Trichromes

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Trichromes
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Studio album by The Trichromes
Released July 2, 2002
Genre Rock
Length67:50
Label 33rd Street Records
Producer L. Henry Sarmiento II
Bill Kreutzmann chronology
Backbone
(1998) Backbone1998		Trichromes
(2002) Trichromes2002		 7 Walkers
(2010) 7 Walkers2010

Trichromes is an album by the Trichromes, a rock band led by former Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The group's only full-length album, it was released in 2002. Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics for eight of the eleven songs. [1]

Grateful Dead American rock jam band

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Ranging from quintet to septet, the band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, modal jazz, reggae, experimental music, psychedelia, and space rock, for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams, and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads". "Their music", writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists". These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world". The band was ranked 57th by Rolling Stone magazine in its The Greatest Artists of All Time issue. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and a recording of their May 8, 1977, performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012. The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.

Bill Kreutzmann American musician

William Kreutzmann Jr. is an American drummer. He played with the Grateful Dead for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to perform with former members of the Grateful Dead in various lineups, and with his own bands BK3, 7 Walkers and Billy & the Kids.

Robert Hunter (lyricist) American musician

Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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John Metzger of The Music Box wrote, "Much like the group's first single 'Dice with the Universe', much of its new self-titled release straddles a line between breezy pop, folksy blues, and classic rock.... the band occasionally strikes gold while delivering a pleasing set of material, anchored by one of the finest drummers in the history of rock 'n' roll." [3]

William Ruhlmann wrote on Allmusic, "Trichromes guitarist Ralph Woodson and such guests as Pete Sears and Neal Schon do fine by [Hunter's lyrics], creating songs that sound like they could have fit into the Dead's repertoire. And the band's jamming style is also reminiscent of the Dead...." [2]

Pete Sears British musician

Peter Roy Sears is an English rock musician. In a career spanning more than four decades, he has been a member of many bands and has moved through a variety of musical genres, from early R&B, psychedelic improvisational rock of the 1960s, folk, country music, arena rock in the 1970s, and blues. He usually plays bass, keyboards, or both in bands.

Neal Schon American musician

Neal Joseph Schon is an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist, best known for his work with the bands Journey and Bad English. He was a member of the rock band Santana before forming Journey, and was also an original member of Hardline.

Track listing

  1. "None So Blind" (Robert Hunter, Ralph Woodson, Pete Sears) – 4:48
  2. "Iowa Soldier" (Hunter, Woodson) – 6:31
  3. "Track 6" (Hunter, Woodson, Sears) – 6:21
  4. "Simply Nowhere" (Hunter, Woodson, Mike DiPirro) – 8:08
  5. "Dice with the Universe" (Hunter, Neal Schon, Ira Walker) – 4:59
  6. "Say You're Not Leaving" (Woodson) – 4:58
  7. "For You" (Hunter, Woodson) – 4:52
  8. "Kickin' Ass on the Avenue" (Hunter, Woodson, Sears) – 5:30
  9. "Stop, Drop and Roll" (Hunter, Woodson) – 4:48
  10. "Impossible Triangle" (Woodson) – 5:28
  11. "Knot of Eternity" (Bill Kreutzmann, Woodson, Sears) – 10:38

Personnel

The Trichromes

Drum kit collection of drums and other percussion instruments

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

Electric guitar electrified guitar; fretted stringed instrument with a neck and body that uses a pickup to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals. The vibration occurs when a guitar player strums, plucks, fingerpicks, slaps or taps the strings. The pickup generally uses electromagnetic induction to create this signal, which being relatively weak is fed into a guitar amplifier before being sent to the speaker(s), which converts it into audible sound.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

Production

Pro Tools digital audio workstation

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References

  1. ↑ Trichromes at the Grateful Dead Family Discography
  2. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. Trichromes at Allmusic
  3. 1 2 Metzger, John. Trichromes, The Music Box, September 2002
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