Ken Waldman
All Originals, All Traditionals
© 2006 Ken Waldman (783707204406)
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One CD with 27 original instrumentals with hot 5-piece old-time band; a second CD with Alaska-set poetry on top of old-time fiddle and banjo; a two-hour epic.
tracks
- 1 Pine Knoll
- 2 Coconut Creek
- 3 Walking to DOC
- 4 Goldstream
- 5 Americana Boulevard
- 6 Swamp Puddle
- 7 Gonna Find Me a Door
- 8 Summer Snow
- 9 Fiddling Jim
- 10 Dudley
- 11 John Michaud's
- 12 Big Moose
- 13 Railroad Days
- 14 The Daily News
- 15 Battle of Hastings
- 16 11th of December
- 17 Bird School
- 18 Turkey Gone
- 19 Highway 29
- 20 Secret Visitor's Guide
- 21 Bottom of the World
- 22 The Industrial Complex
- 23 Opelousas
- 24 Clifftop Waltz
- 25 Gloria Switch
- 26 Miss Renee's Waltz
- 27 Coconut Bayou
- 28 Fairbanks Cabin Waltz
- 29 Chinquapin Hunting (first track of 2nd CD)
- 30 Rock the Cradle Lucy
- 31 Barlow Knife
- 32 Dubuque
- 33 Grub Springs
- 34 Growling Old Man, Grumbling Old Woman
- 35 Santa Anna's Retreat/Double File
- 36 Yellow Rose of Texas
- 37 Red Haired Boy
- 38 Julie Anne Johnson
- 39 Bonaparte's retreat
- 40 Chicken Pie
- 41 Cumberland Gap
- 42 Camp Chase
- 43 June Apple
- 44 Jaybird
- 45 Midnight on the Water
- 46 Honorary Alaskans (poem only)
- 47 Girl I Left Behind Me/Golden Slippers
- 48 Leather Britches
- 49 Little Dutch Girl
- 50 Tater Patch
- 51 Sugar in the Gourd
- 52 John Brown's Dream
- 53 Shove that Pig's Foot a Little Further into the Fire
- 54 Liza Jane
- 55 Sugar Hill
- 56 June Apple reprise
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notes
2 CDs, and over two hours of music, make this an epic project.
The All Originals CD consists of 27 Ken Waldman new tunes, all instrumentals. Here, Ken is accompanied by four terrific multi-instrumentalists: Jerry Hagins from Austin, Jordan Wankoff from Chicago, and Lousiana musicians Hogie Siebert and Mitch Reed. Recorded in January 2005 in Cecilia, Louisiana at Al Berard Recording Studio, there are sorts of arrangements, from fiddle and banjo, to twin fiddle and twin banjo and bass, to a more conventional twin fiddle and banjo and guitar and bass, all the way to four fiddles with a banjo. The result is exciting, surprising, and satisfying.
The All Traditionals CD consists of 27 tracks of fiddle and banjo, Ken again accompanied by Jerry Hagins. On several tunes they're joined by Joe Karson on guitar and Phil Cassel on bass, the rhythm section from that fine Fairbanks old-time band, Five-Buck Fiddle. This was recorded in Fairbanks in June 2004 at Pat Fitzgerald's and Robin Dale Ford's Tenth Planet Records. Of note is the 10+ minute version of the tune, Tater Patch, where Ken tells the story of his 1996 plane wreck, poems included.
And any discussion of the CD has to include the work by graphic designer Kathy McInnis of Breaux Bridge. The cover has one of the most unusual concert announcements you'll ever see, and inside there's a 24-page booklet that includes 31 poems and comprehensive notes.