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Amazing Grace
Jan's Song
Swamp Dog Blues
Minor Thing
Nitpickin'
Bottleneck March
Johnson City Rag
Rosalie
Rocky Road
Backslidin'
Bottomlands
Siboney
String Crazy
Fishin' in the Wind
Wild 'Bout It
Shufflin
When I was first approached about doing an instrumental
guitar album for Solid Air Records the only direction he gave me was a
“rootsy bluesy” feel like my composition “Swamp Dog Blues” from the CD
of the same name. The producer loved “Swamp Dog Blues” and I thought,
“Well, looks like I have one tune in the bag anyway.”
Since I’m one
who tends to take artistic suggestions rather literally I considered
the task at hand in the context of where the stylistic boundaries might
be. After all, the “roots” moniker pushes the idiomatic door wide open,
but what about “blues”? Does it narrow the doorway or simply serve to
put a little creak in the hinges? While interesting to ponder, my
doorway analogy served up no suggestions for album material.
So, as the water rat I’ve sometimes been, I began to think about a
float trip down a muddy old river and how it might afford some
interesting diversions to quiet side channels and backwater sloughs. I
think of American roots music in much the same way, drawing its form
and volume from accumulated tributaries; some fast and clear running,
others roiled or slow seeping. But in the end, all channels are equally
buoyant for the drifter.
I hope in some small way the tunes in this collection will transport you somewhere “rootsy” and “bluesy.”
~ ~ Mike Dowling
| Artist: |
Mike Dowling |
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Book/Lesson CD |
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SAIR007 |
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