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DEREK BAILEY - CARPAL TUNNEL, CD, 2005, TZADIK RECORDS, U.K.

The first question you will ask yerself upon hearing the first track of this album: "What happened to this Derek Bailey guy?" Aside from his history of being a dissonance devotee with his guitar craft, something isn't write with good ol' Der. Seriously he sounds so out of his mind on unfathomable medications that his pudding brain turned into pudding rain and glopped and splattered on whatever ramblings came to his cranial cavity first. The explanation of this record, which the late Derek explains after talking about nothing for about, oh, four minutes, is that he has carpal tunnel syndrome. When you hear him play his guitar, it becomes pretty clear that he's not lying. Now, a lot of athletes and musicians have overcome impossible physical disabilities to great success! Derek however muddles into his disability to wrench out this 'clumsy' temple scratcher. Would you trust me if I said it grows on you? One way to find out ->

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