Retrograss
| Artists: | John Hartford/Mike Seeger, David Grisman |
|---|---|
| Label: | Acoustic Disc |
| Catalogue Number: | ACD37 |
| Our Price: | £13.00 (£11.06 exc vat) |
| Format: | CD |
Product Description
Grisman, Hartford, and Seeger have a lot in common. They all have roots in traditional American music (folk, bluegrass, country, et al.), but coming to prominence as they did in the '60s, there was always something of the counterculture in their approach. Throughout their careers, all three men have pushed the borders of those traditions, creating new sounds that incorporated the old ways while venturing into exciting new realms. It's fitting then that the trio's collaboration should incorporate both the traditional and the unconventional.
On RETROGRASS, this supergroup takes songs from an extremely wide range of sources (from Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry to Otis Redding) and gives them an old-timey bluegrass feel. Listening to their treatment of Dylan's "Maggie's Farm", you'd think it was some public domain obscurity the boys had just unearthed, and the Beatles chestnut "When I'm Sixty-Four" sounds perfectly at home in this dusty-sounding back porch version, which recalls the creaky, good-natured sound of the Holy Modal Rounders. Bluegrass/folk traditionalists will shy away from RETROGRASS, but such staunch stiffs probably never bothered with the forward-looking work of these three individualists to begin with.
Track list
- My Walking Shoes
- Room At The Top Of The Stairs
- Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay
- Jerusalem Ridge
- Windy Mountain
- Maybelline
- Blue Ridge Cabin Home
- Rocky Road Blues
- When I'm Sixty-Four
- Hound Dawg
- Maggie's Farm
- Memphis
- Flint Hill Special
- Old Home Place
- Uncle Pen
- Airmail Special
- Rocky Top
