a r t i s t : Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers
t i t l e : Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Klang Industries
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2010
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 42,0 MB
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Rest in peace, Jack!
Acoustic guitar virtuoso Jack Rose joins forces with the
mighty Black Twig Pickers, one of America's finest
contemporary bluegrass groups, for this new long-player on
Beautiful Happiness. The recording style is busy, at times
sounding like it's been laid down using a single mic, and this
only conspires to give the album a certain Appalachian
authenticity. Tunes like 'Little Sadie' and 'Soft Steel
Piston' romp along with a slight coating of distortion as
fiddle, guitars and makeshift percussion overload the tape,
yet as lo-fi as the delivery occasionally sounds the standard
of musicianship never fails to impress: Rose and his cohorts
brilliantly replicate the archaic musical disciplines of
rootsy Americana, with instrumental rags like 'Sail Away
Ladies - I Shall Not Be Moved' sounding particularly
fantastic. Longterm Rose fans will be pleased to find the
modern-day Takoma-schooled classic 'Kensington Blues' given a
fresh airing here with a full band arrangement, and likewise
'Bright Sunny South' (from Rose's early work as part of Pelt)
makes a welcome appearance. Brilliant stuff. -boomkat.com
http://www.klang.org/
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01-Little Sadie [02:11]
02-Sail Away Ladies / I Shall Not Be Moved [05:33]
03-Hand Me Down My Walking Cane [03:15]
04-Soft Steel Piston [03:16]
05-Some Happy Day [03:20]
06-Ride Old Buck [02:07]
07-Revolt [03:44]
08-Kensington Blues [03:16]
09-Special Rider [04:01]
10-Bright Sunny South [03:51]
11-Goodbye Booze [03:19]
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37:53 min