones. James recorded the basic tracks live on his 1931 National Tenor Resonator Guitar and soaring vocals and then rounded the performances out with strategic overdubs and contributions from other great musicians. James added warm and sultry anchor notes with his 100 year old upright bass. Next, Mike Danner added piano, Hammond B-3, and Wurlitzer electric piano. Legendary Portland sideman Paul Brainard put down his trademark stellar pedal steel guitar on several cuts as well as bringing in the “Paul Brainard Horn Section” of Willy Mathis and Scott Van Schlick to put the icing on musical cake on a couple tracks.
The title track recalls a solo journey into the Warner Mountains in Northeastern California when James -- As an avid amateur astronomer -- hauled his telescope to a 7,000 foot elevation to view the night sky. At first, he was thwarted by Nature’s most potent light polluter, the Moon! So he was stuck “Waiting For The Moon” to go behind the mountain before he cou…
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