Tony Trischka - Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
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Free Music Notes for Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Free Music Review: Escher's Waltz
Hit: 5 Stars
Escher's Waltz----Amazing. Loved the whole album.
This guy has it all. Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Free Music Review: I was a grinnin' while they were a pickin'.
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw Steve Martin on the Dave Letterman show and was stunned at how well he played the banjo. It was a selection from this CD which Steve had written. I immediately ordered the CD and have enjoyed it almost daily since it arrived. If you like banjo pickin', this is as close to heaven as it gets. Tony was Bela Fleck's mentor and I had seen Bela Fleck live and immediately bought his CD. This has some real talent. Enjoy.Free Music Review: Steve Martin does it again!
Hit: 5 Stars
Great upbeat bluegrass! Steve Martin is the reason I bought this CD, but the other performances are also top notch!
Free Music Review: pretty solid
Hit: 4 Stars
this is a pretty good album, some good bluegrass tunes, as well as some cool non-bluegrassy tunes, (track 13 is incredible, just tony and bela on banjos, no other instruments, kind of a classical sounding tune).
i personally didnt care for the couple of songs that had vocals, but thats just me.
Free Music Review: Banjo Heaven
Hit: 5 Stars
Tony Trischka has always taken the road less traveled (at least as far as the 5-string banjo is concerned) throughout his career, leaving an indelible mark as an innovator and composer while confounding (and often infuriating) the traditional bluegrass world. While I've always admired Tony's incredible musical reach, I most enjoy his inventions when employed within the "traditional" bluegrass instrumentation. "Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular" works wonderfully on that score, with Tony teaming up with many of the genre's most influential banjoists (from Scruggs to Fleck) and the cream of the bluegrass aristocracy (Douglas, Thiele, Rice, Bush) to create yet another fabulous soundscape of the first order.
At this point, one would expect the mentor/mentee combination of Tony and Bela Fleck to produce memorable picking, and they don't fail here - I particularly love "Twilight Kingdom," with its lovely harmonics and tempo changes. But just about every banjo combo clicks on this CD - it's great to hear the 83-year old Earl Scruggs still be able to tear up "Farewell Blues;" to me, one of the biggest surprises (even more so than Steve Martin's fine contributions) is the playful duet between Tony and big Kenny Ingram (currently Rhonda Vincent's and formerly the late Lester Flatt's banjoist) on "Bon Aqua Blues." The few vocal tracks are also fun - if you wonder why "Fox on the Run" would ever appear on a Tony Trischka CD, wait until you hear the verse with what are actually the original Manfred Mann chords. Plus, you'll also get to hear (briefly) Michael Daves on "Run Mountain" - Daves is currently touring with Tony to support this CD, and his singing and guitar picking are of such otherworldly quality that it's only a matter of time before he becomes a bluegrass star in his own right.
If you love the 5-string banjo, this is as close to heaven as it gets. And if you have the opportunity, catch Tony with his "DBBS" band to experience the magic.