Blu di Genova

Beppe Gambetta | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gadfly Records
• ASIN: B00009B8D3
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,662 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. On the Road With Mama

2. Fandango Per la Bionda

3. Church Street Blues

4. Shenandoah Valley Breakdown

5. A Cimma

6. Sestrina

7. A Night in Frontenac

8. Nova Gelosia/Serenata

9. Tarantexas

10. Fuinde

11. Marcia Americana/Under the Double Eagle

12. Red Shoes

13. On the Road With Mama [Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice mellow acoustic guitar album, May 30, 2003

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blu di Genova (Audio CD)

Italian flatpicker Beppe Gambetta whirls out a nice set of acoustic instrumentals and pleasantly Gambetta-ized bluegrass oldies and adapted Genovan folk tunes. He starts off playing solo acoustic, then picks up several high-powered pals, including former member of the Byrds, Gene Parsons, and newgrass guitarist Dan Crary. Crary and Gambetta share a special wavelength, as heard on the dynamic duet, "Shenandoah Valley Breakdown." He drifts pretty decisively away from the bluegrass sound on most of this album, but the Italian material is also pretty interesting, and his melding of the two styles should get guitar fans all hot and bothered. Nice stuff... worth checking out!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars World class musician strikes gold!, February 17, 2004

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Chip Gulbro (Huntsville, Al) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blu di Genova (Audio CD)

From the opening track to the end, this is a great cd. Beppe's depth as a guitarist and composer continues to evolve while keeping true to his flat-picking roots. Not an easy feat considering the amount of garbage out there today.
Strongest cuts are probably his version of Norman Blake's Church Street Blues, and two arrangements by Beppe: A Cimma, and Nova Gelosia, the later with gorgeous mandolin accompaniment by classical mandolinist Carlo Aonzo. Beppe's Italian roots are evident here.

To sum up, this is a cd to be enjoyed by fans of Doc Watson to fans of Italian folk- all done with the flat pick.