JASON MOLINA Eight Gates SECRETLYCANADIAN
“What once was once your true name now is lost”
HE claimed he’d been bitten by a rare spider while travelling in Italy. The venom supposedly left Jason Molina, the guiding spirit behind Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co, bedridden and weak for months on end, confined to the London home he shared with his wife. His condition confounded doctors and made most creative endeavours – touring and recording in particular – all but impossible. That was the story Molina told several people in the late 2000s, after he had moved to London with his wife, possibly to explain a long drought of new music and live dates. But Molina always had a gift for muddying the
