Bluegrass Ramble

Bluegrass Ramble

ASIN: B000002Q6E

Track Listings

1. Little Maggie

2. Bugle Call Rag

3. Toy Heart

4. I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky

5. Live and Let Live

6. Nine Pound Hammer

7. Cotton Fields

8. John Hardy

9. Shady Grove

10. Danny Boy

11. Journey's End

12. Old Joe Clark

Tracks:

Up In The Morning
Land Epic Waltz
Andy's Ramble
On The Narrow
The Open Sea
Sara's Dance
Oceanic Waltz
Avenue 'L' Breakdown
Back And Forth

Album Description

Andy Statman is one of his generation's most adventurous mandolinists, possessing a formidable technique that is always in the service of a gifted sense of musicality. His love for traditional bluegrass music, and especially the music of Bill Monroe, goes back at least as far as 1965, when, at the tender age of 15, he began taking mandolin lessons from David Grisman. This album draws from bluegrass traditions and finds Statman leading a top-flight ensemble (including fiddlers Vassar Clements and Kenny Kosek, and banjoist Tony Trischka) on a musically eclectic journey that takes its inspiration from the music of Monroe -- Statman's guiding light. Four of the inspired participants in this project -- Statman, Kenny Kosek, Tony Trischka and Roger Mason -- have worked together since the Country Cooking/Breakfast Special days of the early 1970s.

Customer Reviews:

Wizardy on the Mandolin!.......2007-01-10

For those who love Bluegrass mandolin, this is a CD for you.

Andy Statman's mandolin combines an intensity of melody with an urgency of rhythm, creating a new sound that is both traditional and contemporary.

Just the fact that the late great Vassar Clements (fiddle) and Tony Trischka (banjo) join him shows that Andy Statman has a real winner here.

Don't miss it!

A Real Gem.......2001-08-01

Andy Statman is one of the truly unique acoustic misicians to emerge out of the 70's bluegrass revival, and he has never really gotten his due. Perhaps because a lesser talented mandolinist [who will remain unnamed]was receiving so much exposure, Statman's work never got the attention it truly deserved. In addition to stellar work on the projects of virtually every big-name acoustic musician, he did a few solo projects in the bluegrass vein before apparently devoting himself to Klezmer music. This is the best of the bunch. Bluegrass tinted with jazz, klezmer and who knows what else. Finally this stands out from similar projects in that each of the tunes (all original) is a polished gem. Not one is just an excuse for extended soloing, and each has its own special charm.

Average customer rating:

Absolutely the Best
a great old time fiddler

Southern Ramble
Ralph Blizard
Manufacturer: Rounder Select
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000002NH
Release Date: 1995-08-15

Tracks:

Mississippi Sawyer
What Does the Deep Sea Say?
Gypsy Stomp
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
Fugative's Lament
Lost Indian
Brand New Beau
Man in the Moon
Blackberry Blossom
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
New Lost John
Pan American
Leather Britches
When I Get Home (Gonna Be Satisfied)
Midnight on the Water

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely the Best.......2000-07-16

I have a lot of fiddle music in my collection but none better than that of Ralph Blizard. After listening to this CD, my friend and I visited him at his Blountville, TN Jam Session on a Friday night. He was as ever bit impressive in person as he is on the CD. Ralph promotes old time music (which is what I love). Ralph, in the CD liner notes, tells how Charlie Bowman, another old time fiddler of the 1920's and 1930's who lived near him, heavily influenced his music. I highly recomment this CD to anyone with a love of old time fiddle music. There is a lot of high energy in Ralph's music.

a great old time fiddler.......1999-10-25

Ralph is one of the old time Appalachian fiddlers. He is 80 years old and still strong. I heard him in concert last night playin with the same back up as on this album(they have been together 15 yrs). Good stuff!

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