Very similar to the rounder release but live. Very average bluegrass music in the grand scheme of things but with Jerry Garcia.
Round Records release, nor Rounder. Nothing with Frank Wakefield on it is average, in my opinion. He brings it up a notch. Yes, Don Reno and Chubby Wise are sorely missed on this post Pistol Packin' Mama tour. It's loosey goosey, but what live bluegrass should sound like in a bar like the Catalyst.
yes, round records, the Pistol packin mamma release. It certainly has a bar band feel to it in the very best way. For me...If I take out my bias for the love of all things Jerry Garcia and review the album as a bluegrass album as compared to all the other bluegrass albums I own, average feels like the right call if not a bit generous. But to be fair, it wasn't created to be an album. It was a night at a bar for a band that didn't play together very many times.
Picked this one at GW today for 59 cents. Haven't spun it yet but vinyl is in nice condition on gold Takoma/Devi label.
Just got back from California after a few days vacation. Went a bit silly with the spending/gap filling: CD: Bluegrass Album Band - Volume 2 Sam Bush - King Of My World Sam Bush - Storyman Country Gentlemen - High Lonesome 2CD Jerry Douglas - Slide Rule Earls Of Leicester - s/t Earls Of Leicester - Rattle & Roar Earls Of Leicester -Live at the CMA Theater David Grisman - Dawganova David Grisman - Folk Jazz Trio David Grisman & Denny Zeitlin - New River David Grisman & Doc Watson - Doc & Dawg David Grisman & Sam Bush - Hold On, We're Strummin' Hart Valley Drifters - Folk Time Jamgrass - A Phish Tribute Jesse McReynolds & Friends - Songs of The Grateful Dead Nashville Bluegrass Band - s/t Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line Old & In The Gray - s/t Old & In The Way - Complete Boarding House 4cd Old Crow Medicine Show - Volunteer Noam Pikelny - Universal Favorite Punch Brothers - The Phosphorescent Blues Railroad Earth - The Black Bear Sessions Railroad Earth - Bird In A House Tony Rice - Native American Tony Rice - Cold On The Shoulder Ricky Skaggs - Honoring The Fathers of Bluegrass Ricky Skaggs - Mosaic Special Consensus - Signs Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer CD/DVD Chris Thile & Mike Marshall - Live Duets Tony Trischka - The Early Years Tony Trischka - Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular Pete Wernick - On A Roll Whitley & Skaggs - Second Generation V/A- Acoustic Disc volume V V/A - Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Bluegrass Tribute 2CD Vinyl: Norman Blake - Whiskey Before Breakfast Norman Blake - Home In Sulphur Springs Norman Blake - Nashville Blues Norman Blake - Live At McCabes Blake /Taylor/Bush/Robins/Clements/Holland/Burns - s/t The Dillards - Back Porch Bluegrass The Dillards - Live The Dillards - Pickin' & Fiddlin' Jerry Douglas - Fluxedo Jerry Douglas - Fluxology David Grisman - Acousticity David Grisman - Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass David Grisman & Andy Statman - Mandolin Abstractions Mike Marshall - Gator Strut Modern Mandolin Quartet - s/t Larry Rice - Mr Poverty Tony Rice - Manzanita Greg Root - Bluegrass Mandolin Wife distinctly unimpressed.
First time I saw them it was a small bluegrass fest in Durango. It was March 08 and Andy had just joined the band. My buddy and I were/are big Chris Eldridge fans so we came in skeptical and we left as converts ha 6 more weeks to Telluride...
Exactly what you think Porter singing bluegrass would sound like. It’s all about porter singing and on the side of pop country of the day, RCA slick production. I’d say it’s a great Porter album and about as bluegrass as an episode of Beverly hillbillies
Wow, and I always thought the Beverly Hillbillies was the purest of bluegrass. Yeah, it's kind of hard to connect Porter and bluegrass. Interesting.
This week, I was driving a country road in Western Pennsylvania, in the process of falling asleep at the wheel when a “Green Acres” looking place appeared with all kinds of antique junk sitting around outside. I stopped. Inside I found the proprietor who was delighted to have someone to talk to. “Any records?”, I got around to asking. “Yep, right out on the porch in the wooden cabinet.” I thought, Oh boy another stack of moldy vinyl. But out I went. A short time later I walked away with 25 NM/VG+ gems amongst which were: John Hartford - Housing Project The Dillard’s - Vs the Incredible L.A. Time Machine High Country - Dreams Bill Monroe - Bean Blossom New Grass Revival- Fly Through The Country Cross Country - S/T Bob Dylan/ John Wesley Harding
I have been waiting on a gal from Western New York who has a stash of bluegrass including a bunch of Norman Blake which I am eager to obtain. She just is overwhelmed with the sheer volume of her collection which she inherited from a deceased family member who was a regional promotional coordinator for National Record Mart back in the day. I foolishly sold all my Norman Blake vinyl back in my college days. I’m ashamed to admit what I spent that money on.
Anyone buying Norman Blake albums is OK with me. He and Nancy are national treasures. My wife worked/managed for NRM mid-70's to mid-80's so she might have known that person.
I met Norman and Nancy at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site, Mentor, Ohio. They played at the grand reopening of the Garfield house in 1998 after a six year 12.5 million dollar restoration. They drove up from Georgia I suppose, in a humble camper which was parked on the property. Yes, I’d say they are National Treasures. He never chased after more lucrative popular music, instead choosing to record “old timey” traditional fare. When anyone questions his guitar prowess I steer them toward “Whiskey Before Breakfast”. He is a lightning quick flat pick artist when he wants to be.