The Banjo Album (Special Extended Edition)

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:36:13
Personnel: Doug Dillard (banjo); Rick Cunha (guitar); Don Beck (dobro); Milt Holland (percussion); Byron Berline (guitar, mandolin, fiddle); Bernie Leadon (guitar); John Hartford, Vassar Clements (fiddle); Gene Clark. Photographers: Jim McCray; John Delgato. The Banjo Album is first and foremost an album of traditional bluegrass played by musicians firmly rooted in the work of pioneers like Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, and Bill Monroe. These same musicians, however, are all top-notch, second-generation players influenced by the rock scene. Consequently, Doug Dillard and crew manage to breathe genuine new life into many standards without sacrificing the integrity of the originals. In fact, the musicians not only play ferociously, but often completely reinterpret the old chestnuts, occasionally making them sound even better. In many cases, Dillard employs droning harmonic tonalities characteristic of Indian music and Indian-influenced psychedelic rock guitar. The record also features atypical bluegrass instruments such as harpsichord, harmonica, drums, dembek, and tablas. Rather than coming off as gimmicky, though, the use of exotic instrumentation serves to add exciting new textures and moods to music which, during this pre-"newgrass" period, rarely deviated from very strict stylistic guidelines. Plus, nearly every performance here is simply an all-out jam, with Dillard playing particularly explosively. Special mention should be made of his fantastic version of "Clinch Mountain Backstep," which shows a confidence, boldness, and energy that rivals even the definitive version by Clarence White's Kentucky Colonels. ~ Pemberton Roach
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)