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After working with Doug Dillard and the Country Gazette in the early '80s, David Grier made his first album in 1988. With Grier's reputation as a flat-picker on the rise, he attracted an outstanding cast of musicians for this recording, including mandolin players Sam Bush and Roland White and fiddler Stuart Duncan. The first thing a listener will notice on the opening cut "Wheeling" is that, while this may be Grier's album, the other musicians are given plenty of room for lengthy solos. Freewheeling is based more in bluegrass and tradition than Grier's later efforts like Lone Soldier and Panorama. Grier has also written seven of the 12 instrumentals on this all-acoustic outing, including the lingering "A Blue Midnite Star," a melancholy piece that evokes a lonely starry night in the Appalachians. "Shadowbrook" flows openly, with a lovely fiddle solo by Duncan, and multiple solos by Grier that continue to develop fresh phrasings. Grier is a complicated soloist, never satisfied to complete speedy runs to gain attention; instead, he varies his solos with chords, unique phrasings, and straight-out picking. His solos are never scattered affairs, but colored and textured to create a whole. "If I Knew Her Name," also written by Grier, is a relaxed instrumental that ventures away from the more traditional material on this album, hinting at explorations to come on later albums. The last three cuts feature Grier solo and include a light and airy version of "Gold Rush." For lovers of traditional music and of great flat-picking, Freewheeling is sure to please.
© Ronnie Lankford, Jr. /TiVo
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Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Joe Foster, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Foster, ComposerLyricist - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Roland White, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Joe Foster, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Roland White, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Joe Foster, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Schatz, Banjo, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Roland White, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Joe Foster, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Ahr, ComposerLyricist - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Schatz, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Wyatt Rice, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bil Vorndick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Producer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bil Vorndick, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DENNY PURCELL, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Adler , Mixer, StudioPersonnel - JIM ROONEY, Producer, Recording Producer - David Grier, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
After working with Doug Dillard and the Country Gazette in the early '80s, David Grier made his first album in 1988. With Grier's reputation as a flat-picker on the rise, he attracted an outstanding cast of musicians for this recording, including mandolin players Sam Bush and Roland White and fiddler Stuart Duncan. The first thing a listener will notice on the opening cut "Wheeling" is that, while this may be Grier's album, the other musicians are given plenty of room for lengthy solos. Freewheeling is based more in bluegrass and tradition than Grier's later efforts like Lone Soldier and Panorama. Grier has also written seven of the 12 instrumentals on this all-acoustic outing, including the lingering "A Blue Midnite Star," a melancholy piece that evokes a lonely starry night in the Appalachians. "Shadowbrook" flows openly, with a lovely fiddle solo by Duncan, and multiple solos by Grier that continue to develop fresh phrasings. Grier is a complicated soloist, never satisfied to complete speedy runs to gain attention; instead, he varies his solos with chords, unique phrasings, and straight-out picking. His solos are never scattered affairs, but colored and textured to create a whole. "If I Knew Her Name," also written by Grier, is a relaxed instrumental that ventures away from the more traditional material on this album, hinting at explorations to come on later albums. The last three cuts feature Grier solo and include a light and airy version of "Gold Rush." For lovers of traditional music and of great flat-picking, Freewheeling is sure to please.
© Ronnie Lankford, Jr. /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:42
- Main artists: David Grier
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1988 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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