Köpet Dag Days: Appendix (Part 1)

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A few “by the numbers” notes regarding the songs: nineteen of the twenty-six were conceived in Turkmenistan, one in India, and one a couple years after my service while I was living in Japan. The other five, all which feature typewriter percussion, were conceived around 2010 while preparing a one-man show about my time in Turkmenistan. The concept of that show was going to be of a man being given a typewriter (by a departing volunteer) and writing letters home, all the while slowly descending into madness. My one-man show was abandoned in the development stages, but the orphaned songs have found a home here.

The Dharma Bum
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>mandolin
>washtub bass
>jug

*alternate version with guitar and washboard released as “Cricket Hiccup” on “The Hunt” album


Chuli Blue
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>clarinet
>cello
>snare drum (w/drum brushes)

*previously unreleased


The Turkmenbashy Blues
>6 string acoustic guitar
>dutar
>oud
>typewriter
>sound clips (Saparmurat Niyazev a.k.a. Turkmenbashy)

*previously unreleased

An American in the Karakum
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>dutar
>cello
>synth cello

*previously unreleased


The Know-mad
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>sound clips (Turkish/Turkmen songs)

*previously unreleased

Chiggydem (Out of the Compound)
>6 string acoustic guitar
>dutar
>synth cello
>typewriter

*alternative version released on “The Final Hunt”


Desert Tides/Convergence
>6 string acoustic guitar
>6 string classical guitar
>clarinet
>cello (synth)
>mellotron (synth)

*previously unreleased

Rabbit
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>mandolin
>balalaika
>oud
>kalimba

*previously unreleased


I, Spy (KGB)
>6 string acoustic guitar
>theremin
>typewriter

*previously unreleased


Acha in India
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>domra
>tabla

*previously unreleased


Broken Calendar/Convergence (reprise)
>6 string acoustic guitar
>12 string acoustic guitar
>oud

*previously unreleased


My Camel Lot
>6 string acoustic guitar
>dutar
>domra
>typewriter
>paper and drum brushes
>sound clips (recordings made while living in Turkmenistan)

*alternate version with guitar and xylophone released as “Cicadas” on the “easy (does it)” album


Men Pikaremi Utgetdim
>6 string acoustic guitar
>dutar
>oud
>cello
>synth cello

*previously unreleased