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Relax Your Mind
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Track Listing
- Backyard Symphony
- Bob Wills Medley
- Ookpik Waltz
- Homegrown Tomatoes
- Cotton Patch Rag
- Oklahoma Hills
- Blue River Waltz
- That River's Taking Care of Me
- Tampa
- Blues Stay Away from Me
- Old Madera Waltz
- Bad Attitude
- Relax Your Mind
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #60767 in Music
- Released on: 2003-04-22
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
A good, old-fashioned acoustic folk showcase
A perfect mix of all that is great and good about American acoustic music. The album title is a nostalgic nod towards the old Jim Kweskin/Leadbelly anthem, and like the early '60s jug bands, this disc is a model of versatility and stylistic depth, mixing bluegrass, blues, folk and acoustic jazz with equal ease. On my first listen I thought I'd heard the hovering presence of guitarist David Bromberg: turns out it wasn't just his influence: Bromberg plays on several tracks, and the album is drenched with his good-natured, boozy bonhomie. There are soft, melodic fiddle tunes and waltzes, a bit of Bob Wills swing, goofy folk-club novelty songs like Mason's "Bad Attitude" and Guy Clark's "Homegrown Tomatoes," and touches of sheer genius such as the New Orleans jazz woven into the old Delmore Brothers hit, "Blues Stay Away From Me." The band, Swingology, is playing at the top of its game, yet has that aw-shucks, front porch informality that the bluegrass/old-timey crowd so wisely values. This is a really sweet record, well worth picking up.
