Peter Rowan

Peter Rowan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flying Fish Records
• ASIN: B000000MEE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,733 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There's more to Panama Red than meets the eye., December 27, 1998

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This review is from: Peter Rowan (Audio CD)

This is the first album done solely by Peter Rowan and what an album. For those who love his Panama Red (bet that a lot of you newcomers did not know he, not Jerry Garcia, wrote this one!) you will find a whole new world opening up. This ain't your Pappy's bluegrass...but a wild and wooly adventure that is bound to appeal to anyone who decides to take that turn off the mainstream road and explore the many changes it has gone through. I remember Mr Rowan from his days with Bill Monroe, the late great Father of Bluegrass. He was a young performer then, learning the trade of a bluegrass musician...the ultimate in teamwork music...each part is important to creating that high lonesome sound Mr Monroe was fabled for. He later branched out and did Old And In The Way with Dave Grisman and Jerry Garcia...first highlighting Panama Red a la The Acoustic Dead. Twenty years ago, he went completely solo after stints with Seatrain to create this gem. So just find a sweetheart and a fireplace. Cuddle up. Fire this CD up and listen to "Outlaw Love", "Break My Heart Again", and "Midnite Moonlite" and take a magic carpet ride to the Great Southwest. While he does sprinkle a few of his tomes that shall I say, lionize his youthful love of the cannabis plant in "Panama Red" and "Free Mexican Airforce"....they are more amusing and funny than an exhortation to shall I say...inhale. All in all this album is totally timeless, fun and romantic and a must for any free-thinker's CD library...

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Groovy hippiebilly-stoner country-grass, July 10, 2002

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

Rowan's truegrass glory days came when he was in Bill Monroe's band back in the '66 edition, and then he went all traditional along with Jerry Garcia and the boys in Muleskinner and Old & In The Way... Somewhere in between came the disasterous would-be pop crossovers with Earth Opera and the Rowans (him and his no-account brothers...) Once all the dust settled, though, this turned out to be the album that he'll be remembered for, with several of his best-beloved (and most coherent) classic tunes. Noteably, there's the ultimate stoner/smuggler/pot farmer anthem, "Free Mexican Air Force", propelled by the gorgeous Tex-Mex accordion of his pal Flaco Jimenez, as well as the heady, peyote-inspired spirituality of "Midnight Moonlight", two songs which Rowan fans will never tire of... This album also solidifies his Southwestern desert-mystic mythologizing, a schtick he kept at for years with steadily diminishing results. Here's where it all gels for Peter Rowan... If you ever wondered what the fuss was about with this fellow, try this one out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is What Peter Rowan is All About!, January 1, 2004

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Keith Gorgas (Saranac Lake, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peter Rowan (Audio CD)

This one delivers the goods, baby! Singer, song writer, and guitarist Peter Rowan displays why his songs have shown up on so many other people's albums and why fans love him. Long ignored by "mainstream" country music but covered by so many folk and bluegrass musicians, Peter played with Jerry Garcia, mandolinist David Grisman, Herb Pederson, and Bill Monroe, just to name a few. His tunes have been covered by the New Riders of the Purple Sage and Emmylou Harris, but he is a great performer in his own right and this album plainly shows off his talents. The songs are memorable even if you never smoked dope, and the musicianship is impecable. You won't be able to listen to this CD just once. Buy and Enjoy!