Josh T. Pearson
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| Background information | |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Labels | Mute Records |
| Associated acts | Lift to Experience |
| Website | joshtpearson.com |
Josh T. Pearson is a musician from Texas. In 1996 he formed the short-lived but now critically acclaimed band Lift to Experience, who released one double album, 2001's The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads, before splitting up soon after. Lift To Experience played live shows and became a favorite of the Denton, TX music scene. They also were played many times on the radio show The Adventure Club with Josh in Dallas on KDGE The Edge. Bella Union saw the band at South By Southwest and they were signed shortly after.
Pearson is currently pursuing a solo career, which so far has consisted of a number of tours, both headlining and supporting. Pearson no longer plays any Lift to Experience songs live.
Pearson has sold a variety of self-produced live recordings at recent gigs, including a bootleg album To Hull And Back and a DVD single Live In Paris. He featured on a guitar and backing vocals on two songs, "Seal Jubilee" and "Trophy" on the Bat for Lashes album Fur and Gold.
The only solo studio-recorded song to be released for almost ten years was a cover of Hank Williams' song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", which was released as one half of a split 7" single also featuring Dirty Three. Pearson has notably performed at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival several times over the last few years.
Pearson's current solo output falls into two categories - rock songs performed on electric guitar, more reminiscent of his output with Lift to Experience and quiet, acoustic country songs. He has performed the former material live with Robert B. Weaver III of The Paper Chase on bass, and former Lift To Experience drummer Andy Young on drums, most notably when supporting the reformed My Bloody Valentine in Austin and Dallas, Texas in April 2009. In June 2009, Pearson moved to Paris where he joined a group of musicians, including Bosque Brown and H-Burns, in playing regular gigs at Paris crêperie West Country Girl with his final appearance in June 2010. An album of sessions performed there will be released in 2011.[dated info]
In January 2010, Pearson recorded an album of epic acoustic ballads in Berlin. He has also recorded two songs with pianist Dustin O'Halloran while in Berlin, "Sweetheart I Ain't Your Christ" and "Country Dumb". "Sweetheart I Ain't Your Christ" can currently be exclusively heard on his SoundCloud page [1]. In August 2010, Pearson signed a worldwide record deal with Mute Records. In November 2010, Mute announced the signing of Josh T. Pearson and his debut solo album release. Last Of The Country Gentlemen was released in the spring of 2011. In September 2011 a limited (1,000 copies) "unofficial Bootleg" of Josh T. Pearson recorded live at London's Union Chapel entitled "The King Is Dead" was released to coincide with Pearson's UK summer festival appearances.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Details | Peak positions |
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| US Country | ||
| The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads (with Lift to Experience) |
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| Last Of The Country Gentlemen |
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[edit] Singles
- Lift To Experience EP (1997) - with Lift to Experience
- These Are The Days (2001) - with Lift to Experience
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (2006) - split 7" also featuring Dirty Three (who play Doris)
- Country Dumb (piano version) (20 February 2011) - with Dustin O'Halloran
- Woman, When I’ve Raised Hell (9 May 2011)[1]
[edit] DVD single
- Live In Paris (2006) - recorded at Mains d'Oeuvres, Paris (bootleg)
[edit] Bootlegs
- To Hull and Back (2005) CD-R Album. Live recording. Self released.
- The King Is Dead (2011) Vinyl Album. Live recording of London Union Chapel show May 11, 2011. Mute Czechoslovakia.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Page
- Mute
- Peter Sasala Management blog
- What A Wonderful Life by Stevie Chick, Loose Lips Sink Ships (Summer 2004)
- Josh T. Pearson Interviews Warren Ellis Of Dirty Three (September 2009)
- The Top 125 Peel Sessions Of All Time - 15/04/2001 Lift To Experience
- Uncut's Top 150 Albums Of The '00s - No64 Lift To Experience - The Texas-Jerasulem Crossroads
- Drowned In Sound Meets Josh T. Pearson - The Nottingham-Berlin Crossroads (May 22, 2007)
- Cloud 9 And Rising (May 31, 2002)
- A Minute Seen with Josh T. Pearson, a short film portrait.
