Crosscurrents

Crosscurrents

Track Listings

1. Bedding of the Bride (Bear Na Bainnse)

2. Adieu My Lovely Nancy

3. Rolling Spey/The Green Hills of Tyrol/Bob Walter's

4. Blessed Be (The Lady's Token)

5. Frank Gilruth/Jack Danielson's Reel/Lt. Colonel D.J.S. Murray

6. Trimble's Compliments to the City of Philadelphia

7. Liz Carroll's/Breakdown

8. Bugle Britches

9. Christina Marie

10. Shifting Paradigms

Tracks:

Devil Round the Moon
Singing Songs Unsung
Louise, Louise
Harvest of Your Days
Requiem for Patrick Kilroy
Eagles on the Half
Death Letter Blues
Crow Black Squall
Woman Dear
Danish Drone

Customer Reviews:

Another Rare (even in its time) album I never thought I'd find on cd.......2006-02-19

I probably paid under a dollar for this when new; it was a cutout. I figured if Danny Kalb was on it, it must be great. I was right; this is a gem. Plus, it introduced me to the acoustic folk blues of Stefan Grossman whose career has prospered while Kalb's demons have overcome him, tragically. He leads a hard life now.
Danny Kalb was part of the folk music boom of the 1960s. One of many white boys who learned some guitar and took to singing in the coffeehouses near Harvard: rich kids singing music about being broke and troubled. Right. Stefan Grossman was doing the same thing in Greenwich Village.
In 1965, Elektra Records recorded some of these guys and put out a compilation titled, "The Blues Project". Shortly thereafter, Kalb formed a blues/folk-rock band, lifting that tiltle for it's name. Like Paul Butterfield's band, they were pioneers blazing a trail for the blues as interpreted by (mostly) whites.
Although critically acclaimed, by 1967 the band was gone for all intents and purposes. The other members all went on to bigger and better things: money, recognition, and (in the case of Al Kooper), fame.
Kooper formed Blood, Sweat & Tears; Steve Katz went with him. Roy Blumenfeld and (the late) Danny Kulberg remained to see The Blues Project morph into Sea Train. Danny Kalb reformed The Blues Project and toured mostly as a trio for a few years.
I saw them in Buffalo and was awed by his individual, incredible approach to guitar. Like Michael Bloomfield, Danny's style was like no other's. Unlike Bloomfield, thankfully, Danny Kalb's demons have not yet killed him.
Buy this album. To my knowledge it's the only album he made outside of Blues Project recordings and Stefan Grossman takes him down an inspired path. They both play acoustic with a tight rhythm section.
Stefan Grossman wrote all but two songs and sings the lion's share. He had been part of The Even Dozen Jug Band. This might have been a Stefan Grossman solo record, actually, but Kalb's name could sell more records at that time. Still, the music works. I love the way they blend their guitars together so effectively; it's what makes this music exceptional.
I've been waiting so many years for this on CD. I'm smilin'.