
MUSIC VIDEOS
ALBUM CREDITS
PRESS COMMENTS 1990–2009
(Strothard Bulldog Productions)
George Usher has been a fixture on the NY scene since the early 80’s, when his powerpop band, The Decoys, were mainstays of the CBGB/village clubs.
While putting in stints with local legends, Beat Rodeo, the Bongos, and The Schramms, Usher formed House Of Usher and The George Usher Group, releasing nine well-received albums (including two collaborations with fellow New York songwriter, Edward Rogers) between 1990 and 2009.
Some of the albums, like Neptune and Miracle School, were only released in Europe. Others, including Dutch April, Days of Plenty, and Yours And Not Yours, were released in the U.S. by Parasol Records, a small independent label in Illinois. The two Edward Rogers collaborations (Sunday Fables and You Haven’t Been Where I’ve Been) were also released on independent labels and under Edward’s name, at Usher’s insistence, even though they were the work of both artists.
Now, Strothard Bulldog Productions is pleased to announce the release of a two-CD, 43-song compilation, drawing from all nine George Usher releases: George Usher, The End And The Beginning: 1990-2009.
Included are House of Usher’s seminal recording of “River To River,” (Richard Barone, The Bongos) and Usher’s powerpop version of his own, “Not The Tremblin’ Kind,” (Laura Cantrell), neither of which has been released in the states before.
It’s a cascading, career defining collection of melodic power-pop, guitar-driven folk-rock, and lush chamber-pop covering 20 years of making music on the New York scene.
George Usher, The End And The Beginning: 1990-2009 will be released worldwide in 2017.
TRACK LIST
DISC ONE
Neptune
House Of Usher
- River To River
- You’re Only Spinnin’
- Avenue A
- Forgive And Forget
Ludlow
George Usher’s Lazy Gentlemen
- The Love You Hide Away
- Good Doctor
- Knifepoint
Miracle School
George Usher
- Not The Tremblin’ Kind
- The Gospel According To Joe
- Alexandra
- Baby Laughed When Heaven Fell
- Miracle School
Dutch April
George Usher
- My Life With Jack The Fool
- Begging For Rain
- Wooden Nickel
- Orpheus Turning
- You Better Let It Go
Days Of Plenty
George Usher Group
- Days Of Plenty
- Smoke That Kiss
- Our World
- The End And The Beginning
DISC TWO
Fire Garden
George Usher Group
- Are You Coming Or Going?
- Spectacle
- The Lost Fields
- Too Busy Dreaming
- Fade
- Daylight Comes
Sunday Fables
Edward Rogers and George Usher
- Who Knew The World Would End?
- It Was Love (So It Couldn’t Last)
- Germantown
- Rain Becomes Her
You Haven’t Been Where I’ve Been
Edward Rogers and George Usher
- You Haven’t Been Where I’ve Been
- Blind Man’s Blue
- Commodore Hotel
- I Hear This Place Is Haunted
- The Last To Leave The Party
Yours And Not Yours
George Usher
- Somewhere North Of The Sky
- Love By Any Other Name
- The Stranger Came
- Put It Out Of Your Mind
- I Would Have Done Anything
- Comedy Of Errors
- It Never Happened