Bluegrass Guitar

Dan Crary | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000F2K
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,300 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flatpicking Master Wails on 30 year-old Iconic Recording, February 5, 2004

By 

Mark J. Fowler "Let's Play Two!" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Bluegrass Guitar (Audio CD)

Before I wanted to play like Bryan Sutton and Chris Thile I wanted to play like Tony Rice. Before THAT we ALL wanted to play like Dan Crary. His playing from this era (I think this recording is late 60s or early 70s) was fast and fluid and innovative and, frankly, this recording is pretty much only limited by his supporting cast. I remember listening to the vinyl of this 30 years ago and wishing the banjo and fiddle breaks would end so that Deacon Dan would come back in wailing with those big, lightning-fast solos. He also, rightly, prided himself on his ability to put an artistic nuanced touch to pieces that were less up-tempo. Dan Crary turned heads playing this music the way contemporary Jimi Hendrix did playing electric guitar.

The "Devil's Dream" cut became so well-known that a shop in Japan named itself "The Devil's Dream" because of it, and Mr. Crary revisited that work on his later album "Lady's Fancy" (featuring musical giants like Sam Bush and Vince Gill).

At the time of this recording there were only a few giants of flatpicked steel string guitar in this field: Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake and Dan Crary.

For Flatpickers, this is "flatpicking 101".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cosmic hillbilly jazz pickin' party!, April 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bluegrass Guitar (Audio CD)

This is an incredible album of instrumental bluegrass. Mr. Crary picks some of the smoothest, fasted guitar runs that I have ever heard. Great guitar/banjo interchange and pulsating acoustic bass. Try this one on the highway or with your mornin' coffee.

5.0 out of 5 stars Flatpicking Master Wails on 30 year-old Iconic Recording, February 21, 2009

By 

Patricia Hennessy "CD Cellar 4" (USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Bluegrass Guitar (Vinyl)

Before I wanted to play like Bryan Sutton and Chris Thile I wanted to play like Tony Rice. Before THAT we ALL wanted to play like Dan Crary. His playing from this era (I think this recording is late 60s or early 70s) was fast and fluid and innovative and, frankly, this recording is pretty much only limited by his supporting cast. I remember listening to the vinyl of this 30 years ago and wishing the banjo and fiddle breaks would end so that Deacon Dan would come back in wailing with those big, lightning-fast solos. He also, rightly, prided himself on his ability to put an artistic nuanced touch to pieces that were less up-tempo. Dan Crary turned heads playing this music the way contemporary Jimi Hendrix did playing electric guitar.
The "Devil's Dream" cut became so well-known that a shop in Japan named itself "The Devil's Dream" because of it, and Mr. Crary revisited that work on his later album "Lady's Fancy" (featuring musical giants like Sam Bush and Vince Gill).

At the time of this recording there were only a few giants of flatpicked steel string guitar in this field: Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake and Dan Crary.

For Flatpickers, this is "flatpicking 101".

Review by Mark J Fowler