Midnight on the Water

David Bromberg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1974
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000029A6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,842 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DAVID BROMBERG AT ANY TIME, September 5, 2004

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Michael G. Batcho (McAdoo, PA (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight on the Water (Audio CD)

Back in 1973 at a small club in Philadelpha called "Grendle's Lair" i first saw and heard "the David Bromberg experience". i have been a fan and devoted listener to his music ever since. (Back in those days David had many of the finest artists record on his tracks . . . George Harrison, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Scaggs and many others who respected his musical artistry . . . he had been a sideman guitarist with Jerry Jeff Walker.)

This album, "Midnight On The Water" is one of his best contibutions. My favorite tracks on it are the really rockin' blues number "I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning" -- the truly bluesy, "Don't Put That Thing On Me" -- the hyped-up bluegrass of , "Dark Hollow".

The most evocative picture-painting instrumental track is the title cut: "Midnight On The Water" . . . just beautiful and even languishingly swampy.

One track that has speacial meaning for me because it was a high point of the live performance I attended in Philadelphia back in 1973 . . .complete with audience participation singing background at the concert is "Mr. Blue". David delivers it with the appropriate sadness tinged into his voice.

This album will undoubtedly last and last and last as his "high-point" contribution to America's musical heritage. David defies locking into any genre . . he's simply an artist . . . and an artist's artist . . no gimmicks . . no studio techno-manipulations and overtracking . . .just straight-out plain talent.

Thanks David Bromberg for the classic tracks you have layed down for us and for the ages!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Craftmanship - Wonderful Song Choices, May 9, 1998

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[e-mail] (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Midnight on the Water (Audio CD)

David Bromberg is a very good player. Midnight on the Water is a collection of songs that feature musicality but never overwhelms the song itself. (What A)Wonderful World features the backup singers of Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt! The range is from the happy-go-lucky I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning to the heart breaking The Joke's On Me. Two of the songs are instrumental - Yankee's Revenge and Midnight On The Water. Lots of picking and whistling, these songs help you feel what it must be like to have a lot of musicians playing together for the joy of it. After the double CD set, How Late'll Ya Play Til, Midnight On The Water is likely David's best CD.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bromberg album to own, February 11, 2002

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This review is from: Midnight on the Water (Audio CD)

Speaking as a devoted Bromberg follower, this is the best album to own. It's also the best album to give someone you are trying to interest in David. Don't Put That Thing On Me is a great song to listen to as you vacuum - don't ask - just pop on the headset and turn it up. Its an album to listen to on a hot afternoon with a cold beer, or to get up and waltz with your honey on a winter evening. Or you could waltz with your cold beer and listen with your honey, it's an easy album.