"Most Perfect Harmony" Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey
"Most Perfect Harmony" Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey
Track Listings
| 1. Bonaparte's Retreat |
| 2. Come Up Me |
| 3. La Bastringue |
| 4. Going Up the River |
| 5. Springfield Mountain |
| 6. Chester |
| 7. Rakes of Mallow |
| 8. Through the Garden |
| 9. Banks of the Dee |
| 10. The Extra-Ordinary Beast/Road to Boston |
| 11. C'est l'Aviron |
| 12. Black Moccasin |
| 13. The Journey Song for Pomp |
| 14. Ursus Horribilis/Jefferson and Liberty |
| 15. After What I Have Seen |
| 16. Metis/French Canadian Fiddle Medley |
| 17. Meriwether Lewis/The Way Home |
Editorial Reviews
From the Artist
The title of this CD comes from a quote in the journals of Meriwether Lewis for April 7, 1805: "At this moment every individual of the party are in good health, and excellent spirits; zealously attached to the enterprise and...act with the most perfect harmony." The songs on the CD are arranged in an order that follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition up the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and back to St. Louis. The music is a mixture of traditional songs and tunes along with several original songs (often using traditional melodies from the approximate time period of Lewis and Clark). Each song or tune is prefaced by a quote from the journals of Lewis and Clark and a brief explanatory note about the song or tune.
Product Description
This album includes 70 minutes of period, traditional and original music interpreting the epic journey of Lewis and Clark and is packaged with a 28 page booklet containing extensive notes on each of the 17 songs and tunes plus an introduction by James Denny, a historian with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources who has been involved with many of the projects associated with the celebration of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. The Discovery String Band is made up of Cathy Barton and Dave Para (folk performers who tour nationally and internationally and between them play a variety of folk and traditional instruments including guitar, mandolin, hammered dulcimer, banjo, jaw harp, bones, spoons and mouth bow); Paul and Win Grace (who have toured nationally performing American roots and contemporary folk music, known for their close harmonies and their skilled intrumental work on the accordion, fiddle, mandolin, harmonica and feet!); and Bob Dyer (sometimes known as the Bard of the Boonslick Country who combines his talents as a poet, musician, historian, and folklorist to write original folk-style ballads that he performs as a "Songteller"). These five musicians have known each other for more than 25 years and have often performed in various combinations producing more than a dozen CDs between them. This is their first album as a group.
James Denny, who wrote the introduction to their CD, says that this "group of highly talented musicians, song writers and folklorists...have been engaged in a conspiracy to produce beautiful tradtional music together for a long time," and adds that "this eloquent tribute to and evocation of the Lewis and Clark expedition...captures the spirit of...their epic journey." Denny has also said that he has listened to most if not all of the recordings made to commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition and that this one is "the best of them all." The album was released November 15, 2003.
"Most Perfect Harmony" Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey
"Most Perfect Harmony" Lewis and Clark: A Musical Journey,Discovery String Band,Big Canoe Records,Traditional, period and original songs and tunes related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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