{"id":804401,"date":"2020-02-20T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=948309"},"modified":"2020-02-20T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:00:29","slug":"daniel-johnston-and-jad-fairs-its-spooky-gets-reissue-ashes-on-the-ground-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/daniel-johnston-and-jad-fairs-its-spooky-gets-reissue-ashes-on-the-ground-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair\u2019s \u2018It\u2019s Spooky\u2019 Gets Reissue, \u2018Ashes on the Ground\u2019 Out Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daniel Johnston<\/a> and Jad Fair\u2019s 1989 collaboration It\u2019s Spooky<\/em> will be reissued for its 30th anniversary, out April 10th via Joyful Noise Recordings. The track \u201cAshes on the Ground\u201d is out now.<\/p>\n

Fair, vocalist and guitarist of the punk band Half Japanese, first began corresponding with Johnston in the late Eighties. They finally met in person in New York in 1989. \u201cI was doing some recording with Mo Tucker [of the Velvet Underground],\u201d Fair recalls. \u201cDaniel was in town, staying with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth. Daniel and I became friends and I invited him to my home in Maryland to record the album.\u201d<\/p>\n

The record was completed in a single week. \u201cIt was very intense,\u201d Fair says. \u201cDaniel was so full of ideas and it was hard to keep up with them. Trying to do new songs with Daniel in two or three takes was a lot to keep on top of. But I was really pleased with the end result.\u201d<\/p>\n