One Foot in the Grave (album) One Foot in the Grave (album) One Foot in the Grave is the fourth studio album by American musician Beck, released on June 26, 1994 by K Records. It was recorded prior to the release of "Mellow Gold", but was not released until after that album had met critical and commercial success. "One Foot in the Grave" shows strong lo-fi and folk influences, and features several songs that are interpolations or covers of songs popularized by artists such as Skip James and The Carter Family. "One Foot in the Grave" features production, songwriting, and backing vocal assistance by Calvin Johnson,
One Foot in the Grave his "brothel" (as opposed to "brother"). Great Aunt Joyce and Uncle Dick - Unseen characters, they are often mentioned by Victor and Margaret, as an aging and grim couple and Victor and Margaret dread having anything to do with them. Great Aunt Joyce is mentioned as having a glass eye and has the habit of knitting bizarre items (such as six-fingered gloves) for Victor. Uncle Dick has a wooden arm; in the final Comic Relief (2001) episode, it transpires that a nurse had mistakenly placed a drip in the false arm for 18 hours after a trip to hospital after