Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Garcia Grisman (2014) MFSL SACD FLAC Beolab1700

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Garcia Grisman (2014) MFSL SACD FLAC Beolab1700



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Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Garcia/Grisman
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Artist...............: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Album................: Garcia/Grisman
Genre................: Folk
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.0 20130526
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 52 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: TRACKS - LOG - M3U - SCANS

Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 15/06/2014

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Tracklisting
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1. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - The Thrill Is Gone [04:46]
2. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Grateful Dawg [03:41]
3. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Two Soldiers [04:25]
4. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Friend of the Devil [07:05]
5. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Russian Lullaby [04:13]
6. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Dawg's Waltz [04:34]
7. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Walkin' Boss [05:18]
8. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Rockin' Chair [07:58]
9. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Arabia [16:23]

Playing Time.........: 58:28
Total Size...........: 302.22 MB

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Jerry Garcia achieved monumental accomplishments over a prolific career, yet the guitarist never sounded better than on his first official collaboration with longtime friend and fellow instrumental maestro David Grisman. Indeed, contemporary interest in roots music can be directly traced to this stellar Grammy-nominated 1991 collaboration. Putting distinctive rustic spins on pop standards, blues classics, and folk staples, the kindred musical spirits’ earnest authenticity and relaxed intimacy are matched only by virtuosic playing and superb production.
Unadorned with any post-production tricks or overdubs, Garcia/Grisman breathes with naturalism and presence. You will effortlessly detect the full body of the instruments, witness…
the woody grain textures, and get lost in the surprisingly velvety qualities of Garcia’s lullaby-like singing.

Pals since the mid-1960s, Garcia and Grisman bonded over their love for traditional folk and bluegrass. The two teamed up amidst what became a gold rush of top-notch productivity and creativity for Garcia. Partnering with bassist Jim Kerwin and percussionist/fiddler Joe Craven, the pair approaches every passage with innate ease, as if either musician could finish the others sentence. The affable chemistry and soothing interplay wash over a selection of songs as notable for their diversity as the way Garcia and “Dawg” turn them into the equivalent of old friends you haven’t seen in years.

Exquisite melodies and jewel-shaped notes decorate the simple, convivial structures of tunes that hop, jump, skip, skitter, and bop. The atmosphere is reminiscent of the legendary gypsy-jazz exchanges between Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, and equally sharp. Swirling with Middle Eastern modality, the closing 16-minute-plus rendition of Grisman’s rippling “Arabia”—complete with a section based on a Cuban fold theme—is alone enough worth the price of admission to this sensational session. But there’s so much more.

The quartet delves into Celtic themes (“Two Soldiers”), jazz-grass (“Grateful Dawg”), old-world ballads (“Russian Lullaby”), and Appalachian flavors (“Walkin’ Boss”) with nonpareil skill and soulfulness. Garcia and Grisman’s tandem picking throughout epitomize sublime. And for many listeners, the duo’s revised version of the Grateful Dead staple “Friend of the Devil” ranks as the finest-ever recorded, the pace patient, the narrative vocals heartfelt, and the synchronous solos tailor-made for the enveloping progression. Better yet, it’s all captured in astonishing fidelity.

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