Mark Lanegan WINDING SHEET

Personnel: Mark Lanegan, Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar); Mike Johnson (acoustic & electric guitar); Jack Endino (guitar, bass); Justin Williams (violin); Steve Fisk (piano, organ); Chris Novoselic (bass); Mark Pickerel (drums).Producers: Jack Endino, Mike Johnson, Mark Lanegan.Recorded at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington in December, 1989.Shortly before the early-1990s grunge boom hit, Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan was already blazing his own path with his solo debut, THE WINDING SHEET. Marking a considerable departure from the Trees' feedback-drenched neo-psychedelia, this spare collection of acoustic-leaning songs allows Lanegan to wander into darker, more unsettling territory, as revealed on the thrillingly bleak "Mockingbirds" and the haunting title track. Not only do these subdued songs, co-written with guitarist Mike Johnson, allow Lanegan's deep, husky voice to hang in the air longer, they share a shadowy, nearly macabre sensibility with other revered artists