Rowan Brothers [Import]

The Rowans | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Acadia
• ASIN: B00006JYV8
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,621 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hickory Day

2. All Together

3. The Best You Can

4. One More Time

5. Lay Me Down

6. The Wizard

7. Mama Dont You Cry

8. Gold

9. Love Will Conquer

10. Lady Of Laughter

11. Move On Down

12. Singin Song

Editorial Reviews

First time on CD for 1972 album. The Rowan Brothers' eponymous debut arrived with a great deal of hype, including an ad featuring a quote from Jerry Garcia, in which he stated that Chris and Lorin Rowan 'could be like the Beatles. They're that good.' Produced by Bill Wolf and David Grisman (credited as David Diadem). Guest appearances from Jerry Garcia & Bill Kreutzmann. Another forgotten relic from the late 60s and early 70s San Francisco music scene. Remastered. Acadia. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rowan's 1972 Pop/Folk /Psych debut MIA no longer!, November 8, 2007

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Les Gripkey (Boulder Creek, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I've looked for The Rowan Brothers 1972 debut album on CD for years. Another Columbia hype gone bad (Moby Grape being the other that comes to mind), which left an excellent debut album in it's wake. I love the unique sound of the production (David Grisman). No, it's not a folk sound; it is what I call pop/folk/psych ala 1972. Some albums have unique production sounds (Sunflower by The Beach Boys and Supersnazz by The Flamin' Groovies for example). The songs are strong, particularly The Best You Can, All Together, Move On Down (with Beatle vocal bits for fun) among others. I enjoy the music and the story behind it (good liner notes by Mick Skidmore).

4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Hippie Dream, May 4, 2010

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Doran Jensen "astroboy" (Canby Oregon) - See all my reviews
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Great to see this on CD. Lovely and high minded. A little known capsule of the true Hippie sentiment. It still resonates after all these years. A bit all over the place, with some psychedelia, some folk and some rock, but so were those days. We thought any avenue could and would bring us truth. Sit back and dream a little dream of freedom. Above all, enjoy!

3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A SWING AND A MISS!!!!, December 14, 2006

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M. Brust (Denton, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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Despite their good intentions-----or possibly the record co.'s marketing strategy at the time, this record IS as bad as you may have heard it was. Both of these guys have done worthy work over the course of their careers but this is not some of it. They had a stellar cast of session musicians -and Jerry Garcia said of them and this record,"They could be as good as the Beatles" Well, Jerry played on this record but these guys gained nothing from the experience. A truely embarrassing piece of work from an era noted for embarrassments.