We'll miss you, Grant.
Grant McLennan of the Go-Betweens died Saturday. He was 48. The music McLennan made with his primary songwriter partner, Robert Forster, has given sensitive folk-rock fans like me immeasurable happiness. I only saw them once, in a memorable late '80s show with the Mekons in Lawrence, Kansas. The songs on albums like 16 Lovers Lane and Tallulah are so smart and melodic that their failure to reach a larger audience has long been one of popular music's great mysteries. "Surround Me" is from McLennan's obscure 1994 solo release Watershed. I pulled it from a promotional compilation for his excellent Horsebreaker Star album.
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Thanks for this. I admit I never really paid attention to the Go-Betweens--my loss. But I enjoying this through these cheap headphones right now. Been a lot of water under the bridges my old friend, glad we still have time to spend together.
m&s
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