The Last Hour: A Lo-Fi Tribute to Elliott Smith

by John Brodeur

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	1.	Happiness 04:01
	2.	A Fond Farewell 03:55
	3.	St. Ides Heaven 03:03
	4.	Between The Bars 02:28

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Nearly every one of Elliott Smith's songs speaks to me on a personal level. Few songwriters have that kind of track record. I decided to record some of his music to mark the 10th anniversary of his passing. Selecting the tunes was a mind-boggling task, so I opted to go by the setlist from his last public performance, in Salt Lake City on Sept. 19, 2003, just a month before his death. The set pulls songs from each of his LPs, but also includes some rarities and Heatmiser tracks—kind of like a dream mix tape as crafted by the music's creator. As a recorded album, this collection of songs feels both perfectly strange and strangely perfect.

The Last Hour was recorded in October 2013 with a 101-degree fever. It was made on my old Tascam 4-track cassette recorder, in keeping with Elliott's early records. His versions were used as road maps, but I added some extra noise to personalize mine. Hope you dig.

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released October 21, 2013

All vocals, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars, lap steel guitar, bass, chord organ, harmonica, beatbox, ukulele, piano, drums, and effects by John Brodeur.

Recorded on a Tascam 424 Portastudio. Mixed to digital 2-track. Not really mastered.

All songs written by Elliott Smith. All rights reserved.

Special thanks to Mary Lou Lord and Ashley Welch.

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