Music : Shady Grove
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0715949102127
Label: Acoustic Disc
Manufacturer: Acoustic Disc
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Acoustic Disc
Release Date: October 15, 1996
Sales Rank: 2542
Studio: Acoustic Disc
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Throughout his life, Jerry Garcia had an abiding fondness for the banjo, bluegrass, and roots-folk music. It not only helped shape the Grateful Dead's vast repertoire, but also led him on various musical excursions outside of the Dead. One of his most consistent collaborators in his extra-Dead adventures was "newgrass" mandolin master and bandleader David Grisman. The two of them formed the nucleus of the short-lived but influential bluegrass ensemble Old & In the Way in the early 1970s. These 13 delightful folk songs were culled from numerous laid-back Garcia-Grisman sessions that took place in Grisman's studio between 1990 and 1995, often joined by Joe Craven on fiddle and percussion and Jim Kerwin on bass. Garcia and Grisman pulled these songs--some of them quite obscure--from a variety of American eras and genres. Included is a vivid rendition of Mississippi John Hurt's "Louis Collins," as well as folk odes like "Casey Jones," "Whiskey in the Jar," and "The Handsome Cabin Boy." Throughout, the resulting music is mellow and evocative, likely to appeal to both neo-folkies and open-minded Deadheads. --Bob Allen
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It's kind of hypnotic, the sound of that banjo. It's a nice sound, but at the half way through every song you start to wish there was something more to it. May be, if you could fall asleep in the middle of every song and then wake up just when it ends... Songs are lame. I didn't take notice on the lyrics, but don't believe there's anything special there either. In fact, in this whole album, there's nothing special there, except that nice sound of a banjo. All in all, it's pretty lame.
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Folks,
I learned guitar playing Shady Grove. This is one huge CD if you are into Jerry G. If you know his history, you must have this CD and have his "Old and In the Way" album. I consider this CD Jerry's attempt to get back to folk. Shoot, I still have his Guitar Player Magazine interview.
In my opinion, Fred Holstein, now dead, his brother Ed, Pete Seegar, Claudia Schmidt, Myself, all did the same tunes on North Linclon in Chicago. I think Fred did a much better job on the tunes than Jerry does. Hey, that is folk music.
Fred did all the tunes with the idea that the tunes should be played in original form, folk music. This CD is close to the performances I was at his bar in Chicago. Hey recall Steve Goodman????
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Garcia and Grisman were superb together. this particular album is unique.
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If you likes The Grateful Dead and if you like bluegrass, then this is something you have to have
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My musical journey hasn't even reached a 2 digit number of years yet, but it's been quite profound so far. I count my album collection by the hundreds. I really truly love all the albums I own, but I've been blown away by an album only so little times. (Nevermind, Dark side of the Moon, Blue, Moon Safari).
Now - when I say blown away - I mean it. Literaly. Blown away, to me, means having to sit back and re-think everything you thought you knew about music and discovering a whole new genre, a new approach. Discovering you like something else. That's blown away, as far as I'm concerned. And this album definately blew the hell out of me.
I remember hearing it for the first time, on some early morning train ride, that went through the sun, through the rain, and back to sun light again. From that first string pluck to that very last "truly obnoxious instrument" monolog, I was simply amazed. I never thought I'd like country music, or anything related to it, for that matter.
And the whole atmosphere of the album - so relaxed, so free, so "we're here just for the fun of it. really" kind of feeling. I've only heard that feeling come out of one other album - "Traveling Wilburys Volume 1". The only thing David and Jerry wanted to get/achieve in these recordings was the shere pleasue of hearing each other play together, and the excitement of what the music may do while they play.
If you're a dead head, you'll probably get this album anyway. If you're not, if you only ... Read More
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