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Song by Ezra Furman
 
Day Of The Dog
The third song to be released from the Red Barn Sessions is a long time favorite by Ezra Furman, in our opinion one of today’s most prolific and interesting young songwriters. It’s also a new highlight in our live-set and it’s with appreciation and gratitude for the gift of a great song that we play it for our audiences.
Day of the dog deals with the subject of justice and conveys an almost biblical sense of revenge. Furman talks about “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth” and the grim prospect of judgement day. However, there is an undercurrent of euphoric consent with the strange ways of the Lord. It’s a complex song and we can only hope our rendition will grant us salvation on the Day Of The Dog. 
 
Danny Frankel; drums, percussions
Janie Cowan; acoustic bass
Andi Lechner; e- & resonator guitar
Georg Altziebler; acoustic guitar, vocals
recorded by: Gar Robertson
mixed & mastered by: Fabio Schurischuster
 
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Son of the Velvet Rat, in partnership with the Ghost and the Machine (the professional alias of Austrian singer-songwriter Andi Lechner), follow up on the former’s 2024 standout album Ghost Ranch with a series of six digital singles, recorded live, to be released one a month beginning in March 2025. The songs feature a rawer, more immediate sound than previous recordings, with Lechner’s National resonator guitar often tuned down several steps to add an ominous underpinning to the music.
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Son of the Velvet Rat divide their time between their home in Graz, Austria and Joshua Tree in California’s high desert. Their songs reflect a sonic landscape stretching from the Old World romanticism of Jacques Brel or Fabricio de Andre to the visionary realm of American balladeers like Bill Callahan or Michael Hurley. Lechner hails from  Vienna, Austria, where aside from helming Ghost and the Machine, he is a much-in-demand session guitarist. 
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These songs were recorded live at Gar Robertson’s Red Barn Recorders in Morongo Valley, just down the hill from Joshua Tree, and produced by Altziebler and Lechner. Rounding out the rhythm section are fellow desert-dwellers Janie Cowan (Bob Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom) on standup bass and Danny Frankel (Lou Reed, Spain, She & Him) on drums and percussion.  
 
Improvisation alternates with composed passages. The   dynamic ranges from fragile folk to ferocious noise - with colors and transitions being hazy and obscured. The Red Barn Sessions capture the poetry created by the confluence of these blurry shades.                                                                            (Paul Cullum)
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