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For one night, Jandek returns to the stage

Also: Merle Haggard, Strings Attached, more live music

The legendary Texas recluse Jandek is slated to perform at 7:30 p.m. July 21 at the Rose Marine Theater in Fort Worth.

Joining the Corwood Industries principal is an all-Texas backing band: Susan Alcorn on pedal steel, Austin's own Ralph White on fiddle and banjo, Baptist General bassist Ryan Williams and Centro-matic singer/songwriter Will Johnson on drums. Like Voltron, they will combine for one night only to form Jandek. Tickets at Good Records in Dallas, End of an Ear in Austin, and at www.ticketalternative.com.

Ha Lam
FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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Jandek performs at the Scottish Rite Theatre in his first performance in the United States on August 29, 2005.

The concert will be filmed by Lee Daniel, a filmmaker who has shot multiple Richard Linklater films, as well as the Townes Van Zandt documentary "Be Here to Love Me," and the Roky Erickson doc "You're Gonna Miss Me." No word on if the first person objective pronoun will be in the title of wherever the film ends up. Personally, I'm pulling for a concert film called "Me, Jandek."

Jandek has played a handful of shows since 2004, when he emerged from 25 years of willful anonymity to perform in Glasgow, Scotland, at the Instal 04 festival. Most of the shows have been documented on CD, the most recent (and Jandek's most recent album in general) is "Manhattan Sunday," a live double CD. He's joined by a cast of underground improv superstars — "Venusian bluesman" Loren Connors on electric guitar, brilliant free drummer Chris Corsano and Corsano's associate Matt Heyner on bass. Jandek plays Moog, for a proggy, spectral set as dark as deepest space. It's an excellent addition to the canon. (Jandek's Austin show is documented on the "Austin Sunday" live double CD.)

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