Rising Son

Product Description
BBE Records is proud to present keyboardist and producer, Ski Oakenfull for the release of his second solo album, Rising Son.

Ski will be immediately recognized by many people for his current live work with 2 Banks of 4 and Earl Zinger, his writing and producing with Incognito, Rose Smith and Para:Diso, and his remixing for Jakatta and Full Intention amongst many others.

The new album is produced by Venom, Ski and Bluey and features Detroit’s Amp Fiddler, Chi Turner, Tony Momrelle, Rob Gallagher and Valerie Etienne (Formerly of Galliano / Currently 2 Banks of 4).

The sound ranges from Classic Old School house to Nu Soul and uplifting Funktronica.

Rising Son,Ski Oakenfull,Bbe,Acid House,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Garage/House,House,Pop,Rock

Average customer rating: Love the folk Never gonna stop listening A really good record like father, like son A Good Time to be Had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hobo's Lullaby Manufacturer: Rising Son Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Washington County Running Down The Road Amigo Live In Sydney ASIN: B0006GD0W8 Release Date: 2004-11-01

Tracks:

1. Anytime
2. City of New Orleans
3. Lightning Bar Blues
4. Shackles and Chains
5. 1913 Massacre
6. Ukulele Lady
7. When the Ship Comes In
8. Mapleview (20%) Rag
9. Days Are Short
10. Hobo's Lullaby

Album Description

This is the brand new re-mastered release of the Arlo classic. Digitally remastered in 2004 with state-of-the-art technololgy, the sound quality on this release it the best available today. The new packaging includes artwork missing from previous CD versions.

Arlo is backed by extremely talented musicians including Doug Dillard, Clarence White, Hoyt Axton, Ry Cooder, and Jim Keltner.

The songs range from the whimsical "Ukulele Lady" to Woody Guthrie's heartbreaking "1913 Massacre". Arlo's version of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans" was a hit with the album's original 1972 release.

Customer Reviews:

Love the folk.......2007-05-30

When my older brothers left home for college, they gave me some of their music. One was a cassette tape of "Hobo's lullaby". I missed them, so I played it allot.
When my kids were born I rocked them to sleep and sang them "Hobo's lullaby", and "1913 massacre". They were the only songs I reliably knew all the words to. I also wallowed my way through the rest of these songs for them, just not nearly as well. My daughter had a roommate who knew "Alice's Restaurant" from one end to another, and that's how she knew he was OK. (He was). Brought up right, he was. . My daughter saw Arlo in Jacksonville, Fl and gifted me with a poster SIGNED from that performance. It's all come full circle. I love that we all have these common threads running through our lives.

Never gonna stop listening.......2007-02-05

I bought this first on vinyl back in the late 70's while attending Michigan State. I fell in love with it then, playing it over and over (much to the dismay of my roommate I'm sure). It is one of the few LPs I purposely purchased on CD, and one of my most favorites.

A really good record.......2006-02-18

I have grown up listening to Arlo thanks to my father, and i have had a copy of this on tape for about fifteen years so i finally decided to updated. I really like this cd the music is great there is not a bad song on the whole cd.

like father, like son.......2005-10-30

Looking over the setlist for Arlo Guthrie's 'Hobo's Lullaby', most people would not recognize more than two or perhaps three songs, but nearly everybody would recognize one. One of Arlo's few charting songs was his rendition of Steve Goodman's 'The City of New Orleans', which peaked out at number 11 in September of 1968. The first recording Guthrie made of the track (which may still be in existance, and would be a nice alternate track if the disc is ever reissued... hint, hint) was a rock and roll version that never made it to vinyl. Producer Lenny Waronker convinced Guthrie to approach the song as the folk artist he was known as, but when Waronker decided the version to be released was itself too subdued, he artificially sped up the finished product.

It's ironic that Guthrie was hopeful the hit song would distance him from his folk roots as 'Hobo's Lullaby' does much to reinforce that connection. Only two tracks (one an instrumental) are penned by Guthrie, and his selection of covers are drawn from composers such as his own father ('1913 Massacre'), and troubadors Hoyt Axton ('Lightning Bar Blues' and 'Somebody Turn On the Light') and Bob Dylan ('When the Ship Comes In' being lifted from 1964's 'The Times They Are A-Changin'). The title track was a standard in his father's stable of performance tunes, and the opening track, 'Anytime', a Herbert 'Happy' Lawson composition, has been recorded by the likes of Pat Boone, Patsy Cline, Bill Haley, and Leon Redbone. For some reason Guthrie only offers the first two verses of this vibrant country song, yet printing the two unperformed verses in the liner. At 1:46 it's the shortest track, while 'The City of New Orleans' is the longest at 4:30.

As with every Arlo Guthrie album I've heard, every track is entertaining in its own right. The highlights on 'Hobo's Lullaby' would be (aside from the classic title track, written and first recorded by a true vagabond, Goebel 'The Texas Drifter' Reeves), 'The City of New Orleans', the ode to alcoholics everywhere 'Lightning Bar Blues' (which isn't very bluesy), the haunting '1913 Massacre', telling the tragic and true story of 73 children killed during a copper strike in Calumet, Michigan, and the light and lively 'Ukelele Lady', with its wonderful plays on phonics. Guthrie's compositions include the upbeat country charmer 'Mapleview (20%) Rag', and 'Days Are Short'.

While 'Hobo's Lullaby' may not possess the unparalleled beauty of 'Washington County', or the charm of 'Amigo', which may have been Guthrie's best composed work, it is probably the artist's most diverse and polished effort. The cast of prominent contributors is long, featuring among others Flying Burrito Brothers bassist Chris Ethridge, Byrds lead guitarist Clarence White, Hoyt Axton as himself, guitarist Ry Cooder, drummer Jim Keltner, keyboardist Spooner Oldham, singer Linda Ronstadt, and fiddle player Byron Berline. The recording is lush, especially by Arlo Guthrie standards. The digipak version comes complete with lyrics printed on recycled board with soybean ink. Perfect.

A Good Time to be Had!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-10-14

I have a 3 disc player. Other CD's come and go but this one stays. The way Anytime (the first song) starts just gets me up, moving, and singing along! Then City of New Orleans kicks in and I'm sitting down but still singing along. Then comes Lightning Bar blues and I'm up again dancing and singing. It goes like that...up and dancing, and then sitting and grooving! At the end there is a lullaby, a Hobo's Lullaby. On this song I sit and groove, it's a sad song, which is a fitting end to such a great album. WARNING -- UNTIL YOU CAN GET USE TO MUSIC THIS GOOD YOU SHOULD LISTEN BY YOURSELF -- AS IT IS NOT NICE TO TOTALLY IGNORE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE ROOM!

Average customer rating: Live is always great. If you haven't seen him live ... Arlo is great.

Live In Sydney Manufacturer: Rising Son Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Similar Items: Precious Friend Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited (30th Anniversary Edition) Washington County Hobo's Lullaby Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys ASIN: B000BGQVME Release Date: 2005-08-09

Tracks:

1. Disk One - Chillin of the Evening
2. Oklahoma Hills
3. Intro To St. James Infirmary
4. St. James Infirmary
5. 40 Years of Songs
6. When The Ship Comes In
7. The motorcycle Song- An Education
8. Derroll Adams
9. Portland Town
10. Byrds of Paradise
11. Haleiwa Farewell (Haleiwa Blues)
12. Technologyo/LA Story
13. Coming In To Los Angeles
14. Disk 2 - Green Green Rocky Road
15. Intro to Darkest Hour
16. Darkest Hour
17. The Last To Leave
18. Steve Goodman
19. City Of New Orleans
20. A Poster With Janis Joplin
21. Me and Bobby McGee
22. My Old Friend
23. This Land Is Your Land
24. Remembering Alice
25. Highway In The Wind

Product Description

NATIONAL RELEASE: August 9, 2005 A new LIVE IN CONCERT double CD from ARLO!! Live in Sydney captures Arlo at his very best. Recorded in Sydney, Australia, June 2004 at The Seymour Center, Arlo is joined by son, Abe, on keyboard and multi-instrumentalist, Gordon Titcomb. This double CD intertwines the music and stories that have endeared Arlo to his audiences for more than 40 years. New originals are the crowd pleasing, heart touching song, “My Old Friend” and the haunting, melodic tribute to Hawaii, “Haleiwa Farewell (Haleiwa Blues)”. “Some people think a folksinger is someone who just sings their own songs. That's a shame. It's like being of the tradition, rather than in it. I've taught myself to make any song I like, my own." - Arlo Guthrie Arlo’s versions of his long-time favorites, “St. James Infirmary,” “Me and Bobby McGee,” and “Green Green Rocky Road” will stick in your head long after the music has stopped. Stories include old favorites and new ones too. This is Arlo's first solo release in almost 10 years. Well worth the wait!!!

Customer Reviews:

Live is always great........2007-01-12

Arlo is at his best in the double disk CD. There is a good mix his father's songs, his own songs and classics. He has a couple of his kids playing with him and there is joy, almost a celebration in the performances. If you like Arlo, you will like, even love this CD

If you haven't seen him live ..........2006-01-16

... (and even if you have) get this collection. Arlo is just great live, both musically and in between songs and this Australian recording keeps all the between song patter in there. That's a good thing because it gives a sense of what a real Arlo show is with his rambling and funny and insightful observations. It is like listening to an old friend. Not that the between song commentary dominates the album, because the music really does. Abe Guthrie & Gordon Ticomb do a admirable job backing him up, but listen closely for Arlo on guitar and piano. He really is a very fine instrumentalist, something that not everyone may have noticed over the years. Great covers of some of his older songs as well as some of the old standards of the folk scare.

This is a very enjoyable collection and is one of my favorite live recordings of anyone. It would be nice, though, if he'd follow this up with an album of new material to mine. We can always use more Arlo.

Arlo is great........2005-10-11

I think Arlo is a great person. I also think he'd never boast about it or even realizes his greatness. His songs are insightful and some of them are down right silly. I myself have been listening to Arlo for 30 years. I have been to two live shows and one of them was with Pete Seeger. Right now at this moment I could put on any one of his albums and when it's over I will have felt many emotions. I will also feel like I have learned something new about humanity.

Average customer rating: A back to the garden, laid back beauty... razor sharp A Priceless Gem Pleasure for the ears & mind From hippie to responsible adult this has stood the test of time!

Washington County Manufacturer: Rising Son Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hobo's Lullaby Running Down The Road Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Amigo Arlo Guthrie ASIN: B000AHU8MS Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Fence Post Blues
3. Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues
4. Washington County
5. Valley To Pray
6. Lay Down Little Doggies
7. I Could Be Singing
8. If You Would Just Drop By
9. Percy's Song
10. I Want To Be Around

Product Description

Almost 35 years to the day from it's original release, it is our extreme pleasure to re-release this favorite Arlo album. This is the first time Rising Son Records has released it on CD. We have digitally re-mastered every song to give them the highest quality sound available. Seven of these songs are Arlo originals. Doug Dillard, one of our favorite banjo players, joins him on a couple of tracks, notably, "Washington County". These songs are truly timeless. Make a new old friend.

Customer Reviews:

A back to the garden, laid back beauty..........2006-12-13

This was a favorite album for many "hippies" in the early 70's. Still basking in the idealistic, post Woodstock belief that simplifying life can solve all of man's problems, Arlo released this album of uplifting, well played, almost spiritual songs. Listen to this album a few times and you'll be scanning the real-estate ads for some country acreage. This is a feel good album that was released during a time of social turmoil. It was a salve for the spirit at the time and even now soothes the nerves and offers simple rest and some cool shade. Just looking at the album makes me want to grab my overalls and hoe and head for the country. Great memories of a way of life that promised escape from what was perceived as a corrupt, materialistic society. Too bad the majority of the people of that time now live the same lives they rebelled against 35 years ago. Want a break from the complexities of life? Next sunny day, grab this CD; jump in the car; and take a drive in the country.

razor sharp.......2005-11-16

1970's 'Washington County' is easily Arlo Guthrie's finest collection of songs, and so exists as one of the finest albums in one of the most accomplished years of rock and roll history. In the same year Rod Stewart released 'Gasoline Alley', Neil Young, 'After the Goldrush' (at number 18 this was Rolling Stone Magazine's highest rated album of 1970 in their Top 200 albums of the 1970's; 'Washington County' doesn't make the list), and Tim Buckley, 'Starsailor'. But for my money none of these fine works approximates what Arlo Guthrie accomplished on 'Washington County'.

Arlo Guthrie has always been something of a spiritual explorer, and on this release, it seems Christianity was on Arlo's mind, in his heart, and just a bit on his sleeve. Several songs feature direct, intimate allusions to a faith awakening, including 'Gabriel Mother's Highway Ballad #16 Blues' ("Come on children, all come home, Jesus gonna make you well"), 'Valley To Pray' ("I went down to the valley to pray, learnin' about the good old way", and "who will wear the starry crown, Oh, Lord, show me the way"), and on 'I Could Be Singing' ("You and your friends have a party, Welcome your heavenly Dad"). That last song also stands as the strongest protest song on the disc, illustrating how the Guthrie tradition continued to meld morality and social consciousness. The lyrics swipe at Spiro Agnew, the '68 police riots in Chicago, and the shootings at Kent State (which took place only months prior to the recording of 'Washington County'). Despite the drab storyline, 'I Could Be Singing' chimes with an upbeat tempo and melody, as do many of the other tracks Arlo offers. Similarly, 'Percy's Song' (written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1963, but not released until his 'Biograph' box set appeared in 1985) begins with the lyric "Sad news, sad news..." and proceeds to tell a tale of judicial injustice, yet with a light and airy acoustic atmosphere. The only songs even hinting at 'the blues' are the eighth track, the yearning 'If You Would Just Drop By', and Arlo's cover of his father's 'Lay Down Little Doggies', which comes off warm and tender until, in the final verse, we find the 'doggies' are cattle being carted to the stockyards. Again, despite the sad conclusion, one cannot help but to crack a wry smile.

The first seven songs on 'Washington County' will whisk you off to a country and folk dreamland. 'Introduction' caresses us with a promise, "Come closer to me babe, and hear what I say, lay down beside me, listen to my song, it's something other than it's right or it's wrong", before blending into 'Fence Post Blues', carrying a guarantee of "Stand on the good land, children, you know it won't do you in". Of the seven tracks, only the slick and jumping, banjo driven instrumental title track has not yet been mentioned. The album concludes with 'I Want To Be Around', another upbeat track emulating the 'love and peace' values the era idealized with lyrics like "I want to be around, when the stars fall on the ground, walking hand in hand with everyman, sleeping in the sun with everyone". Appropriately, the cover photograph shows Arlo hand sharpening an axe. It was razor sharp by the time he was ready to cut each of these tunes.

'Washington County' was remastered in 2004 and reissued on Arlo's own label in 2005, so there has been ample opportunity to pad the 10 original vinyl tracks with live or alternate takes, or perhaps an unreleased recording from the 'Washington County' sessions. Unfortunately that hasn't happened. Nevertheless, the disc is nothing less than a gift from above (thank God, because it includes printed lyrics), with Arlo and friends (including Hoyt Axton, Clarence White, and Ry Cooder) lovingly tracing out these special compositions. It truly represents the epitome of folk and country rock from an era not easily forgotten. I don't hand out five stars easily, but this is an easy call.

A Priceless Gem.......2005-11-09

Heard this album so long ago and I played it out. "Down in the Valley to Pray"-- you have to feel good after you listen. "Gabriel's Fence Post Blues" is an incredibly complicated guitar accompaniment that Arlo plays effortlessly-- the lyrics are some of the most moving I've ever heard. And "I'll see you in a tin can when you get shipped around"-- his goodbye to the dogies-- is priceless. If you happen to find your way to this CD, buy it.

Pleasure for the ears & mind.......2005-11-01

I was 11 years old when my older sisters boyfriend brought this shiny and new from the record store. I remember listening to it and thinking that it was really cool. The title track, "Washington County" is a smoking hot bluegrass instrumental that you can't help tapping your feet and any other loose appendedge to.

From the roots of his father, Arlo Gutherie has been aming increadably timeless music, this was released over 35 years ago and it still is relevent and speaks to the concious human inside you.

The words of the music on this record still echo in my mind. They provoke thoughts about who we are as a people, who I am as an individual.

Get it, listen to it, enjoy it.

From hippie to responsible adult this has stood the test of time!.......2005-10-14

I first heard this album when I was a hippie. Now that I'm a responsible adult I get up and make coffee instead of rolling something in paper. But, somehow this is still in my music player some 30 to 40 years latter. I probly bought it 3 or 4 times over the years as it was lost, stolen, and went from LP to 8-track to CD. It is an astonishing record - deep, melodic, intelligent and oh so pretty. For anyone who enjoys Dylan, or Sheryl Crow, or anyone in between, the lyrics are profound, the instrumentation complex and powerful, the joy unavoidable.

Average customer rating: A gift I like Arlo... Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Manufacturer: Rising Son Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hobo's Lullaby Washington County Running Down The Road Amigo Arlo Guthrie ASIN: B000AHU8NW Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Farrell O'Gara
2. Gypsy Davy
3. This Troubled Mind O' Mine
4. Week On The Rag
5. Miss The Mississippi & You
6. Lovesick Blues
7. Uncle Jeff
8. Gates Of Eden
9. Last Train
10. Cowboy Song
11. Sailor's Bonnett
12. Cooper's Lament
13. Ramblin' Round

Product Description

Digitally remasterd in 2004, we are pleased to re-release this classic album. Arlo is joined by several exceptional musicians including Ry Cooder, Doug Dillard, John Pilla, Clarence White and Irish fiddler, Kevin Burke. One of our favorites.

Customer Reviews:

A gift.......2007-03-28

I got this for my dad because Don Rich(Buck Owens guitar player) plays on 2 or 3 tracks. He loves the cd.

I like Arlo..........2005-10-12

I like Arlo. After first hearing him 30 years ago I still put him on in the morning with my coffee. He is one of those artists that I buy over again when a new format comes in style (such as LP verses CD). I have never listened to any of his albums (no matter how many times) without either laughing, crying, singing along, dancing, or feeling that I have learned something new about humanity. I like him just as much and more than most artists I listen to. That includes Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Neal Young, Ben Harper, Nine Inch Nails, The wallflowers, Radio Head, Ten Years After, The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Kieth Urban, and so on. This album is a great one -- I cannot put this on my player without singing along from the beginning to the end. If you like folk music Arlo is the modern master. He's a humble man and a great artist.

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys.......2005-09-05

I first heard this album in the 70's, and thought it was great then, now I think it's even better.

Average customer rating: The indications of growth are there... A Truly Great Album Wonderful CD.

Amigo Arlo Guthrie Manufacturer: Rising Son ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hobo's Lullaby Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Running Down The Road Washington County Arlo Guthrie ASIN: B0000030NA Release Date: 1994-02-28

Tracks:

1. Guabi, Guabi
2. Darkest Hour
3. Massachusetts
4. Victor Jara
5. Patriot's Dream
6. Grocery Blues
7. Walking Song
8. My Love
9. Manzanillo Bay
10. Ocean Crossing
11. Connection

Album Description

"Amigo" was recorded in North Hollywood in July of 1976. Amigo was the name of the recording studio and the record was named to honor the great musicians and talented crew who worked on the project. Arlo and family along with producer John Pilla moved into a house nearby and spent about 2 months recording and mixing the tracks. It was a very happy time, as Annie, Arlo & Jackie's third child was born during the recording. Arlo, John and co-producer, Lenny Waronker had worked together on all the recordings starting with "Running Down The Road" each record improving and evolving - With "Amigo" they really hit their stride.

Great musicians, great engineering, great songs, all converging at a good and happy time make this recording what it is.

Customer Reviews:

The indications of growth are there..........2005-10-12

...in his earlier '70s albums, but with Amigo, Arlo Guthrie entered the songwriting pantheon with the big boys. His songs here are as good as anything his big influence, Bob Dylan, had written up to that point (listen to "Victor Jara" and tell me that it's not better than Dylan's "Hurricane" from the same time period), his political sensibilities would have made his father proud, his sense of humor is still delightfully intact and his choice of cover tunes shows some real imagination.

Hard to say which songs I like best here--"Guabi Guabi" is unbelievably stupid but I love it! "Darkest Hour," "Massachusetts," "Ocean Crossing" and "Grocery Blues" are all wonderful. So too, is his cover of the Rolling Stones' "Connection," with Linda Ronstadt singing background on it.

A Truly Great Album.......2005-10-03

I found this album at the Roseville Library (MN) in the mid 80's and found it to be a quite remarkable creation of true excellence in terms of creativity, depth of feeling, thoughtfulness and content. There are fun songs (Guabi Guabi), and some very poignant moments, especially the sequence from Darkest HOur to Patriot's Dream. Lyrics are great throughout... but this album has that "something more" that elevates it. Don't know why it's so overlooked and forgoten. It deserves a very high place in the panoply of music for/from our generation. (Disclaimer: I am from the Boomer gen)

Enjoy!

Wonderful CD. .......2005-08-25

Many 60s-refugee types (such as myself) may not be aware of the heartfelt, progressive folk music recorded by Guthrie after Alice's Restaurant. More's the pity. The songs on Amigo demonstrate a humanity sorely needed in 2005.

Average customer rating:

Arlo Guthrie Manufacturer: Rising Son Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Running Down The Road Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Hobo's Lullaby Washington County Son of the Wind ASIN: B000AHU8PA Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Won't Be Long
2. Presidential Rag
3. Deportees (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
4. Children Of Abraham
5. Nostalgia Rag
6. When The Cactus Is In Bloom
7. Me And My Goose
8. Bling Blang
9. Go Down Moses
10. Hard Times
11. Last To Leave

Product Description

This is the first time this album has been released on CD from Rising Son Records. It has been out of print for several years. Now digitally remastered, we are pleased to make it available again with the best quality of sound available. The songs on this album are Arlo's usual eclectic mix that sounds familiar yet fresh all at the same time. "Me And My Goose" is a hilarious Arlo classic. "Presidential Rag" is a political snapshot of the early 70s. Arlo does Woody's "Deportees" and makes the song his own. This is a wonderful album, enjoy.

Average customer rating: An incredible experience gift to a banjo man

Banjoman: a tribute to Derroll Adams Various Artists Manufacturer: Rising Son Records/Blue Groove ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live In Sydney Arlo Guthrie Son of the Wind Early Sessions Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys ASIN: B0006SFEXY Release Date: 2002-11-19

Tracks:

1. Columbus Stockade Blues (Hans Theessink, Arlo Guthrie, Donovan)
2. Portland Town (Arlo Guthrie)
3. The Cuckoo (Jack Elliott)
4. Freight Train Blues (Hans Theessink, Arlo Guthrie)
5. The Mountain (Donovan)
6. The Sky (Allan Taylor)
7. The Valley (Hans Theessink, Donovan)
8. Curtains of Night (Youra Marcus)
9. Dixie Darling (Arlo Guthrie, Dolly Parton)
10. Muleskinner Blues (Jack Elliott, Arlo Guthrie)
11. 24 Hours a Day (Hans Theessink)
12. Epistle to Derroll (Donovan)
13. A Feather Fell (Ralph McTell)
14. Banjo Man (Allan Taylor)
15. The Rock (Billy Connolly)
16. Memories (Happy Traum)
17. Lovesong (Donovan)
18. Willie Moore (Wizz Jones)
19. The Rock (Jack Elliott)
20. Goodbye Derroll, Goodbye Friend (Tucker Zimmerman)
21. A Profound and Beautiful Sadness (Derroll Adams)

Album Description

Not as famous as he should be, Derroll was a contemporary of Woody Guthrie. He was a singer/songwriter who could make magic on the 5 string banjo. In the mid-1950s he and Ramblin' Jack Elliott headed to Europe. They busked around, made some records and become an important part of the British folk scene. Jack returned to the USA but Derroll stayed on permanently in Europe until his death in 2000 at age 75. He influenced a whole generation of musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. This tribute was lovingly put together by a few of those artists from both sides of the Atlantic to a man they considered a genius, a mentor, and a friend. A 62 page booklet comes with the cd and includes Derroll's life story, photos, reproductions of his artwork, lyrics, more.

Customer Reviews:

An incredible experience.......2005-09-02

I bought this CD for Arlo Guthrie, and found a treasure that I will listen to for years to come. Every song, every performance is so finely tuned (no pun intended) and brilliantly performed. The only performers that I knew besides Arlo were Donovan and Dolly Parton so I had the added treat of finding many new artists. This will be a collector's item, no doubt about it.

gift to a banjo man .......2005-03-04

Though this disc was released in 2002, I learned of its existence only recently. Since it came into my life, it's been practically impossible to remove it from the CD player.

Derroll Adams is little known to most American folk fans. Until I held the CD in hand, I knew four things about him. One, he was the deep-voiced guy who played banjo on some early Ramblin' Jack Elliott records; second, he shows up briefly in the celebrated Dylan documentary Don't Look Back; third, on his 1967 hippie-folk album Gift from a Flower to a Garden, Donovan dedicated a song, "Epistol to Derroll," to him; and fourth, he was an American who lived in Belgium for many years until his death. I learn much more from the fascinating, generous-spirited liner booklet that accompanies the disc. Adams died on February 6, 2000, in Antwerp. The royalties go to his surviving family.

Adams had many loyal and lasting friends on both sides of the ocean. Among them are the folk compadres captured here on this project, conceived and put together by Dutch folk-blues singer Hans Theessink, Arlo Guthrie, and Donovan. The result is music that is both delicate and powerful, simple and complex, warm but not sentimental, and never far from the soul of whatever matter it is addressing. The production is as bare-boned as it could get: acoustic guitars, banjo here and there, the occasional fiddle, the focus on the singing and the telling of the tale, with never a word or note more than necessary.

The songs include a few traditional standards from Adams's repertoire, but here they somehow sound larger than themselves. The performers have polished melody and phrasing so that the songs become newer and deeper, with meanings that you never would have imagined were there to find. It doesn't take you long to grasp that something's up. The first cut, the well-traveled "Columbus Stockade Blues," by Hans, Arlo, and Donovan, will grab your full attention in about the first three seconds. Hans and Arlo's reading of the Roy Acuff warhorse "Freight Train Blues" also surprises and delights, surely the first time it has ever been sung as if it were a rueful reflection on unhappy fate. Wizz Jones transforms the often-recorded Appalachian tragedy "Willie Moore" into something from the same British countryside from which the classic Child ballads sprang. Ramblin' Jack, who contributes three songs, sounds as good as he has in a long time. In a sprightly duet Arlo and Dolly Parton revive the Carter Family's "Dixie Darling." Somehow I doubt that Dolly had ever heard of Adams before Arlo told her about him, but it's nice to have her here anyway.

Donovan resurrects "Epistle," a sort of fairytale song which I remembered as on the twee side, but here it is unexpectedly moving. There's a trilogy of Adams originals, "The Mountain," "The Sky," and "The Valley," the first and third performed by Donovan, the second by Allan Taylor. These are stunning, precise, understated meditations on life, memory, landscape, travel, and music, brilliantly arranged and sung, floating on images that linger to wonder, disturb, and inspire long after the songs themselves have gone silent.

I have never heard a folk album that so seamlessly fused earthiness and spirituality. Banjoman is a thing of the rarest beauty, and as deep and lovely and joyous as a celebration of a folk hero could ever be.

Average customer rating: Arlo is GGGRRREEEAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't miss the story of Reuben Clamso, it's a classic lost somewhere drinking something

One Night Arlo Guthrie Manufacturer: Rising Son ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Outlasting the Blues Son of the Wind Amigo Hobo's Lullaby Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys ASIN: B0000030NC Release Date: 1994-02-28

Tracks:

1. One Night
2. I've Just Seen a Face
3. Tennessee Stud
4. Anytime
5. Little Beggarman
6. Buffalo Skinners
7. St. Louis Tickle
8. Story of Reuben Clamzo & His Strange Daughter in the Key of A
9. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

Album Description

A live concert recording. Arlo teamed up with Shenandoah, a local band in the Berkshire mountain region of Massachusetts in the Fall of 1976. They toured together for about a decade. "One Night" is their debut recording. "One Night" was actually recorded over many nights as the band went from place to place wherever their touring schedule took them.

There is no fixing things up in the studio on this recording - It's all as it happened, when it happened. With David Grover, Terry A La Berry, Dan Velika, Steve and Carol Ide, Arlo romps through some of the funniest nights ever recorded - At least as far as they were concerned. You can hear them trying to continue as things get stranger and stranger in "The Story of Reuben Clamzo And His Strange Daughter in the Key of A."

With versatile musicianship and great vocal harmonies Shenandoah became a fixture of Arlo's touring to the delight of crowds everywhere. Even today 25 years later, they remain close friends and have recently toured together again. Many of these same musicians are on almost all of Arlo's later recordings up to the present day.

Customer Reviews:

Arlo is GGGRRREEEAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-10-14

I think Arlo is a great person. I also think he'd never boast about it or even realizes his greatness. His songs are insightful and some of them are down right silly. I myself have been listening to Arlo for 30 years. I have been to two live shows and one of them was with Pete Seeger. Right now at this moment I could put on any one of his albums and when it's over I will have felt many emotions. I will also feel like I have learned something new about humanity.

Don't miss the story of Reuben Clamso, it's a classic.......2002-05-25

Lots of great songs, but what you don't want to miss is
the story of Reuben Clamso and His Strange Daughter, which
is a wonderful live performance piece. I also love
St. Louis Tickle and Strangest Dream (which is a lovely and inspiring peace ballad). I surely wish this one was in print.

lost somewhere drinking something.......2001-12-08

I had all my ARlo together, yet even amogst themselves this little jewle was a rare treat, part cozy, sort of chilling at times and all the while it brought you there. Whether you we alone or not.

Average customer rating: Coming from Arlo, it was not a surprise Look What The "Wind" Blew In!

Son of the Wind Arlo Guthrie Manufacturer: Rising Son ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Arlo Guthrie One Night Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Hobo's Lullaby The Power of Love ASIN: B0000030MX Release Date: 1994-02-28

Tracks:

1. Buffalo Gals
2. Dead or Alive
3. Streets of Laredo
4. Ridin' Down the Canyon
5. South Coast
6. Shenandoah
7. Gal I Left Behind
8. When the Cactus Is in Bloom
9. Woody's Rag/Hard Work
10. I Ride an Old Paint
11. Utah Carroll
12. Red River Valley

Album Description

Arlo's favorite Cowboy songs. Fabulous pickin' and playing by Arlo and good friends David Grover and Ed Gerhard on guitars, Dan Velika on bass, Terry "A La Berry" Hall on drums, Rick Tivens on fiddles and mandolin, Paul Kleinwald on banjo, Tim Gray on hammered dulcimer, John Culpo on accordion and Zip Zantay on Clarinet. Background vocals by Mike Joyce, Jim Labbee, Bob Bowes and Dick Delmolino.

Customer Reviews:

Coming from Arlo, it was not a surprise.......2007-05-07

Great CD. Not being an American I think the American public underestimate this guy. I just can't find anything in the shops. Thank God for amazon.com.
So, I wasn't surprised by it. It is a great CD. I never have enough of listening to it. I have got about seven of his CDs and I have to say this is one of the best. Of course, the songs are classics, but Arlo lends something to them that makes them legendary, sad and tangible. It almost makes you want to cry. Thanks amazon.com again for enabling me to purchase Arlo's CDs.

Look What The "Wind" Blew In!.......2005-03-25

I grew up watching "cowboy movies" with Roy Rogers and The Sons Of The Pioneers . . . Gene Autry . . . and so many more. And I listened to the songs . . . the songs that were the soundtrack to the movies . . . and so the soundtrack to my childhood memories.

No, not "kiddie songs" . . . but "cowboy songs" . . . songs of the west.

And one of the "folk singers" of my generation, "the Woodstock generation" must have grown up loving these same songs, because Arlo "Alice's Restaurant" Guthrie (Woody's son) has laid down twelve unforgettable tracks . . . and like a good "out west scout" i can easily follow these tracks to where they lead: a place that existed both "for real" and in my memory "fanatsies" as well: the American West.

Arlo jump-starts this cd with the rousing saloon-stepper "Buffalo Gals" . . . you just have to start singing along . . and mabe even dancing.

Then there are classics like: "Streets Of Laredo" . . . "Shennandoah" . . . "I Ride An Old Paint" . . . and the tear filled "Red River Valley".

Arlo has the perfect voice to deliver these songs with the feel of the real west. And his simple instrumentation, yet artistically sophisticated, underscores the lyrics and feel of these songs.

This album is a dream come true. If You love "the western" part of "country and western" music. you MUST get this cd. You will thank yourself for getting it . . . and you will thank Arlo for recording it.

Thank you Arlo Guthrie for all of your great music and recording over the years . . .and this "old buckaroo" says 'thank you' for recording these classic songs . . . and doing them just right! :)

(now over to the chuck-wagon and the camp-fire for some "vittles".) ha! :)

Average customer rating: 40 Years Later & Still Good A hit for any Arlo fan!!!!!

Alice's Restaurant: The Massacree Revisited (30th Anniversary Edition) Arlo Guthrie Manufacturer: Rising Son ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Alice's Restaurant Alice's Restaurant Live In Sydney The Best of Arlo Guthrie Precious Friend ASIN: B0000030N3 Release Date: 1995-12-05

Tracks:

1. Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisited)
2. Chilling of the Evening
3. Ring-Around-A-Rosy Rag
4. Now and Then
5. I'm Going Home
6. The Motorcycle Song
7. Highway In the Wind

Album Description

WHAT CAME AROUND - COMES AROUND AGAIN! TALK ABOUT TIMING!!! Though all the other songs on this album were rerecorded in the studo, in 1995 Arlo returned to the church near Stockbridge, Massachusetts where he originally wrote Alice's Restaurant. On the 30th anniversary of the massacree, on Thanksgiving, before a live audience, in the place where it all began, he does "Alice" again with some historic footnotes added to the original, creating a return to the scene of the crime in ways that make this version of the famous record the one to stand for all time.

Customer Reviews:

40 Years Later & Still Good.......2007-03-30

What can I say ? 40 years ago Arlo Guthrie wrote Alice's Restaurant and it was fun and interesting and a little bit naughty. To listen to Arlo re-sing and remaster this classic album is a real treat. His voice has not changed one bit and he adds just a little bit of humour to the new version of Alice that stirs up a little giggle and makes you realise that if you can have a sense of humour about religion, or politics or yourself then the world is a better place. Anything that can make you smile in this day and age has won my vote. Arlo Guthrie has done the world of folk music proud over the years and is still going strong. And who would have thought that his Motorcycle Song would be still so good after all this time ? It sounds like this album was only recorded yesterday. A timeless classic to make you smile.

A hit for any Arlo fan!!!!!.......2006-12-31

This is an incredible CD in which Arlo updated Alice's Restaurant! It is definitely worth purchasing for any Arlo fan!!!

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