James McCandless &
Julianne Macarus
Imagine you're browsing through an antique store. There's some junk there, and some flashy, expensive stuff. Then you run across a simple but beautifully designed and finished piece, made entirely by hand. That's what McCandless' songs are like.

When asked about his influences, he is likely to mention the Dutch painter Peter Brueghel.

Much of Out West Somewhere is a recreation in song of the romance and treachery of the Old West. Titles include "Tom Horn," "Lowdown Yankee Liar," and "The Black Rose." "It May Go On Without Me" and "The Drunken Brawl" are comic songs with a more contemporary feel, and "One Rock" is something like a Gary Snyder nature poem set to music. Julianne Macarus contributes perfectly attenuated vocal, violin and viola accompaniments.
Out West Somewhere
released 1993, Waterbug Records

Out West Somewhere CD

Out West Somewhere
CD $15.00 ON SALE AGAIN SEPTEMEBER 8, 2003

1. Out West Somewhere Play
2. Tom Horn
3. Old Guy
4. King of the Mugs
5. Christopher
6. The Black Rose
7. Six Years From Home
8. It May Go On Without Me
9. The Boys from Bluehill
10. The Drunken Brawl
11. Lowdown Yankee Liar
12. Red Crow
13. One Rock
14. In the Fog