David Grisman, Jerry Garcia - Grisman & Garcia
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Artist: David Grisman, Jerry GarciaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Acoustic Disc
Soundtracks:
- The Thrill Is Gone
- Grateful Dawg
- Two Soldiers
- Friend Of The Devil
- Russian Lullaby
- Dawg's Waltz
- Walkin' Boss
- Rockin' Chair
- Arabia
Music reviews of Grisman & Garcia
Music Review: Great Album; Joe please shut your mouth..
Rating: 4 Stars
This album is a wonderful document of two great friends playing some inspired music. Garcia's vocals are among the best he's ever laid down in the studio, and the interplay of his and Grisman's instruments on tracks like "The Thrill is Gone" and "Walking Boss" will make any fan of acoustic music smile all the way home. I agree that the classic "Friend of the Devil" is, IMHO, the best version I've heard. Jim Kerwin (on upright bass) and Joe Craven, both of DGQ fame, are also on hand to flesh out the sound on these numbers, and herein lies the 4 instead of 5 stars in my review. Jim and Joe are both super talented and I have seen them perform live with the DGQ on many occasions. However, Joe has an annoying aspect of his performance that is also present on this album; his percussive mouth sounds. Joe can play a fiddle like a fiend and sometimes plays multiple instruments almost all at once, and maybe this led to his experimenting with making mouth sounds like a high hat / brushed snare, just so he could be even more of a one man band. Unfortunately, once you know the source of that sound, it comes across as a guy going "tsch, tsch tsch tsch" in time with the music and sometimes, especially with the headphones, it's all I can do to try and ignore it. As a side note, at DGQ shows, the conversation at intermission from folks who have never seen them perform live ALWAYS includes some mentions of "That fiddle player is really talented, but why does he keep making those "Shuh" sounds? It's really distracting". Anyway, not to put too fine a point on it, and I bet Joe is a really nice guy, but his wacky free form mouth percussion is so annoying and distracting that it takes this, one of my favorite recorded Jerry performances ever, from 5 stars to 4. Having said that, buy it anyway! Maybe it won't grate on you as much.
Description of Grisman & Garcia
After nearly dying in 1986, Jerry Garcia not only spiritually revived the Grateful Dead but also rekindled his love for acoustic music. To that end, in 1989 he recorded Almost Acoustic with his 1960s Palo Alto folkie pals and also began collaborating with his longtime friend and mandolin master David Grisman. This 1991 set offers a brilliant assortment of acoustic music that ranges from bluegrass-inspired stomps to B.B. King covers, age-old folk songs, standards by Irving Berlin and Hoagy Carmichael, and an exotic album-ending modal-jazz journey. The playing is stellar throughout, but the mood is warm and welcoming as well. --Marc GreilsamerGeneral CDs
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