This week features music from the brand new Jaybone Bell solo album, in addition to tracks from celebrated early 00s Wisconsin ska band Sunshine Policy, La Crosse glam-metal act Hang Em High, MPLS wild man Mark Mallman, disbanded art rockers Run At The Dog (co-founded by current Winona resident Marshall Bolin), and the 2003 Saint Mary’s Jazz Combo (featuring Brandon Mathieus and a fresh faced Mike Munson).

While I try my best to “spread the love around” with this program, Winona singer-songwriter Jaybone Bell released his debut solo album, Tale of the Sun, less than a week after I last featured his band in episode #19. So, due to poor timing on my part, I am once again spotlighting one of the more prolific acts in the Winona area. Tale of the Sun is an intricate and stripped down take on his Americana sound. The extra breathing room showcases the beguiling gravitas of Jaybone and Amber Grace’s dueling co-ed vocals.

Bell is also joined on the album’s first two tracks by Restless Light banjo man Isaac Samis, as well as Kitchen Dwellers guitarist Kyle Shelstad on tracks 3, 4, and 5. The record was recorded by Chad Wardwell at Natural Recording Company in La Crosse and produced as part of regional music maven Parker Forsell’s Ocooch Mountain Sessions. Bravo!

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Jaybone Bell
“Tale of the Sun”
Tale of the Sun
Ocooch Mountain Sessions
2014

Sunshine Policy
“My Very Own Militaristic Propaganda Ska Song”
Striving for Normalcy
Independent
2004

Hang Em High
“Back in Session (Rock & Roll)”
Back in Session EP
Independent
2012

Run at the Dog
“The Living Are Restless”
Scutigera, Yeah!
Independent
2010

Mark Mallman
“The Man With Music Instead of Blood”
Double Silohouette
Independent
2012

Saint Mary’s Jazz Combo
“Insomniac Groove”
Sit And Listen
Brandon Mathieus
2003

Theme Music:
Mike Munson
“Over Now”
Mike Munson
Independent
2013