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They Hung Him on a Cross
the Jury

the Jury:

Kurt Cobain: Vocalist, Guitarist
Mark Lanegan: Vocalist
Krist Novoselic: Bass Guitarist
Mark Pickerel: Drummer

Crews:

Jack Endino [Producer, Engineer]

Set:

Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Grey Goose [Instrumental]
Ain't It a Shame
They Hung Him on a Cross [Cobain Solo]

Notes:

In August 1989, Cobain & Novoselic formed an offshoot band with Mark Lanegan & Mark Pickerel of the Screaming Trees. We were all becoming big blues fans, recalled Pickerel. We were trying to create a modern day version of Cream or Led Zeppelin. The band rehearsed several times at the Seattle practice space Nirvana had rented above the Continental Trailways bus station. Both Cobain & Lanegan brought cassettes of their favourite Leadbelly songs to practice, We started with Leadbelly, and we were going to branch out from there, Pickerel explained.

Sub Pop co-founder, Jonathan Poneman, expressed an interest in recording an album for the group, but the project stalled upon entering the studio. It was as if both Mark & Cobain had too much respect for each other to tell the other what to do, or even make suggestions for what they should be doing, Pickerel recalled. It was really frustrating. Neither one would take the initiative.

Dubbing themselves the Jury at Pickerel's suggestion. [Cobain had favoured the name Lithium, and Endino had referred to the group as Screaming Nirvana on the session paperwork], the band were booked for two days recording: August 20 [six hours], August 28 [three & a half hours]. The session started well, with the group recording a rock version of Where did you sleep last night? [This rendition was released in 1990 on Lanegan's solo debut, the Winding Sheets].

Hailed by Dylan Carlson as the band's best song, an instrumental rendition of Grey Goose followed, it was almost like Watching one of the English blues rock band getting it's feet, it was pretty incredible. Carlson enthused. Jack Endino, how ever, found the song less than memorable, strenuously denying it had even been recorded until reviewing the reels for 2004's with The Lights Out box-set release, [It had] no Vocals on it, not even scratch vocals. Nothing! that's why I didn't remember it ... there's nothing much to remember it by. It's basically two chords, no chorus, no bridge, but it builds nicely & has some great drumming on it from Mark Pickerel . [It's] Sad that's no one bothered to sing.

Cobain was promoted to lead vocals & guitar on Ain't It A Shame, with Pickerel on drums & Novoselic on bass & backing vocals. Again, Jack Endino was relatively unimpressed, dubbing the track, a very short throwaway traditional-type tune. According to the Jonathan Poneman, however, it was the one of Kurt's greatest vocal performances.

Cobain then performed a solo version of They Hung Him On the Cross, Accompanying himself on guitar.

Much to Pickerel's disappointment, the group never followed through to finish the record. I really had high hope for it. I wanted to be a working band. But it just wasn't meant to be, I guess.

Cobain & Lanegan regrouped later that year to record on Lanegan's solo album, the Winding Sheets.

Source: LiveNirvana