“Oh, death, how you’re treatin’ me / You’ve closed my eyes so I can’t see / Well you’re hurtin’ my body / You make me cold / You run my life right outta my soul.”
Those words, most famously crooned a cappella by bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley on the song “O’Death”, begged a creeping Grim Reaper to spare him another year. The song is haunting, bare, remarkably soulful, and a guiding light for five musicians who met in the early part of the decade while attending SUNY-Purchase, a state school in the suburbs of New York City. With a hankering for Gothic roots music, the band snatched the song title as its moniker and formed in 2003. READ MORE
O’Death is:
greg jamie – vocals, guitar
gabe darling – backing vocals, ukulele, guitar, banjo, piano
davd rb – drums, whoop
bob pycior – fiddle, guitar, piano
othar the tooth collector – bass
dan sager – trombone, euphonium, keys
O’ Death @ Whelans, Dublin, 24.06.07
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