Peter Rowan, Tony Rice - You Were There for Me
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Artist: Peter Rowan, Tony RiceEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- You Were There For Me
- Tin Roof Shack
- Shirt Off My Back
- Miss Liberty (Lay My Lonesome Down)
- Cowboys And Indians
- Ahmed The Beggar Boy
- Angel Island
- Ain't That Just Like You
- Come Back To Old Sante Fe
- Wild Mustang
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Free Music Review: Growing on me
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw these two perform together live at Bumbershoot in Seattle a number of years ago. Rowan was in fine voice. Rice, and the whole of the band, accompanied with sensitivity and virtuosity uncomon in combination in contemporary bluegrass. Their performance of the old traditional "Wayfaring Stranger" brought me to tears and remains vivid in my mind as the definitive performance of a song which everyone has done.
So, when I picked up this album, I was initially (frankly) a bit disappointed. It seems quiet and subdued next to the live performance. The musicians have very few opportunities to stretch out and improvise. It's all Rowan compositions; no traditional music on the whole disc.
But I gave it a second, third, fourth listen. I paid for it, so why not? And it's really grown on me. The musicianship is quietly stunning. Tony Rice has a way of putting 50 notes into a single bar of music that makes it seem simple and melodic. Then I started to notice the other instuments. Bassist Bryn Bright plays enough music to hold every song together on his own, yet he never gets in anyone's way, to just give one other example.
And this is saying nothing of the songwriting. The more I listen, the more I appreciate the story telling, the uncommon subject matter, the nuances of interpretation.
Yup, this is a keeper.
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These two "grizzled" newgrass masters have seldom sounded better than they do on this duet effort. Rowan, a revered singer-songwriter who has played with everyone from bluegrass king Bill Monroe to the late Jerry Garcia, hits an exquisite lick here with a batch of vivid new originals ranging from sardonic blues ("Tin Roof Shack") to evocative, narrative ballads ("Ahmed the Beggar Boy"). While Rowan lights up the proceedings with his free-roaming, high-lonesome tenor, acoustic guitar wizard Rice wraps the songs in exquisitely nuanced arrangements filled with subtlety, grace, and confidence. --Bob AllenCountry Music CDs
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