Featuring:
Joe Weed: Guitars, Mandolins, Fiddles ,Viola
David Grisman: Mandolin (#4 melody, 1st solo of reel & #9, mando solo)
Todd Phillips: Bass
Steve Sargenti: Harmonica
Marti Kendall: Cello
Steve Kritzer: Mandolin chops on #6
David Wheeler: Recorder
The Waltz of the Whippoorwill
A nominee for an "Indie" award for "Best New Age Album", this beautiful recording features 11 original compositions by Joe Weed, each based on a melody taken from an American birdsong. Highly listenable and exquisitely recorded, The Waltz of the Whippoorwill has received both critical and commercial success. Featured soloists include Joe Weed, David Grisman and Todd Phillips.
"Some sweet, sweet acoustic dream. If this music came through your kitchen window it'd make rainbows"--Darol Anger
"A marvelous concept, wonderful music and superb musicianship. One of the most listenable records I've heard in years!"--Jim Hatlo, Frets
A beautiful album! A masterpiece!"--Tiny Moore
Reviewed in FRETS magazine, August, 1988:
...Weed pulls it off with flair...all acoustic pieces, featuring Weed's rich fiddle tone and sprightly mandolin. Especially high flying is his uptempo duet with Grisman on "Western Kingbird." Excellent production and recording, and some adventurous harmonies and good humor ("Chickadee Polka" and "Carolina Wren Rag"), help make this an enjoyable record.--Mark Hanson, FRETS
Here's what store owners are saying:
"The fastest selling tape in my store!" (Bernard Lehmann, Lehmann Stringed Instruments, Rochester, NY)
"Joe Weed's Waltz of the Whippoorwill captures the attention of customers who aren't even shopping for records." (Greg Burger, Joplin & Sweeney Music Company, Los Gatos, CA)
"The main reason we are carrying Whippoorwill is because I liked it so much! (Robin, Old Fogey Distribution, Lansing, MI)
"The music is a great bridge between the world of nature and the world of music." (Mark Silberstein, Elkhorn Slough Foundation Gift Shop, Moss Landing, CA)
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