JP Harris has always understood that old songs are not relics or something to be appreciated from afar. They are passed down from one generation to another by people who alter them simply by singing them. On Shaving A Dead Man, Harris approaches traditional American material with that understanding intact, stripping away the distance that can accumulate around songs that have survived for decades or centuries. ‘Shaving A Dead Man’ is intimate without sounding delicate and is steeped in tradition without reconstructing the past. With Harris on lead vocals and banjo and Chance McCoy contributing fiddle and vocal harmony, the record places two musicians in close conversation with a musical heritage that has endured because of its ability…

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