A wandering, soulful, alternative troubadour with a deep love of America's South
and all its eccentricities, Jim White's old fashioned story telling comes with
gothic overtones and eerie sense of mystery. A former professional surfer and
Milan fashion model, White (real name Michael Davis Pratt) spent years roaming
around and writing songs before being signed up to David Byrne's label Luaka
Bop. His debut album Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (1997) was acclaimed as an alt. country
masterpiece for its oddball characters and evocative imagery and came steeped in
twanging banjos, haunting pedal ...