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Dr. Banjo really steps out on this one. Introducing flute, synthesizer, and a whole host of trippy studio effects into a bluegrass album was pretty progressive for the mid-'70s (even in an era where John Hartford and New Grass Revival were pushing the boundaries), and Pete Wernick uses the emerging technology to progress even further. Excellent players like Tim O'Brien, Andy Statman, Tony Trischka, and Russ Barenberg (to name just a few) shift the sound from retro to futuristic, often within the same song. Although the phase-shifting banjo feels a little like a gimmick after the first few times it appears, that still does not detract from the musical sparks that fly from the main collaborators. Soon after this release, Wernick and O'Brien went on to form Hot Rize, a band that pushed the edges of what was thought to be bluegrass even further out, and the glimmers of those future explorations are what make Dr. Banjo Steps Out one of those uniquely listenable historical documents.
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Traditional, Composer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Arranger, Banjo, Recording Producer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hoberman, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Andy Statman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tim O'Brien, Mandolin, Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Warren F. Rider, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tim O'Brien, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Baker, ComposerLyricist - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tim O'Brien, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Zeke Clements, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tim O'Brien, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Statman, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charles Sawtelle, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Rabon Delmore, ComposerLyricist - Alton Delmore, ComposerLyricist - Tim O'Brien, Vocals, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Andy Statman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Sadowsky, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Arranger, Banjo, Recording Producer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joan Wernick, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Andy Statman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Andy Statman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Arranger, Banjo, Recording Producer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Miller, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Barenberg, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TONY TRISCHKA, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
John Miller, Violin, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Russ Barenberg, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - TONY TRISCHKA, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jim Hoberman, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tim O'Brien, Viola, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Arranger, Banjo, Recording Producer, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Andy Statman, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Duane Webster, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Kosek, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Gold, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Tarnower, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Senauke, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Gold, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Tarnower, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Senauke, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Rutowski, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Howie Tarnower, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Senauke, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Peggy Haine, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Pete Wernick, Producer, Banjo, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Kosek, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Gold, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Howie Tarnower, Mandolin, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Senauke, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Broida, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Little, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barney Cole, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Joan Wernick, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Dr. Banjo really steps out on this one. Introducing flute, synthesizer, and a whole host of trippy studio effects into a bluegrass album was pretty progressive for the mid-'70s (even in an era where John Hartford and New Grass Revival were pushing the boundaries), and Pete Wernick uses the emerging technology to progress even further. Excellent players like Tim O'Brien, Andy Statman, Tony Trischka, and Russ Barenberg (to name just a few) shift the sound from retro to futuristic, often within the same song. Although the phase-shifting banjo feels a little like a gimmick after the first few times it appears, that still does not detract from the musical sparks that fly from the main collaborators. Soon after this release, Wernick and O'Brien went on to form Hot Rize, a band that pushed the edges of what was thought to be bluegrass even further out, and the glimmers of those future explorations are what make Dr. Banjo Steps Out one of those uniquely listenable historical documents.
© Zac Johnson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:05
- Main artists: Pete Wernick
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Flying Fish
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1978 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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