ARTIST: VA
TITLE: Family Album: A Grass Roots Record Co. Compilation
LABEL: Grass Roots Record Co.
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 173kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 09m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-00-00
RIP DATE: 2007-05-09
Track List
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1. Alela Diane - Dry Grass And 3:49
Shadows
2. Made In - I Hope You Came 2:11
Prepared
3. Hella - Friday The 13th 6:16
4. The Moore Brothers - Birthright 2:23
5. Reckon Family - Ain't No Thing 2:21
6. Mariee Sioux - Two Tongues At 6:04
One Time
7. Casual Fog - Weighted Day 3:51
8. RF And Neal Morgan - Pool 3:58
9. Them Hills - These Hills 4:02
10. Lee Bob Watson - Let Te Hate In 4:55
(I Won't)
11. Golden Shoulders - What You're 2:48
Proposing
12. Neal Morgan - A Tall Tale 4:02
13. Snegg Band - Fallen Color 5:02
14. Kings & Queens - What's In Mind 6:04
15. Alina Estelle Hardin - Cotton 2:39
White
16. Benjamin Oak Goodman - Yes My 5:13
Heart
17. Jessica Henry - The Moon Veiled 3:36
Release Notes:
Over the course of two weeks, twenty groups from or connected to Nevada City,
California crowded into the Brighton Sound Studio to record their songs live and
direct into the microphone. Inspired by releases from such seminal record
companies like Sun, Motown, Elektra, and Studio One, Grass Roots Record Co.Æs
Family Album is filled with songs you will want to hear many times over. They
are lasting, infectious melodiesù honest music in a world where truth telling is
a great revolutionary act.
What these artists have to say exhibits the kind of urgency that makes music
both timeless and timely. Whether itÆs the heavy-duty Hella riff or intensity of
Made In, the pop gems of Golden Shoulders and Lee Bob Watson, the acoustic
beauties of Alela Diane, Mariee Sioux, Alina Estelle Hardin, the Moore Brothers,
or Jessica Henry, the classic melody of Benjamin Oak Goodman, or the modern
hillbilly poetry of the Reckon Family; be it the unclassifiable rockers by Them
Hills and Casual Fog, the innovative warmth of RF and Neal Morgan, or the dreamy
reverb drenched Kings & Queens and the Snegg BandÆs jazz soaked slow-jam, these
are songs guaranteed to send a shiver down the spine.
The Family Album is unlike any compilation youÆve heard. This is not a
collection of tunes culled from across time and place. This is an album. Though
the songs are diverse in style and voice, you will hear an uncanny continuity
from track to track and from artist to artist. Each group on the album
performedtheir songs live, together in the room, direct to tape. You can feel
the energy between the playersùthe familiarity of these folks who, for almost
two decades now, have lived, created, and performed together.
And so, Grass Roots Record Co. is proud and honored to work with these artists
to bring you their songs. Expect many more records to come from the talent here.
In my experience these are the real deal artists, singers, poets, and rockers,
playing for the right reasonsùinspiration, art, communication, and FUN. Further,
Grass Roots Record Co. is a real record company, committed to facilitating the
creation of many years of important, historic music.
But donÆt take my word for it; the artists on the Family Album speak for
themselves! Get your ears up in the music.