Simple Pleasures

Alison Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 1991)
• Original Release Date: October 29, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EM7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,035 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mambo Banjo

2. Leaving Cottondale

3. Fantasy

4. Daytime TV

5. Wolf Moon

6. From the Coast

7. Weetabix

8. Bright and Early

9. Waltzing With Tula

10. Reddy Rooster

11. Sundaze

12. Simple Pleasures

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GRISMAN PROJECT., March 11, 2006

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Michael J. Jennings "MIKE JENNINGS" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simple Pleasures (Audio CD)

IF YOU LIKE DAVID GRISMAN'S "DAWG MUSIC" THIS RECORDING IS FOR YOU. THIS WAS RECORDED IN HIS STUDIO IN MILL VALLEY, CA AND MOST TRACKS FEATURE CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF HIS BAND. THE SOUND IS TYPICAL DAWG MUSIC, SORT OF JAZZY BLUEGRASS. SEVEN TRACKS ALSO FEATURE THE FIDDLE OF ALISON KRAUSS. AT THIS TIME (1990), HER BAND (UNION STATION) FEATURED ALISON BROWN ON BANJO.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb Instrumentation; Scripted Arrangments, August 27, 2001

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A Customer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simple Pleasures (Audio CD)

In many respects, this is a wonderful CD. The melodies are catchy, and the players--particularly Brown--are out of this world. There is, however, a scripted quality to the music--as if we're being treated to orchestral arrangments where each player is dutifully following the sheet music, as opposed to the more improvisational ethos I enjoy in other bluegrass. (Perhaps it's just a personal preference.) That said, I've played this album consistently when I've had dinner guests, and it never fails to draw raves from the visitors. It's a different sort of instrumental CD, and they always love it. I recommend it.