Jay Reatard Live @ Bowery Ballroom NYC - [04.21.08] - photo by Chris von Beidel
I don't want to speculate too much without the facts, but the indisputable truth is that today is a really sad day. Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. a.k.a "Jay Reatard", the Memphis neo-garage whirlwind guitarist and songwriter was found dead in his bed in his Memphis home at 3:30 a.m. He came on the scene as an underground indie sensation and seemed to produce more records than any attentive fan could scramble to keep up with. Not only is the count of his solo releases massive, but his work with other projects and contributions to other groups over the past decade or so are in great and impressive numbers as well.
If you were there to notice, Jay not only made a visible transformation over the years, but he also seemed to dig himself deeper into a pit of self-destruction that became evident in his live performances, lyrical subject matter, and blatant disregard for his surroundings. We can leave it at that. The hype that came with the Jay Reatard explosion of the past few years was enough to turn me off for awhile, but I never forgot and never will.
Jay Reatard - "Death is Forming" - Blood Visions - [2006] In The Red Recordings
Alone in a room
Needless I sit
I close my eyes
and try to forget
Death is calling
get in line
Death is forming
Forming death
Death is calling
Death is forming
Forming death
Death is calling
Get in line
Alone in a room
Needless I sit
I close my eyes
and try to forget
Death is calling
get in line
Death is forming
Forming death
Death is forming
Death is forming
Forming death
Death is calling
Get in line
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