Jack Logan - Nature's Assembly Line (2005)

Nature's Assembly Line, a collection of 15 songs by Jack Logan and the Monday Night Recorders, is Logan's first album in over 5 years. The album was recorded in Athens, Georgia over the course of 2003 by Logan and a revolving cast of some of the best musicians in town including Kevin Lane (The Possibilities), Rob Veal (Dashboard Saviors), Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), William Tonks and John Neff (Barbara Cue), Aaron Phillips (Liquor Cabinet) and more. Calling themselves the Monday Night Recorders, the group got together every Monday night at various houses with the goal of writing and recording 3 new songs. Each night after the songs were mixed down, the original tracks were erased. At the end of the year, 94 songs were completed, which the band whittled down to the 15 songs that comprise Nature's Assembly Line. The songs run the gamut from quiet acoustic to cacophonous rockers to middle-eastern flavored psychedelic meanderings.

Jack Logan's first new album in half a decade is the product of a free-ranging aggregation called the Monday Night Recorders. Meeting on Monday nights at various homes in Athens, Georgia, those who stopped by included members of Dashboard Saviors, Drive-By Truckers, and Barbara Cue. They'd aim for three songs a night, and adding to the immediacy of it all, the songs would be mixed and then the original tracks erased. Over the course of 2003 this system led to the creation of 94 songs. These fifteen, fronted by Logan, inhabit the breadth he's been exhibiting since his sprawling Bulk appeared ten years ago. From thorny rockers to pop gems, light psychedelia, and country rock, those Monday nights made for one fine club! -- David Greenberger