Retrograss
Retrograss | ||||
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Studio album by David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger | ||||
Released | 1999 | |||
Genre | Bluegrass | |||
Length | 49:24 | |||
Label | Acoustic Disc | |||
Producer | David Grisman, John Hartford, Mike Seeger | |||
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Retrograss is a bluegrass album by David Grisman, John Hartford and Mike Seeger. It was released on the Acoustic Disc record label in 1999.
For the 2000 Grammy Awards, Retrograss received a nomination for Best Traditional Folk Album .[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Brian Kelly wrote "All in all, these live, in-studio recordings are mirthful, rocking chair adaptations of American music history. Seeger and Grisman's honeyed tenors conflict well with Hartford's quirky baritone. There are no breakneck solos, and the whole effort achieves more than the sum of its parts..."[1]
Kevin Oliver of Country Standard Time wrote the "more radical reworkings are balanced out by some less revolutionary, but still intriguing versions of bluegrass tunes - Earl Scruggs, "Flint Hill Special," Jimmy Martin's "My Walking Shoes" and the omnipresent classic, "Uncle Pen." With these more traditional tunes included, what could have been a mere novelty record becomes a fascinating study in the mutability of musical genres from another era."[2]
Track listing
- "My Walking Shoes" (Jimmy Martin) – 2:49
- "Hound Dawg" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:39
- "Maggie's Farm" (Bob Dylan) – 2:48
- "Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 2:44
- "Flint Hill Special" (Earl Scruggs) – 2:32
- "The Old Home Place" (Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb) – 3:02
- "Uncle Pen" (Bill Monroe) – 3:02
- "Air Mail Special on the Fly" (Godson, Rusk) – 2:14
- "Rocky Top" (Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant) – 3:30
- "Room at the Stop of the Stair" (Randall Hylton) – 2:14
- "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Steve Cropper, Otis Redding) – 2:38
- "Jerusalem Ridge" (Monroe) – 3:39
- "Windy Mountain" (Curley Ray Cline) – 3:07
- "Maybellene" (Berry) – 2:40
- "Blue Ridge Cabin Home" (Louise Certain, Gladys Stacey) – 3:16
- "Rocky Road Blues" (Monroe) – 3:42
- "When I'm Sixty-Four" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 7:51
Personnel
- David Grisman – banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin, vocals, tenor ukulele
- John Hartford – banjo, fiddle, guitar, autoharp, vocals, 5-string banjo
- Mike Seeger – banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, autoharp, Jew's harp, vocals
- Sam Grisman – double bass
Production notes
- Craig Miller – executive producer
- David Dennison – engineer, mixing
- Paul Stubblebine – mastering
- D. Brent Hauseman – design, photography
- Dave Kiphuth – illustrations, drawing
- Andrew Day – photography
- Clarke Prouty – photography
References
- v
- t
- e
- Earth Opera (1968)
- The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969)
- Muleskinner (1973)
- Muleskinner Live: Original Television Soundtrack (1994, recorded 1973)
- Old & In the Way (1975)
- That High Lonesome Sound (1996)
- Breakdown (1997)
- Old & In the Gray (2002)
- Live at the Boarding House (2008)
- Live at the Boarding House: The Complete Shows (2013)
- Jerry Garcia / David Grisman
- Not for Kids Only
- Shady Grove
- So What
- The Pizza Tapes
- Grateful Dawg
- Been All Around This World
David Grisman Quintet
- The David Grisman Quintet (1977)
- Hot Dawg (1978)
- Quintet '80 (1980)
- Mondo Mando (1981)
- Dawg '90 (1990)
- Dawgwood (1993)
- Dawganova (1995)
- DGQ-20 (1996)
- Dawgnation (2002)
- Dawg's Groove (2006)
- Mandolin Abstractions (1983)
- Songs of Our Fathers (1995)
- New Shabbos Waltz (2006)
- Tone Poems 2 (1995)
- I'm Beginning To See The Light (1999)
collaborations
- The Even Dozen Jug Band (1964)
- The David Grisman Rounder Record (1976)
- Early Dawg (1980, recorded 1966 & 1973)
- Stephane Grappelli/David Grisman Live (1991)
- Here Today (1982)
- David Grisman's Acoustic Christmas (1983)
- Dawg Jazz/Dawg Grass (1983)
- Acousticity (1984)
- Svingin' with Svend (1987)
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (1988)
- Bluegrass Reunion (1992)
- Common Chord (1993)
- Doc & Dawg (1997)
- Retrograss (1999)
- Dawg Duos (1999)
- New River (2001)
- Traversata (2001)
- Life of Sorrow (2003)
- Hold On, We're Strummin' (2003)
- DGBX (2006)
- The Living Room Sessions (2007)
- Satisfied (2007)
- Tone Poems (1994)
- Tone Poems 2 (1995)
- Tone Poems 3 (2000)
- Discography
- Chronological Discography
- Progressive bluegrass
- Jazz
- Bluegrass music
- Psychedelic music
- Old & In the Way
- Grateful Dead
- Tony Rice
- Sam Bush
- Joe Craven
- Todd Philips
- Mark O'Connor
- Richard Greene
- Bill Keith
- Darol Anger
- Mike Marshall
- Enrique Coria
- Jerry Garcia
- John Kahn
- Peter Rowan
- Vassar Clements
- Stephane Grapelli
- John Sebastian
- Denny Zeitlin
- Doc Watson
- Beppe Gambetta
- Acoustic Disc
- Muleskinner
- Earth Opera
- Alison Brown