Joe Woodard releases second solo guitar album, "The Fine Art of Forgetting"

Joe Woodard steps out of the shadows and the back lines of bands to unleash his second solo guitar album, "The Fine Art of Forgetting." The newest solo guitar chapter in Woodard's musical cabinet of wonders and oddities first went public with "Wedding Album (On this Day)," released in 2022 and mostly comprised of noodly pleasantries performed at the wedding of his daughter Claire and her now-husband John.

Voila, Woodard, a guitarist/songwriter/sometimes singer/record company micro-mogul (Household Ink Records)/situationist embarked on a new series of albums under the "ambient dinner music" banner.

"The Fine Art of Forgetting" is a collection of compact guitar pieces both vintage and freshly-cooked, connected by a loosely-spun theme of inspirations drawn from dreams and memoryscapes.

Some tunes come from the mysterious creative ether. Others have more specific origin stories. "Song with a View" was written on the mountain/distant ocean-endowed back patio of Claire and John's remote house above Pescadero, California. The view was to die for and to write about. (Claire's conceptual handiwork is at hand with the tweaked music box bookmark tracks, Music, Boxed.")

"Thought-Gathering Mission-" and its psychedelic doppelganger "Re-turned" track--concerns the transition phase after disorientation or lucid dreaming. "Four Nights of a Dreamer" refers to the dreamy Dostoevsky-inspired film by Robert Bresson. "Sweet Time" banks on its apparently sweet disposition. "Words Escape" bears a title which describes the sounds.

Speaking of which, never mind the words, here comes another blue plate special of "ambient dinner music." Enjoy safely, or otherwise.

Joe Woodard's list of bands and situations over the years has included Headless Household, flapping, Flapping, Dudley, Lucinda Lane, Tableaux Sonique, A Mother Country, a growing body of work under his own name, and other side tripping. By day, he's also a writer/journalist, with three books out--jazz books on Charles Lloyd and Charlie Haden, and the satirical novel Ladies who Lunch.

www.householdink.com/joe-woodard

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1Sw4OFSwVQJUYt8FMzpX4Q?si=HFdAwULlR0-DGo2XR51JkQ

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/joe-woodard/487981924

Bandcamp: https://joewoodard.bandcamp.com/album/the-fine-art-of-forgetting

YouTube: www.youtube.com/MrJoeWoodard

Household Ink Records
po 2093
Santa Barbara, Calif. 93120

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Household Ink Records, based out of Santa Barbara, Calif., is a little label with big ideas. Launched as the home label for the eclectic band Headless Household in 1987, HI has grown to a nearly 50 title-strong catalogue.

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This release was published on openPR.