2008, Luaka Bop
Jim White traveled many a junkyard road to get to Transnormal Skiperoo. Raised in Pensacola, Florida, a town crushed between the church and heroin, Jim's songs reach deep into the underbelly of the South. One time Pentecostal, fashion model, New York taxi driver, drifter, pro-surfer, photographer, filmmaker, his music is the conduit for all the stories he collected along the way. His previous albums were acclaimed as masterpieces of 'outer space alt-country' and established Jim as a phenomenal maverick talent. Now living in an old farmhouse in the backwoods of Georgia, Jim White may have finally reached a place called home, but his other search, for what he calls 'the gold tooth in God's crooked smile' continues in this new set of backyard tales. Transnormal Skiperoo was produced by Joe Pernice and Michael Deming, recorded with the band Ollabelle, and also features tracks with Tucker Martine and Laura Veirs, local Georgia legend Don Chambers & Goat, bluegrass duo Jeff & Vida and percussionist Mauro Refosco.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | A Town Called Amen |
| 2 | Blindly We Go |
| 3 | Jailbird |
| 4 | Crash Into the Sun |
| 5 | Fruit of the Vine |
| 6 | Take Me Away |
| 7 | Turquoise House |
| 8 | Diamonds To Coal |
| 9 | Counting Numbers In the Air |
| 10 | Plywood Superman |
| 11 | Pieces of Heaven |
| 12 | It's Been a Long Long Day |
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