Shady Grove

Shady Grove

Editorial Reviews
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Throughout his life, Jerry Garcia had an abiding fondness for the banjo, bluegrass, and roots-folk music. It not only helped shape the Grateful Dead's vast repertoire, but also led him on various musical excursions outside of the Dead. One of his most consistent collaborators in his extra-Dead adventures was "newgrass" mandolin master and bandleader David Grisman. The two of them formed the nucleus of the short-lived but influential bluegrass ensemble Old & In the Way in the early 1970s. These 13 delightful folk songs were culled from numerous laid-back Garcia-Grisman sessions that took place in Grisman's studio between 1990 and 1995, often joined by Joe Craven on fiddle and percussion and Jim Kerwin on bass. Garcia and Grisman pulled these songs--some of them quite obscure--from a variety of American eras and genres. Included is a vivid rendition of Mississippi John Hurt's "Louis Collins," as well as folk odes like "Casey Jones," "Whiskey in the Jar," and "The Handsome Cabin Boy." Throughout, the resulting music is mellow and evocative, likely to appeal to both neo-folkies and open-minded Deadheads. --Bob Allen

Tracks:

Shady Grove
Stealin'
Off To Sea Once More - Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
The Sweet Sunny South
Louis Collins
Fair Ellender
Jackaroo
Casey Jones
Dreadful Wind And Rain
I Truly Understand
The Handsome Cabin Boy
Whiskey In The Jar
Down In The Valley

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Throughout his life, Jerry Garcia had an abiding fondness for the banjo, bluegrass, and roots-folk music. It not only helped shape the Grateful Dead's vast repertoire, but also led him on various musical excursions outside of the Dead. One of his most consistent collaborators in his extra-Dead adventures was "newgrass" mandolin master and bandleader David Grisman. The two of them formed the nucleus of the short-lived but influential bluegrass ensemble Old & In the Way in the early 1970s. These 13 delightful folk songs were culled from numerous laid-back Garcia-Grisman sessions that took place in Grisman's studio between 1990 and 1995, often joined by Joe Craven on fiddle and percussion and Jim Kerwin on bass. Garcia and Grisman pulled these songs--some of them quite obscure--from a variety of American eras and genres. Included is a vivid rendition of Mississippi John Hurt's "Louis Collins," as well as folk odes like "Casey Jones," "Whiskey in the Jar," and "The Handsome Cabin Boy." Throughout, the resulting music is mellow and evocative, likely to appeal to both neo-folkies and open-minded Deadheads. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews:

Shady Grove Review.......2007-05-20

Garcia and Grisman were superb together. this particular album is unique.

Shady Grove.......2007-05-12

If you likes The Grateful Dead and if you like bluegrass, then this is something you have to have

Pure Brilliance.......2006-02-22

My musical journey hasn't even reached a 2 digit number of years yet, but it's been quite profound so far. I count my album collection by the hundreds. I really truly love all the albums I own, but I've been blown away by an album only so little times. (Nevermind, Dark side of the Moon, Blue, Moon Safari).
Now - when I say blown away - I mean it. Literaly. Blown away, to me, means having to sit back and re-think everything you thought you knew about music and discovering a whole new genre, a new approach. Discovering you like something else. That's blown away, as far as I'm concerned. And this album definately blew the hell out of me.
I remember hearing it for the first time, on some early morning train ride, that went through the sun, through the rain, and back to sun light again. From that first string pluck to that very last "truly obnoxious instrument" monolog, I was simply amazed. I never thought I'd like country music, or anything related to it, for that matter.
And the whole atmosphere of the album - so relaxed, so free, so "we're here just for the fun of it. really" kind of feeling. I've only heard that feeling come out of one other album - "Traveling Wilburys Volume 1". The only thing David and Jerry wanted to get/achieve in these recordings was the shere pleasue of hearing each other play together, and the excitement of what the music may do while they play.
If you're a dead head, you'll probably get this album anyway. If you're not, if you only have a couple (or less) "dead" albums, then pick this one up. You're exactly where I was when i pressed that "play" button.

Jerry without the Dead in a different style!!.......2006-01-15

Different styles of bluegrass,and old tunes make this a very interesting musical find!!! Once you hear the title track you will find it hard to keep the song out of your head,I cant quit ,singing ,humming and whistling it.

An instant favorite.......2006-01-06

My ears first delighted to this jewel of an album on a driftboat trip through the Rogue River valley, and it's been one of my favorites ever since. Highly recommended to anyone with an appreciation for great music.

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Nicky Hopkins tries to jump start QMS, with limited success

Shady Grove
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AA7FGM
Release Date: 2005-09-19

Tracks:

Shady Grove
Flute Song
Three or Four Feet From Home
Too Far
Holy Moly
Joseph's Coat
Flashing Lonesome
Words Can't Say
Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the 1969 album features the 9 original tracks packaged in a paper sleeve. EMI. 2005.

Album Details

Japanese Digitally Remastered Limited Edition Issue of the San Francisco Band's Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

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Nicky Hopkins tries to jump start QMS, with limited success.......2005-10-10

For years (decades actually) I could not name another song by Quicksilver Messenger Service other than the title track from this 1969 album, which was the group's third release. I really like the song, or I should say that I really liked the introduction to the song, with the pounding piano and the guitar of John Cipollina slowly winding up to the basic theme of the song. The song itself is okay (if it was a bit better I might have decided to have picked up the album before the decade ran out), but the introduction is absolutely great. Now that I have checked out the album I am slapping my head over not recognizing the keyboard stylings of Nicky Hopkins on the piano. But then you say the name Nicky Hopkins and you think of him playing sessions with the Rolling Stones for albums like "Their Satanic Majesties Request" and "Let It Bleed." But he also worked with the Beatles on "The White Album," as well as the Kinks, the Who, and the Jefferson Airplane. That last one probably explains why he ended up with a psychedelic group out of San Francisco.

The other thing I was surprised to learn several years back was that "Shady Grove" is not an original composition but an Appalachian folk song. The Kingston Trio did a really nice medley of it with "Lonesome Traveler," and if you want something more authentic you can go track down Doc Watson doing the purest bluegrass version I have come across to date. Despite the frenzied piano playing that sets up the song, when Quicksilver Messenger Service does it they sure sound to me like they are channeling Bo Diddley more than Doc Watson. Still, when I was putting together my own set of folk music CDs and I started putting together one devoted to folk rock, this had to be the opening track (followed by Led Zeppelin's "Gallows Pole"). On balance this is still just a near-great song, and the bad news is that the rest of the album is as inconsistent as the opening track.

From what I have heard of the first two QMS albums, and as I can see just by looking at their play lists, the group was more into jamming than anything else (each album has a track in double-digits in length, "The Fool" and "Calvary" respectively). Adding Hopkins into the mix certainly changed the group's direction and sound, although the subtraction of guitarist Gary Duncan probably played a key role as well. Ironically the longest track on the album comes courtesy of Hopkins. "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder," which slows down the album to almost a dead stop at one point on the last track after offering some decent instrumental moments. "The Flute Song" quickly reminds you that is a psychedelic group and if you play this album for somebody who has never heard it they will probably ask you what group is doing the second song in this collection of forgotten late Sixties music.

Time and time again Hopkins's piano playing stands out despite the best efforts of the rest of the band to drown him out at times. It is the best part of the rollicking' "Three or Four Feet From Home," the pretentious sounding "Too Far," and "Word's Can't Say," the last one being a reminder that QMS was not only hung up on western cowboy images for the covers of their albums, but tried to move musically in that direction without noticeably success. "Joseph's Coat" is a blue song that badly needs to be remixed (and a rewrite of the lyrics would be in order as well), and "Flashing Lonesome" is another forgettable trippy little tune. Then there is "Holy Moly," which should have been the last track on the album, because there is nothing to say after that one. If you are an absolute hard core devote of psychedelic music then you might find another track of interest besides "Shady Grove," but now that I have actually heard this album I am right back where I started.

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Shady Grove/Solid Silver
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000274SUO
Release Date: 2004-07-19

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Shady Grove
Flute Song
Three or Four Feet From Home
Too Far
Holy Moly
Joseph's Coat
Flashing Lonesome
Words Can't Say
Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder

Tracks:

Gypsy Lights
Heebie Jeebies
Cowboy on the Run
Heard You Singing
Worryin' Shoes
Letter
They Don't Know
Flames
Witches' Moon
Bittersweet Love

Album Description

UK twofer for the San Francisco bred rock act combines their 1970 & 1975 albums. Slipcase. BGO Records. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Colleciton of Two Original LPs on a Double CD Set with Updated Sleevenotes and Slip Case.

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Nicky Hopkins tries to jump start QMS, with a limited degree of success
Shady Grove-great album but...
This album is great!!

Shady Grove
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Manufacturer: One Way Records Inc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002R9Y
Release Date: 1992-07-30

Tracks:

Shady Grove
Flute Song
3 Or 4 Feet From Home
Too Far
Holy Moly
Joseph's Coat
Flashing Lonesome
Word's Can't Say
Edward (The Mad Shirt Grinder)

Customer Reviews:

Nicky Hopkins tries to jump start QMS, with a limited degree of success.......2005-09-12

For years, decades actually, I could not name another song by Quicksilver Messenger Service other than the title track from this 1969 album, which was the group's third release. I really like the song, or I should say that I really liked the introduction to the song, with the pounding piano and the guitar of John Cipollina slowly winding up to the basic theme of the song. The song itself is okay (if it was a bit better I might have decided to have picked up the album before the decade ran out), but the introduction is absolutely great. Now that I have checked out the album I am slapping my head over not recognizing the keyboard stylings of Nicky Hopkins on the piano. But then you say the name Nicky Hopkins and you think of him playing sessions with the Rolling Stones for albums like "Their Satanic Majesties Request" and "Let It Bleed." But he also worked with the Beatles on "The White Album," as well as the Kinks, the Who, and the Jefferson Airplane. That last one probably explains why he ended up with a psychedelic group out of San Francisco.

The other thing I was surprised to learn several years back was that "Shady Grove" is not an original composition but an Appalachian folk song. The Kingston Trio did a really nice medley of it with "Lonesome Traveler," and if you want something more authentic you can go track down Doc Watson doing the purest bluegrass version I have come across to date. Despite the frenzied piano playing that sets up the song, when Quicksilver Messenger Service does it they sure sound to me like they are channeling Bo Diddley more than Doc Watson. Still, when I was putting together my own set of folk music CDs and I started putting together one devoted to folk rock, this had to be the opening track (followed by Led Zeppelin's "Gallows Pole"). On balance this is still just a near-great song, and the bad news is that the rest of the album is as inconsistent as the opening track.

From what I have heard of the first two QMS albums, and as I can see just by looking at their play lists, the group was more into jamming than anything else (each album has a track in double-digits in length, "The Fool" and "Calvary" respectively). Adding Hopkins into the mix certainly changed the group's direction and sound, although the subtraction of guitarist Gary Duncan probably played a key role as well. Ironically the longest track on the album comes courtesy of Hopkins. "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder," which slows down the album to almost a dead stop at one point on the last track after offering some decent instrumental moments. "The Flute Song" quickly reminds you that is a psychedelic group and if you play this album for somebody who has never heard it they will probably ask you what group is doing the second song in this collection of forgotten late Sixties music.

Time and time again Hopkins's piano playing stands out despite the best efforts of the rest of the band to drown him out at times. It is the best part of the rollicking' "Three or Four Feet From Home," the pretentious sounding "Too Far," and "Word's Can't Say," the last one being a reminder that QMS was not only hung up on western cowboy images for the covers of their albums, but tried to move musically in that direction without noticeably success. "Joseph's Coat" is a blue song that badly needs to be remixed (and a rewrite of the lyrics would be in order as well), and "Flashing Lonesome" is another forgettable trippy little tune. Then there is "Holy Moly," which should have been the last track on the album, because there is nothing to say after that one. If you are an absolute hard core devote of psychedelic music then you might find another track of interest besides "Shady Grove," but now that I have actually heard this album I am right back where I started.

Shady Grove-great album but..........2005-03-07

Quicksilver Messenger Service, in the sixties, was my favorite band so when they came out with Shady Grove I was very interested. Here was a familiar band but without someone very necessary, Gary Duncan, although now with my all time favorite piano player, Nicky Hopkins. Certainly, this was going to be a different sounding band and the lack of that second guitar would be a missing, intrinsic flavor but this addition was very intriguing.
I saw them live at the Filmore East when they released the album, and to me it was a great; great concert and I felt at the time it promised great things to come from the band. I did realize then that this was a transitional album at best, but with the addition of Nicky it was good enough. Certainly, the material was not as good as it had been nor were the performances as fiery BUT this was such a different sound I was prepared to give it more than a chance.
Quicksilver was never the writing machine that The Dead or The Airplane was, but there had always been something in their performances that more than made up for the lack of writing talent and now that they had Hopkins all that remained for them to blast off was the return of Duncan, which would happen soon enough. (Unfortunately with the eventual return of Duncan came the return/addition of Dino Valenti, let's just say not my favorite singer and leave it at that.)
So I was happy enough with Shady Grove and knowing what might be in the future I was even happier.
Unfortunately, those things never did come to pass and the band sort of faded into obscurity while releasing several mediocre albums.

This album is great!!.......1999-09-22

The piano work on this album is absolutely phenomenal. This album is a musician's dream. The intense instrumental lines, especially in Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder and Shady Grove, really make this collection into a must have.

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Mulberry Moon
Shady Grove Band
Manufacturer: Flying Fish Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000MQ9
Release Date: 1992-09-29

Tracks:

Forty Years of Trouble
Paddy's Hollow
The Willow Tree Weeps No More For Me
You'll Find Her Name Written There
Mansion in the Sky
Blue Blue Ridge
I Love You, Honey
Mulberry Moon
I've Got Some Thinking To Do
Rise Up
Down The Devil's Road
Just Plain Yellow
Crossties
Movin' On

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Nicky Hopkins tries to jump start QMS, with a limited degree of success
New QMS era
An uninspired record by the class of frisco
BEWARE OF SOUND QUALITY
hmmm......

Shady Grove
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Manufacturer: Edsel Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TQN7
Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

Shady Grove
Flute Song
Three Or Four Feet From Home
Too Far
Holy Moly
Joseph Coat
Flashing Lonesome
Words Can't Say
Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder

Customer Reviews:

Nicky Hopkins tries to jump start QMS, with a limited degree of success.......2005-08-29

New QMS era.......2004-06-11

An interesting, uneven, and provocative contribution from a band struggling to overcome a key loss of personnel (Gary Duncan). In terms of direction, the dominant voice is David Freiberg's, seemingly part Beat-poet, part Haight acid rock ("Too Far," "Words Can't Say," "Flute Song".) Throw in a dash of Bo Diddley ("Shady Grove"), two parts Nick Gravenites ("Joseph's Coat," "Holy Moly"), and lots of Nicky Hopkins ("Edward," et al), and here is the "new" QMS. Quite good in parts, less so in others, and marred by poor production throughout. But no matter what we may think of the music, and no matter how baffled the critics were at the time, we can see now that it was above all a temporary studio invention, a decent effort by Freiberg, Cipollina, Elmore, and Hopkins to do something creative, and not an indicator of anything that was really happening with a band called "Quicksilver." Some of these pieces survived into the Valenti era, but quickly fell away and (with the exception of "Edward") never followed Freiberg, Cipollina, or Hopkins anywhere.

An uninspired record by the class of frisco.......2003-10-23

I am a fan Of Quicksilver messenger service but found this album to be mediocre at the best.I picked this one up on vinyl(my whole collection is vinyl) and was dissappointed.Gone was the two guitar attack of Cippolina and Duncan, and gone was the leadership of Gary Duncan.I can say there are only two tracks on this album that stand up to the rest of the groups repetoire.Shady Grove and Joseph's coat.David Frieburg's vocal are still excellent but there are a couple tracks featuring the strained vocals of John Cippolina, an amazing guitarist but very poor vocalist.It is a good thing Gary Duncan returned after this album and brought the pschedelic ranger Dino Valente with him.I would definitely reccomend buying Happy trails or Just for love over this album.

BEWARE OF SOUND QUALITY.......2002-08-28

Although SG is not QMS's best effort, the title track featuring Nicky Hopkins on piano is a must have. But not on this UK CD put out on the EDSEL label. Although it's a 2000 relase, the sound, in my opinion, is muddy. You'll do far better to buy Capitol's 2002, 24 bit digitally remastered "Classic Masters" compilation which has a shining version of the title track, together with Rhino's 1991 two-disc "Sons of Mecury" compiation which has an excellent sounding version of "Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder" which, accoring to Rhino, was mastered from the original master tapes. The liner notes by Alan Robinson are, however, excellent.

hmmm.............2001-06-07

Not one of their best but "Edward the Mad Shirt Grinder" will make you jump out of your skin. That one song alone is worth the price of the album. I had no idea a piano(s) could do things like that.

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how I long to hear her call my name

Chapel Hillbilly Way
Shady Grove Band
Manufacturer: Flying Fish Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000MVE
Release Date: 1994-11-15

Tracks:

Golden Highway
Imprisoned By Her Memories
Do Unto Others
About Right
You Can't Do Wrong And Get By
Across The Morning Sky
I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages
Johnny Ridge
Cold Heart Waltz
Open Up The Door
I Don't Know Why
Wasted Tears
Cruel-Hearted Woman
Will You Miss Me

Customer Reviews:

how I long to hear her call my name
.......2004-02-05

I've always been a huge fan of close vocal harmony, from barbershop, 60s/70s folk rock, madrigals, Antoine Brumel, and of course, bluegrass. I'm quite surprised to see no other reviews of this title.

This album, er, CD, just buy the thing now, put it on, and enjoy. I popped it in for the first time in a while (it was filed next to Del Shannon, and I'd been cherry pickin' those CDs for a sort of midnight snack) and found I'd previously selected tracks with iTunes and had all the CDDB info already loaded.

In order by most favorite etc, "Imprisoned by Her Memories", "I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages", "Wasted Tears", "Cruel-Hearted Wind", "Across the Morning Sky", and "Golden Highway". The rest of the tunes have a little too much gospel feel for my tastes, but I'd definitely go see this band (if they're still around after so many years) if I had the opportunity, solely on the strength of this title.

The Shady Grove Band has two other titles out, probably also worth having around the house.

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The Circle has not Broken.

Find the Moon
Steve Kunzman
Manufacturer: Shady Grove
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000ALQBN
Release Date: 2003-06-19

Tracks:

Sandro
Play as I Play
Howl at the Night
Let's Find the Moon
Catch Your Tears
'til I Hit the Ground
The Night I Disappeared
Lay Down with Me
This One's A Sea
Prairie Song
Hold You Every Day

Album Description

The songs on Find the Moon present offer a rich palette of acoustic sounds and textures, with an array of styles that keep the listener interested, but grounded in thoughtful words, the natural sounds of the instruments and Steve's voice. The songs tell of unexplained loss of friends (Sandro), the loss of childhood dreams (Play As I Play), and the loss of a beloved pet (Howl at the Night), but also of the fullness of love (Hold You Everyday, and Lay Down with Me), a life shared (This One's A Sea), and the love and caring of a child (Let's Find the Moon.)

Customer Reviews:

The Circle has not Broken........2003-09-02

Rich instrumentation, honest and meaningful lyrics, and a connection with all that has come before and how it should continue into the future. Carrying on the traditions of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" to the current success of the soundtrack from "O Brother Where Art Thou", the pureness of the Carter Family, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Garcia and Grisman, Steve's work is an important contribution to the Circle. Assuring that in fact it remains unbroken.

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Shady Grove
Ned Spurlock , and Rebecca Spurlock
Manufacturer: Traditional Sounds
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000O9GQXM

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Shady Grove
Strings & Things featuring Tina Bergmann
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RDIRTQ

Product Description

1 Doctor Doctor 2 Over the Water To Charlie 3 Icy Mountain 4 Lady Walpole's Reel 5 Honeysuckle 6 Temperance Reel/Shenandoah Falls 7 Spider Bit the Baby 8 Kitchen Girl/Cascade Road 9 Pikes Peak 10 Smash the Windows/Belman's Jig and Reel 11 Combination Rag 12 Frenchies Reel 13 Paddy on the Landfill 14 Southtown 15 Valse Petit Dejeuner 16 Shady Grove

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