“…Red, Red Rose is an old fashioned lament played out in a haze of guitar and distortion. It takes an ancient form and dresses it in the cloths of the Seattle scene – with all its noise and hurt – and creates a new living and breathing entity.” – Andrew Hamilton, Clare People, Ireland
“…(The Red, Red Rose) is, in a word, haunting, recalling vintage Sandy Denny-era Fairport Convention as envisioned through a dark psychedelic lens – and we defy anyone not to feel a lump in the throat when Kelly gets to the lines, “One January afternoon/ They killed you in your school clothes.” – Fred Mills, Blurt
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A five song EP with “The Red, Red Rose,” a song about the tragic death of Phoebe Prince. Also contains 3 songs previously unreleased on CD, “Little Dreams,” “Just Another Perfect Day,” “Raise Ravens” and the previously unreleased anywhere, “If Forever Comes.”
Half of profits from the EP will go to The Jason Foundation, an organization dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide.
"Musicians, indeed, artists of all stripes, have always responded to public tragedies with new works commenting on the events. But few respond quickly anymore, the way Neil and the CSNY crew did with "Ohio," or so many musicians did after the 9/11 attacks. Green Pajamas leader Jeff Kelly found himself so moved and horrified by the suicide of Phoebe Prince (who hanged herself after consistent bullying by students at her high school, bringing the bullying issue to national prominence) that he wrote a song about it and already has it in the racks. "The Red, Red Rose" is prime Green PJs, mixing a folk melody with psychedelic rock and poetic lyrics that address Phoebe's tragedy from the point of view of those still grieving."
"The EP fills out with four songs previously unavailable on CD. The haunted waltz "Raise Ravens," the lovely (if dark) ballad "Just Another Perfect Day" and the winsome folk popper "Little Dreams" also appear on the band's download-only collection If You Knew What I Dreamed: The Green Pajamas Play the Jeff Kelly Songbook. "If Forever Comes," an elaborate, accordion-laced ballad, sees the light of the day for the first time here. Coupled with the emotional power of the title track, The Red, Red Rose becomes as satisfying a collection, however brief, as anything in the PJs' catalog." MICHAEL TOLAND, Blurt
The Green Pajamas are a Seattle, Washington band who have released over twenty albums, most recently Poison in the Russian Room and the re-issued The Complete Book of Hours.
credits
released August 3, 2010
Produced by Jeff Kelly
Cover concept by Susanne Kelly
The Green Pajamas formed in the spring of 1984 when Jeff Kelly and Joe Ross recorded and released their first album, 'Summer
Of Lust,' pioneering Seattle’s answer to the Los Angeles Paisley Underground scene.
Find more of their music here: thegreenpajamas1.bandcamp.com...more
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