Common Chord

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Common Chord
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Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1993
Genre Bluegrass
Length46:52
Label Rounder
Producer David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
Not for Kids Only
(1993)
Common Chord
(1993)
Tone Poems
(1994)
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Common Chord is an album by American musician David Grisman released in 1993. Blending different genres such as classical music, bluegrass, rock and jazz, this album includes (Jim Kerwin, Enrique Coria, Jerry Garcia, Mark O'Connor), but also classical violin virtuoso, Daniel Kobialka, Grisman's son Monroe on guitar, and many others. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ashokan Farewell" (Jay Ungar) – 5:18
  2. "Blackberry Turnpike" – 5:01
  3. "Barbara Allen" (Traditional) – 3:43
  4. "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) – 5:50
  5. "Eighth of January" – 2:56
  6. "Midnight on the Water" (Thomasson, Traditional) – 4:17
  7. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 5:35
  8. "Maiden's Prayer" (Bob Wills) 3:43
  9. "The House Carpenter" (Traditional) – 3:53
  10. "Boston Boy" (Traditional) – 2:39
  11. "Down in the Willow Garden" (Traditional) – 4:09
  12. "Omie Wise" (Traditional) – 4:31
  13. "Ashokan Farewell (Reprise)" (Ungar) – 2:20

Personnel

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