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| | Eternal Flame |
 | | An astonishingly pure, intensely soulful collection of acoustic folk and blues that actually resides somewhere in a rarefied between-genres space, the disc was recorded and compiled by Rainer himself in early '96, just prior to the fateful seizure. |
 | | Notable among them: "Bo Weavil," a funky country blues song and a vocal showcase for the slurring, falsetto-swooping Rainer; the ominously droning, almost wraithlike "Rude World"; a nine-minute freeform improvisation called "Horse Hair"; and a playful, touching number, "Rudy With a Flashlight," about watching his son search the starry heavens with the light. |
 | | I remember coming over to where he was practicing what would become 'The Inner Flame' [recorded by Giant Sand and Rainer as the title track for the '97 Inner Flame Rainer tribute/benefit album featuring Page and Plant, Emmylou Harris, PJ Harvey and more]. |
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