![]() ![]() ![]() When he lost his job at a coffee shop for refusing to give a police officer a free cup, he took unemployment and woodshedded until he became a virtuoso of his own style. ![]() Rose's famed work ethic came up again and again. For his dexterity as a player, often reaching moments of pure transcendence while remaining steadfastly grounded his reputation for prickliness, confounding audiences with pieces like the 30-minute drone opus "Sundogs" and forcefully defending his tastes, but also his warmth and encouragement. Whether coming from peers, collaborators or putative proteges, the tributes to Rose, compiled below to illuminate this new round of reissues, share common praise for the questing ambition that would often see him record multiple versions of the same song to try and get closer to its essence. "I really feel like I owe to Jack the fact that I'm playing music today," says 62-year-old Glenn Jones, who met and befriended Rose at Brattleboro's legendary Free Folk Festival in 2003. Many are younger, such as guitarist Steve Gunn, now signed to Matador, who met Rose as an 18-year-old fresh to Philadelphia, and says, "He set a standard for being a DIY musician, and trying to go against a lot of odds and demand respect and make a living." But Rose's influence also extended to older artists. If nobody has come along to match Rose, his legacy also lies in a generation of artists fired up by his spirit. ![]()
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