Album · 2024
Tracklist
1. Painting with John: New Opening
2. African Swim: Main Titles
3. Al Al Al Al
4. Goodbye to Peach
5. Floating Clarinet
6. Temple of Banjos
7. My Little Garden Gnome
8. Flutter
9. Driving into Country
10. Ali Hum
11. Small Car
12. Pygmy with Dog Barks
13. Wah Wah
14. I hope she is okay
15. I don’t like to stand on line
16. Banjo to The Fuzzy
17. Bird Rules The Herd
18. Old Man Dancing
19. Banjo Delightful One
20. Unky G
21. Cowboy Beckett Ocarina
22. Boomba
23. Dervish Banjo
24. Vibe Whoops
25. Unbelievable
26. Hog Head Blue
27. Hum Ba
28. Banjo Delightful 3
29. Floating Nesrin
30. Habba Happatoo
31. John & Calvin Wah Wah
32. A Goat says Fuck
33. Hermits Unite
34. Detective Erik Muspaterre
35. John Gun Walk
36. Sea Monster
37. Beastliness
38. These are not the dots that connect it, those are the other dots.
39. Lighter Dervish
40. Helium Balloon
41. The Emperor of Cameldom
42. Nesrin’s Gun Walk
43. Cowboy Beckett Jaunty Guitar with Hoo Hahs
44. Disappearing Alligator
45. Banjo Confusion
46. Baby Pigs
47. Episode 5 with Clapping
48. The Beast
49. The Explosion
50. The Snake that protects teeth
51. Ride like the wind, you idiots!
52. The Night Hunters
53. GB-14
54. Once upon a time, there was something delightful
55. The First and Royal Queen
56. The Invention Of Animals
Line-up/Musicians
John Lurie: banjo, guitar, harmonica, vocals
Doug Wieselman: guitar, clarinet, ocarina, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Steven Bernstein: trumpet, slide trumpet
Michael Blake: tenor and soprano saxophone
Art Baron: trombone (Season Three)
Curtis Fowlkes: trombone
Clark Gayton: trombone (Season Two)
Evan Lurie: piano (Season Two)
Smokey Hormel: guitar
Bryan Carrott: marimba, vibes (Season Two)
Jane Scarpantoni: cello
Tony Scherr: electric and acoustic bass, slide guitar
Calvin Weston: drums
Kenny Wollesen: percussion, marimba, vibes
African Swim: Main Titles
from the album African Swim and Manny & Lo
John Lurie banjo, harmonica, sampling keyboard
Doug Wieselman 1st clarinet
Michael Blake 2nd clarinet
Janet Grice bassoon
Marc Ribot guitar
Mary L. Rowell violin
Laura Seaton violin
Ron Lawrence violin
Mary Wooten cello
Tony Garnier bass
Mauro Refosco percussion
Calvin Weston drums
Al Al Al Al
from the album African Swim and Manny & Lo
Steven Bernstein trumpet
Marc Ribot guitar
Brian Mitchell keyboards
Tony Garnier bass
Calvin Weston drums
Mary L. Rowell violin
Laura Seaton violin
Ron Lawrence viola
Mary Wooten cello
Goodbye to Peach
from the album African Swim and Manny & Lo
John Lurie soprano saxophone
Marc Ribot guitar
Mauro Refosco talking drum
Calvin Weston drums
Driving Into Country
from the album African Swim and Manny & Lo
John Medeski casio keyboard
Bill Ware marimba
Matt Zimbelmann guitar
Chris Wood bass
Billy Martin drums
The Beast
from the album Fishing with John
John Lurie soprano saxophone
Calvin Weston drums
Billy Martin percussion
Flutter
from the album Fishing with John
John Lurie soprano saxophone
Calvin Weston drums
Billy Martin percussion
Small Car
from the album The Legendary Marvin Pontiac -
Greatest Hits by Marvin Pontiac
Michael Blake tenor saxophone
Art Baron trombone
Jaime Scott guitar
Erik Sanko acoustic guitar
Evan Lurie electric piano
Bill Ware marimba
Jane Scarpantoni cello
Tony Garnier bass
Billy Martin shekere
Mauro Refosco percussion
Calvin Weston drums
First and Royal Queen
from the album Queen of All Ears by The Lounge Lizards
John Lurie alto saxophone
Michael Blake tenor saxophone
Steven Bernstein trumpet
David Tronzo slide guitar
Evan Lurie piano & organ
Jane Scarpantoni cello
Erik Sanko bass
Ben Perowsky percussion
Calvin Weston drums
Temple of Banjos, My Little Garden Gnome,
I Hope She is Okay, I Don’t Like to Stand on Line,
Unbelievable, Beastliness
All instruments and vocals by John Lurie
from the album Marvin Pontiac the Asylum Tapes
About this release
Strange & Beautiful Music SB2401
PAINTING WITH JOHN music from the series by John Lurie
Thanks to snobb for the addition