A Potpourri of Bluegrass Jam | ||||
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Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass | |||
Length | 34:26 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Richard Greene, Joe Boyd | |||
Muleskinner chronology | ||||
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Peter Rowan chronology | ||||
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1994 reissue cover | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
Muleskinner is the eponymous debut album by the progressive bluegrass group Muleskinner, [3] recorded at the Record Plant,Hollywood,California,March 27 through April 14,1973,and released later that year. It is their only studio album. The album was re-released by Ridge Runner in 1978 and re-issued on a compact disc in 1994 [4] under the title A Potpourri of Bluegrass Jam,which was a banner on the front cover of the original album release.
Muleskinner reunited David Grisman and Peter Rowan,who had played together in the band,Earth Opera. They along with bassist John Kahn would go on to form Old &In the Way after Muleskinner disbanded. [1] [5]
Shortly after the release of the album guitarist Clarence White died,and the album was subsequently dedicated to him. The band released a live album in 1998 (recorded in 1973) and re-united for a couple of one-off performances.
David Anthony Rice,known professionally as Tony Rice,was an American guitarist and bluegrass musician. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass,progressive bluegrass,newgrass and acoustic jazz. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
Muleskinner was an American bluegrass supergroup,active during the early 1970s.
Clarence White was an American bluegrass and country guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the bluegrass ensemble the Kentucky Colonels and the rock band the Byrds,as well as for being a pioneer of the musical genre of country rock during the late 1960s. White also worked extensively as a session musician,appearing on recordings by the Everly Brothers,Joe Cocker,Ricky Nelson,Pat Boone,the Monkees,Randy Newman,Gene Clark,Linda Ronstadt,Arlo Guthrie,and Jackson Browne among others.
Old &In the Way was a bluegrass group formed in 1973. It was composed of Peter Rowan,Vassar Clements (fiddle),Jerry Garcia,David Grisman,and John Kahn. When the group was forming,it was intended that John Hartford would be the fiddle player. Based on Hartford's engagements,and Clements' reputational stature in the bluegrass community,Clements became the group's fiddler.
Peter Hamilton Rowan is an American bluegrass musician and composer. Rowan plays guitar and mandolin,yodels and sings.
Old &In the Way is the self-titled first album by the bluegrass band Old &In the Way. It was recorded 8 October 1973 at the Boarding House in San Francisco by Owsley Stanley and Vickie Babcock utilizing eight microphones mixed live onto a stereo Nagra tape recorder. The caricature album cover was illustrated by Greg Irons. It was,for many years,the top selling bluegrass album of all time. Eventually,however,the soundtrack album for O Brother,Where Art Thou? surpassed its sales.
That High Lonesome Sound is the second live release of bluegrass music by Old &In the Way. Like the first one,Old &In the Way,it was recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October 1973. It was released in February 1996.
The Pizza Tapes is an album by Jerry Garcia,David Grisman (mandolin),and Tony Rice. It was recorded at Grisman's studio on two evenings in 1993,and features unrehearsed performances of folk and bluegrass songs. It was released on the Acoustic Disc label on April 25,2000.
Breakdown is the third live release of bluegrass music by Old &In the Way.
Seatrain was an American roots fusion band based initially in Marin County,California,and later in Marblehead,Massachusetts. Seatrain was formed in 1969,subsequently drawing some members from the Blues Project when it broke up. Seatrain recorded four albums and disbanded in 1973.
Old &In the Gray is a bluegrass album released in 2002 by the surviving members of the band Old &In the Way –Peter Rowan (guitar),David Grisman (mandolin),and Vassar Clements (fiddle). Banjoist Jerry Garcia and bassist John Kahn,both of whom were deceased,were replaced by Herb Pedersen and Bryn Bright,respectively.
Richard Greene is an American violinist who has been described as "one of the most innovative and influential fiddle players of all time". Greene is credited with introducing the chop to fiddle playing while working with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys,the invention of which he attributes to pain in his wrist and arm and "laziness". He featured the technique in his performances with Seatrain.
William Bradford "Bill" Keith was a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo playing which would soon become known as melodic style,or "Keith style".
Live at the Boarding House is an album recorded by the 1973–1974 bluegrass group,Old &In the Way. It is a complete recording of a concert held October 08,1973,at the Boarding House in San Francisco. It was released in 2008.
David Grisman has issued albums with his groups the David Grisman Quintet and Old &In the Way,performed in duos with Jerry Garcia,Andy Statman,Martin Taylor,Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard,John Sebastian,Tony Rice,and played in the psychedelic band Earth Opera with Peter Rowan. He has produced solo albums and collaborated with musicians in many genres.
This article presents the discography of singer,composer,guitar and mandolin player Peter Rowan.
Muleskinner Live:Original Television Soundtrack is a live album by the progressive bluegrass supergroup Muleskinner. It was recorded in 1973 and originally broadcast in the late 1970s,but the album was not released until 25 years later,in 1998. Maria Muldaur provides harmony vocals on "Sitting Alone In The Moonlight".
Live at the Boarding House:The Complete Shows is a four-CD live album by the bluegrass band Old &In the Way. It was recorded on October 1 and October 8,1973,at the Boarding House in San Francisco,and contains the complete concerts from those dates. It was released by Acoustic Disc and Acoustic Oasis on October 1,2013. The album includes 55 tracks,14 of which were previously unreleased.
Richard Greene is an American violinist. In addition to his 11 solo albums and his recordings with Seatrain,Muleskinner,and the Greene String Quartet,he has been featured as a performer on many albums by other artists.
Jerry Garcia was an American musician. A guitarist,singer,and songwriter,he became famous as a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead,from 1965 to 1995. When not touring or recording with the Dead,Garcia was often playing music in other bands and with other musicians.