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Garth Dohlie's "God Has Forsaken Me (And Other Tales For Children​)​"

by Jason Beers

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1.
Garth's Invention 02:48
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2.
Tomato Tips 02:26
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3.
God Has Forsaken Me 01:45
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4.
The Traveling Movie Men 02:07
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5.
Old Red 02:37
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6.
The Ups and Downs Of Life 02:56
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7.
I Love Church 02:50
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8.
The Great, Majestic Bald Eagle 01:42
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9.
Dohlie Lemonade 02:11
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10.
Bountiful Crops 02:42
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11.
Fan Mail To Garth 02:14
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Reissue liner notes:
“Garth Dohlie was 96 when he recorded this album. “God Has Forsaken Me (and Other Tales For Children)” was put together by Garth specifically when one of his great-great-granddaughters would beg Garth to tell her some stories about farm life whenever she would visit from Detroit, MI. This ended up being a very sparse album, as Quilt Records President Clancy Snarrup was having trouble finding musicians to provide backing music for Garth’s prose due to Quilt’s A&R Rep Melvin R. Daniels returning from recording Garth’s first album without the backing group, who all were found dead, drained of blood, and partially eaten by some kind of predator(s). Multi-instrumentalist Barry Brizerson was flown in to provide all of the music, but went missing before the last song was put to tape. Clancy brought in one of Quilt Records A-team players, Hempal Goozer III, to play piano on “The Ups and Downs of Life”. Hempal was disturbed by Garth (“Man, that old geezer gives me the creeps. His eyes are so lifeless.” and headed out soon after his part was done (after doing his best Jumbo Puny O’Dainty impersonation, as requested by Clancy).
Also, Hempal noted in his memoirs: “Garth Dohlie was strangely erratic during the recording. Secretive, slept a lot during the day, and preferred to do his farming and recording during the night-time or before sunrise, which was fine with me. Those were MY hours! He was short-tempered and would often break down in tears one minute,sometimes cursing at the sky, and then be happily chugging down glasses upon glasses of his damned lemonade the next minute. I wouldn’t touch the stuff. He seemed to age all of the sudden, and then look younger hours later. Maybe it was the lemonade, but he would be sort of rejuvenated for a bit, and then the next day, look like hammered dog****. I mean, I get the cat was 96, but he even looked terrible and ghoulish for 96. Check out the track “Bountiful Crops”. Sounds like a different dude. He would frequently talk to his freak-show dog “Red” or whatever the Hell that thing was, and even brought Red into our makeshift studio while he recorded his vocal. Sometimes he would set Red on a ladder that was eye-level with Garth and then would almost be touching noses, they were so close. I wouldn’t have even come out to Dohlie’s farm to record except Clancy paid me triple what I usually would get. I ended up staying at Dohlie’s farm for 5 days. After hearing the final album, I’m glad I never ate anything at the farm. I got my meals at the diner in a town just to the west. Several years later, Clancy requested that I play on an exploitive disco single of Garth’s, but I declined. After I left his farm, I never saw Garth again after that, although he recorded several more albums for Quilt after my dealings with him. Well, I take that back. I have had nightmares featuring Ol’ Garth” for years after that.”

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released August 9, 2021

Written, played, and recorded by Jason Beers
Artwork provided by H.Tilbury's original artwork collection of Garth Dohlie pieces.

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Jason Beers is a Kansas City, Kansas native. He's been playing for well over 35 years. Primarily a bass player, in acts such as The Brannock Device, Dead Voices, Scott Hrabko, The Ants, occasionally Freight Train Rabbit Killer, and many more, Jason Beers also plays solo clawhammer banjo gigs. ... more

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