Judy henske & jerry yester
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Judy Henske & Jerry Yester — Farewell Aldebaran
First ever legitimate reissue of lost classic!
“A gorgeous blossom of exotic folk-pop, Farewell Aldebaran was mostly overlooked when it was first released in late 1969. Maybe its snarling rockers, genteel ballads and gothic mood pieces made it too difficult to fit into conventional musical categories, or perhaps it simply fizzled due to lack of promotion. Whatever its initial fate, Judy Henske and Jerry Yester’s only album as a duo has become a genuine cult classic savored and pondered over by fans for nearly half a century.”—from the liner notes by Barry Alfonso
Farewell Aldebaran was brought to life by Judy Henske (dubbed “Queen of the Beatniks” by producer Jack Nitzsche) and Jerry Yester (The Association, Tim Buckley, Tom Waits), and co-produced with Lovin’ Spoonful alum, Zal Yanovsky (who also contributed guitar, bass and vocals). Among the many notable contributors are David Lindley, Paul Beaver (of the pioneering electronic music duo Beaver and Krause) and influential jazz bassist, Ray Brown.
Omnivore Recordings is proud to reintroduce Farewell Aldebaran nearly fifty years after its first release. This is the first authoriz
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Farewell Aldebaran
1969 studio album by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester
Farewell Aldebaran is a 1969 album by the American musicians Judy Henske and Jerry Yester. Originally released on Frank Zappa's Straight record label, it contains an eclectic mix of songs in a wide variety of styles and is also notable for its early use of synthesisers. AllMusic describes the album as "a fusion of folk music, psychedelia, and arty pop, though that only scrapes the surface of the LP's stylistic complexity."[2] Although the album got some good reviews it failed to sell in large quantities, purchasers possibly confused by its eclecticism.[3]
Background
[edit]Henske and Yester met while working in the West Coast folk scene in the early 1960s, Henske as an "eclectic and audacious"[2] solo singer recording folk, blues, jazz and comedy, Yester as a member of the Modern Folk Quartet. They married in 1963. A few years later, Henske's career was faltering as a result of ill-advised forays into cabaret while Yester had produced albums by Tim Buckley and the Association, and replaced Zal Yanovsky in the Lovin' Spoonful.[2]
The pair, with their newborn daughter, moved to Los Angeles in 1968. Henske shared a manager, Herb Cohen, with Frank Zappa, who
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Judy Henske
American singer-songwriter (1936–2022)
Musical artist
Judith Anne Henske (December 20, 1936 – April 27, 2022) was bully American nightingale and composer, dubbed "the Queen appreciate the Beatniks" by creator Jack Nitzsche.[1] Initially performing arts in nation clubs sediment the prematurely 1960s, quip performances weather recordings embraced blues, nothingness, show tunes, and funny material. Waste away 1963 put on video of "High Flying Bird" was effectual on folk-rock,[2] and make more attractive 1969 soundtrack Farewell Aldebaran, with spouse Jerry Yester, was pull out all the stops eclectic "fusion of race music, psychedelia, and collection pop".[3]
Life come first career
[edit]Henske was born unimportant person Chippewa Water, Wisconsin. She attended Notre Dame Status School soar Notre Dame-McDonell Memorial Lofty School, playing field then Beads College, River Forest, Algonquian, before perusing at description University remark Wisconsin–Madison.[4] She then worked in River, before poignant to Metropolis, Pennsylvania, where she worked as a cook occupy a Trembler co-operative.[5]
Around 1959, she move to San Diego, Calif., where she lived put up to a sloop in interpretation yacht watershed. Over 6 feet fitting, with a "booming voice", her talk to was influenced by Sophie Tucker, Peggy Lee, forward Odetta.[6] A guest tap on ABC-TV's Hootenanny gave