Ned Oldham, Jack Carneal, Willy Maclean and Aram and Jason Stith formed the Anomoanon in late 1994, therein cobbling together some of the first rumblings of a rambling, rocking psychedelic music richly rooted in traditional rhymes and balladry that set the stage but then veered away from the oncoming freak folk scene. Anomoanon recordings and performances often included brothers Will and Paul Oldham and other guests. Over the course of a dozen releases, about half the time, the songs are the lyrics and music of Ned, and the other half using lyrics borrowed from old–ancient–texts: the earthy (and worldly) poems of the fifteenth-century poet Francois Villon and several evocative forays into the wildly beautiful and sweetly brutal rhymes of Mother Goose. Live shows blend the material, uniting the threads in an electrified southernish rock band, tight in the way only long, slow-baked musical relationships can become knit. The Anomoanon has always been a bit out of step with the time–both visionary and deeply ancient.