Slant 6 Mind

Greg Brown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 21, 1997)
• Original Release Date: October 21, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red House
• ASIN: B000001BBK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,763 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Greg's best albums!, December 26, 2000

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R. Hutchinson "autonomeus" (a world ruled by fossil fuels and fossil minds) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slant 6 Mind (Audio CD)

This is Greg Brown's best yet! He turned some sort of corner with Further in (96), some sort of move toward the older, wiser and more moving, but with Slant 6 Mind he has produced his masterpiece. I saw him with Bo Ramsey at the University of Utah this fall, and it was amazing to hear the sound produced by just the two of them. Bo watches the strings as he plays bluesy electric guitar, and so his cowboy hat is always low over his face and he bobs and weaves around so energetically on his skinny legs, it's a wonder he doesn't fall over. The album starts out strong with the title track, a bitter attack on the commodification of everything: "I was looking for what I loved... Whatever it was, it's gone." The best song, and the album's centerpiece, is "Billy From the Hills," for and about Greg's father. What is celebrated here is a life of integrity, a real life close to the land:

"You can strip the trees, foul the streams, try to hide in progressive dream, ease into the comfort that kills. Before I do that, I'll grab my pack and disappear with Billy from the hills."

Greg's father was a preacher, and despite Greg's humor and earthiness, he is clearly passing on some strong moral teaching.
Another great Greg Brown album from 2006 is The Evening Call!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful. Intense. Midwestern., December 11, 1998

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Alan Ellis ([e-mail]) (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slant 6 Mind (Audio CD)

Want to know what life in the small-town Midwest feels like? This album catches the feel of my childhood in Minnesota and Iowa completely. This is easily one of the best albums I've ever listened to. The music hits you like a massive hammer, knocks you down and leaves you hungry for more.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only American poet with something to say, September 2, 2005

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Benedict P. Mercadante "Ben Mercadante" (Odessa, Fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slant 6 Mind (Audio CD)

Brown takes you from some backwoods small town sawdust pile right into the armpit grit of the modern world of urban distortion,tecnology,cynicism and everything in between. But the real human element is always there, the good the bad and the who give's a damn...you just got to listen. For most it does not come easy, but the truth usually hurts...and once you hear it you get hooked.Both Bo Ramsey's and Greg Brown's playing is unbelievable, the musical blend of these two wizards is a tapestry of "less is more" in a style most muscians never achieve, the ultimate fusionists. I was floored when I first heard this six or seven years back, and I just re-purchased ...it's all as relevent or more so then ever. Brown has timeless raw insights to share, Americana a la 21st century. Mr. Brown has a stack of albumns, I have heard most and never found the music or prose lacking.Thank you Mr. Brown.