Songbones

Grayson Capps

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: HYENA
• ASIN: B000VKL0LC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #36,316 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

Word of this album has been circulating among Grayson Capps' fans for years. Recorded in 2003--two years before his debut album "If You Knew My Mind"--this magical, stripped-down session features Grayson on acoustic guitar and his longtime friend Tom Marron on fiddle. Recorded at New Orleans' 9th Street Pickin Parlor, Grayson let the tape roll, cutting the entire album in less than five hours. Appropriately titled "Songbones," Grayson's original renditions of songs like "Washboard Lisa," "I Can't Hear You," "Slidell" and "Mermaid," that have since become staples in his repertoire, are featured. Also included are rarities that have never been officially released like "Junior & The Old African Queen," "Guitar" and "Psychic Channel Blues." It's a pristine recording that captures Grayson's songwriting, voice and guitar-picking in all of its unadorned glory. Only 5000 copies of the album are being made available as a collector's piece for Grayson's diehard fans. "Songbones" is intimate, front porch music, honest, down-home and pure; all of the traits that make Grayson Capps one of the most important songwriters to emerge from the South in recent memory.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Purebred, October 30, 2007

By	Yves Vandezande (Belgium) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Well, that's it then. 3 microphones, two chairs, a guitar and a violin.
Recorded in 2002 before Stavin' Chain was a fact.
Some of these songs later found their way on Capps' albums, some are heard here for the first time on CD.
All of them however are worthy of release.
If you're a fan at all of Grayson Capps then get this acoustic document on the double.
It's great!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grayson Capps a Lucky Choice, January 14, 2008

By	Roland "Roland" (Hot Springs, SD) - See all my reviews

This CD Songbones was pitched at me with another cd and I deceided to try it, I liked the sound. This is now one of my favorite cds and I will definatly own more of his music soon. I highly reccomend this artist and his work, a unique voice and tempo. He has stories to tell, and a haunting voice to tell them with, Songbones is a very apt title.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like acoustic? love this., September 4, 2008

By	Michael Dunn "Mike D" (Dirty Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I stumbled on to this artist and bought the cd having never heard him.Great decision.The songwriting and craftsmanship is superb...I will be checking out more Capps.A great and rare find.