Wishes Of The Dead

  Geoff is probably best known for the genre-flouting guitar style he developed during his 12 years fronting Boston's Karate, or as one-half of The Secret Stars, the seminal early-90s duo that circulated home-made cassettes of original songs now covered by the likes of Ida and Death Cab for Cutie. This is his first full-length solo release in a decade and his earnest baritone evokes Tony Joe White and Leonard Cohen, while his intricate finger-picking descends from Mississippi John Hurt, Sam McGhee, Elizabeth Cotton and other Piedmont styled guitar influences.