he recorded the album Jaywalker, he sought ways to mimic the joy he witnessed with Zanes by recording the album with the friends and people he'd grown up with, including the headmaster who had taught him guitar. Jaywalker was released on August 23, 2005, on Eleven Thirty Records. In 2013, Joplin independently released the five-song EP Earth and Other Things on 9th Grade Records. It remains his last musical effort under the name Josh Joplin. It was recorded at Mercy Sound Studio on the Lower East Side of New York City by producer/engineer/guitarist Matt Chiaravalle. Matt and Josh had also worked together on Useful Music. On April 23, 2022, the Josh Joplin Group performed a twentieth-anniversary reunion show in Atlanta, Georgia. Among The Oak & Ash In 2008, Joplin formed a new band called Among The Oak & Ash with Garrison Starr, Bryan Owings, and Brian Harrison. They released their self-titled debut album in 2009 on Verve Records. It was named Album of the Year by WNYC's John Schaeffer on his program Soundcheck.They followed it with Devil Ship in 2011. This album featured performances by Lucy Wainwright Roche, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Paleface, and Rachael Hester. In 2014, they recorded a third album, A Skeptics Gospel, which was never released. Harrison, who had co-produced all three records, died at his Nashville studio on February 18, 2014. NarrowMoat In 2015, Blum, who by now had shed his musical pseudonym, founded the production company NarrowMoat. He has produced two independent films, About Colonia and The Murphys. About Colonia, directed by Eduardo Shlomo Velázquez, was screened and lauded with awards in the short film and Spanish-language categories at several international film festivals. Discography A Present for Hitler (1989) Josh Joplin Facts of Fortune (1990) Josh Joplin I Love Janey, But Janey Loves the Grateful Dead (1992) Josh Joplin Projector Head (1995) Josh Joplin Band Boxing Nostalgic (1997) Josh Joplin Band Useful Music (1998) (re-issued in 2001) Josh Joplin Band The Future That Was (2002) Josh Joplin Group The Early Years: Volume One (Compilation - 2004) Josh Joplin Jaywalker (2005) Josh Joplin Among the Oak & Ash (2009) Among the Oak & Ash Devil Ship (2011) Among the Oak & Ash Earth and Other Things (EP – 2013) Josh Joplin References External links Jaywalker review, dailyvault.com, August 23, 2005. Q&A with Josh Joplin and Garrison Starr American male singers American rock singers Living people People