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This welcome reissue brings together the first two solo albums by Seldom Scene dobro player Mike Auldridge, each of which was groundbreaking in a different way. While "progressive bluegrass" was already a fully established musical convention by 1972, when Dobro was originally issued, instrumental bluegrass arrangements of material like "Greensleeves" and "House of the Rising Sun" were a bit unusual even in the progressive context, and, to be honest, were not quite as successful as his brilliantly flashy rendition of Lester Flatt's "Pickaway" or the weepy country standard "Silver Threads." The second album presented on this reissue, Blues & Bluegrass, is a bit more consistently rewarding. Most of the tracks are Seldom Scene performances in all but name, with the occasional addition of such stellar guests as Vassar Clements, Ricky Skaggs, and David Bromberg. This album veers happily between barnburning bluegrass ("New Camptown Races," "8 More Miles to Louisville") and soulful blues numbers ("Summertime," "Struttin' the Blues"), with occasional detours into sappy pop ("Killing Me Softly") and, believe it or not, surf-bluegrass fusion ("Walk Don't Run"). All of it manages to be lots and lots of fun. Highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Jinks "Tex" Carmen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - JIMMY DRIFTWOOD, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Gladys Flatt, ComposerLyricist - Victor Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Paul Charles Craft, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Vaughn Horton, ComposerLyricist - Evelyn Graves, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
GEORGE JONES, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Leon Payne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
WILLIAMS, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Graves, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Takoma Records, Inc.
Frank Wakefield, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Norman Hamlet, ComposerLyricist - Ray Nichols, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Charles Fox, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Tut Taylor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Grandpa Jones, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Dick Feller, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Billy Joe Shaver, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist - Danny Lynn Finley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Mike Auldridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Dubose Heyward, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Johnny Smith, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Lowell George, ComposerLyricist - Mike Auldridge, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Bromberg, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Takoma Records, Inc.
Album review
This welcome reissue brings together the first two solo albums by Seldom Scene dobro player Mike Auldridge, each of which was groundbreaking in a different way. While "progressive bluegrass" was already a fully established musical convention by 1972, when Dobro was originally issued, instrumental bluegrass arrangements of material like "Greensleeves" and "House of the Rising Sun" were a bit unusual even in the progressive context, and, to be honest, were not quite as successful as his brilliantly flashy rendition of Lester Flatt's "Pickaway" or the weepy country standard "Silver Threads." The second album presented on this reissue, Blues & Bluegrass, is a bit more consistently rewarding. Most of the tracks are Seldom Scene performances in all but name, with the occasional addition of such stellar guests as Vassar Clements, Ricky Skaggs, and David Bromberg. This album veers happily between barnburning bluegrass ("New Camptown Races," "8 More Miles to Louisville") and soulful blues numbers ("Summertime," "Struttin' the Blues"), with occasional detours into sappy pop ("Killing Me Softly") and, believe it or not, surf-bluegrass fusion ("Walk Don't Run"). All of it manages to be lots and lots of fun. Highly recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:30
- Main artists: Mike Auldridge
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fantasy Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 Fantasy, Inc.
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