Greg Brown - Iowa Waltz
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Artist: Greg BrownEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-03-23
Music Label: Red House
Soundtracks:
- The Iowa Waltz
- Mississippi Serenade
- Counting Feedcaps
- Grand Junction
- Out In The Country
- Walking The Beans
- My Home In The Sky
- King Corn
- Daughters
- Four Wet Pigs
- The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
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Music Review: Greg captures the heart of the midwest in music
Rating: 4 Stars
I've lived in Iowa for four decades. Greg Brown also lives and records much of his music here. Writers are advised to "write about what you know." Greg Brown knows Iowa. Honestly, I think I'd rather live in the mountains of Costa Rica. But this place does have its charms, and Greg Brown documents them.
This is one of Brown's early albums. Stylistically it is different from his latest work, though virtually all of Brown's albums are in the modern folk tradition. You'll hear echoes of Leon Redbone's old-timey jazz, Bob Dylan's talking blues, and a stereotypical bluegrass sound, like the Alison Krauss band without Krauss.
In terms of subject matter, Greg focuses on the serenity, family, community, humor, and cultural continuity of Iowa rural life. Plus there is the ever-present theme of agriculture -- the state motto is "A Place to Grow." In other words, pigs, cows, chickens, corn, beans, and so on.
Many of these selections have a simplicity and naturalness that make them sound like classic songs from 100 years ago. The recording quality is only mediocre, and I think the arrangements are a bit on the busy side. Having fewer players might have improved things overall. The soloists are good, but not great -- you won't hear any instrumental virtuosity or profundity.
That said, this is one of Brown's classic records. Listen to this, and you can almost smell Grandma's cooking, hear the corn creaking as it grows, and feel the squish of the cowpie you just stepped in. Hey, it ain't all roses! But this music celebrates midwestern ways like a fond Garrison Keiler remembrance.
This is probably as good an introduction to Greg Brown's music as any, and I recommend it.
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