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performing and promoting his latest feat. The
album was named in reference to Wetherell’s
“addiction to the tales of Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle’s inimitable sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.” A
culmination of experiences and expression over
the years, the album’s conception recalled an
aspect of Doyle’s famed character.
“In the organized chaos of his rooms in Baker
Street, Holmes kept a stack of unanswered
correspondence pinned to the mantelpiece with
his pocketknife,” Wetherell explains. Much like
the pending replies that Holmes never sent,
the sentiments, emotions and songs awaiting
response and recognition from Wetherell have
at last been addressed in The Jackknife Letters.
Around the time that Wetherell began to
explore the material that would later form this
collection, he and his wife had just welcomed
their first child into the world. “The experience
of adapting to the new groove of nurturing a
human life outside of our own inspired me to
both let go of and dig deeper into my craft.”
As revealing as the album has become of
Wetherell’s perspective, his performances of The
Jackknife Letters bring his sound to a new level.
“My live show is a brave and original
experience,” attests Wetherell, “At the gig,
folks will experience raw, soulful singing, deep
grooves and lyrics, heavy drum and beatbox
loops, live-layered vocal harmonies, fuzzy
guitars, acoustic guitars, psychedelic sounds,
top-shelf compositions and a ton of love and
passion—all from one guy! All that, and an
amazing sense of community and family.”
Since his album release, two of Wetherell’s