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The Poet Game
''The Poet Game'' is an album by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 1994. Reception Writing for Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ..., music critic Richard Meyer wrote of the album "Greg Brown's latest release is somber and streetwise with more political undertones than his previous CDs... Production is simple and in a few cases one would have liked to hear a bit more thought given to the instrumental arrangement, but still this is a fine stripped-to-the-bone songwriter album by one of the premiere contemporary writers." Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "Neither" rating. Track listing All songs by Greg Brown. # "Brand New '64 Dodge" – 3:49 # "Boomtown" – 3:17 # "Poet Game" – 5:30 # "Ballingall Hotel" – 5:42 # "One ...
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Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at  revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ...
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Greg Brown (folk Musician)
Greg Brown (born Gregory Dane Brown July 2, 1949) is an American folk musician from Iowa. Early life Brown was born into a musical family, and his father was a Pentecostal minister. He grew up in the Hacklebarney region of southwestern Iowa, which he describes as "hill country." Brown spent several years traveling with a band before returning to Iowa, where he performed live and pursued his songwriting career.Aspen Times News interview.
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Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk rev ...
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Red House Records
Red House Records is an independent folk and Americana record label in St. Paul, Minnesota. The label was founded in 1983 by Bob Feldman after seeing a performance by Iowa folk singer Greg Brown. Origin The label is named for a farmhouse in Iowa where Brown was living when he started it. After Brown's albums ''44 & 66'' and ''The Iowa Waltz'' were released in 1981 and 1982, it briefly went dormant until he met Bob Feldman in 1983. Feldman took over operation of the record label, while Brown focused on his musical endeavors, as he had just signed on to regularly perform on the radio program ''A Prairie Home Companion''. Feldman was known for his business philosophy of wanting "to provide a home and environment in which creative artists can make albums in total freedom—without interference from mogul types just looking for the next hit single." The first album released on the newly restarted label was Brown's ''In the Dark with You''. Over the next few years, the label focus ...
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Bathtub Blues
''Bathtub Blues'' is an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown (folk musician), Greg Brown, released in 1993. It is directed towards children and uses a children's chorus on many of the songs. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Tim Sheridan called the album "As kids' records go, you could do a lot worse..." Track listing All songs by Greg Brown except as noted. # "I See the Moon" (Public Doman) # "Late Night Radio" # "Bathtub Blues" # "Payday" (Brown, Hurt) # "So Long, You Old Tooth" # "Green Leaf" # "Young Robin" # "Down at the Sea Hotel" # "Shake Sugaree" (Cotten) # "Flabbergabble" # "I Remember When" # "Four Wet Pigs" # "Monsters & Giants" # "Two Little Boys" (Public Domain) # "You Might as Well Go to Sleep" # "I See the Moon" (Public Domain) Personnel *Greg Brown – vocals, guitar, harmonica *Acacia Bjerke – vocals *Vanessa Bjerke – vocals *Constie Brown – vocals *Zoe Brown – vocals *Amara Hank – vocals *Karene Hank – vocals *Pat Donohue – guitar ...
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The Live One
''The Live One'' is the title of a live album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. It was recorded at JR's Warehouse, Traverse City, Michigan in June 1994. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richard Meyer wrote of the album "This is very informal recording with bits of tuning and chit-chat. The songs, of course, carry the day." Track listing All songs by Greg Brown except as noted. # "Just by Myself" – 6:49 # "Billy from the Hills" – 6:18 # "Boomtown" – 3:04 # "Spring Wind" – 4:20 # "Laughing River" – 6:22 # "You Drive Me Crazy" – 4:41 # "Canned Goods" – 13:47 # "I Don't Want to Have a Nice Day" – 3:28 # "Brand New '64 Dodge" – 3:04 # "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" ( Richard Thompson) – 5:16 # "One More Goodnight Kiss" – 4:53 # "Moondance" (Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven deca ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ...
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Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ...
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Robert Christgau
Robert Thomas Christgau ( ; born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist. Among the most well-known and influential music critics, he began his career in the late 1960s as one of the earliest professional rock critics and later became an early proponent of musical movements such as hip hop, riot grrrl, and the import of African popular music in the West. Christgau spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for ''The Village Voice'', during which time he created and oversaw the annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. He has also covered popular music for ''Esquire'', ''Creem'', ''Newsday'', ''Playboy'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Billboard'', NPR, ''Blender'', and ''MSN Music'', and was a visiting arts teacher at New York University. CNN senior writer Jamie Allen has called Christgau "the E. F. Hutton of the music world – when he talks, people listen." Christgau is best known for his terse, letter-graded capsule album reviews, composed in a concentrat ...
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Gordon Johnson (musician)
Gordon "Gordy" Johnson, (born 1952) is an American double bassist and bass guitarist who has toured and/or recorded with Roy Buchanan, Bill Carrothers, Lorie Line, Chuck Mangione, Dewey Redman, Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, Paul Winter Consort, Cliff Eberhardt, Maynard Ferguson, Becky Schlegel, Benny Weinbeck, Bradley Joseph, and Stacey Kent. He is the older brother of bassist Jimmy Johnson. Discography As leader * ''Gordon Johnson Trios'' (Tonalities, 1996) * ''Trios V.2'' (Tonalities, 2002) * ''Trios Version 3.0'' (Tonalities, 2005) * ''GJ4'' (Tonalities, 2008) * ''Trios No. 5'' (Tonalities, 2010) As sideman With Bill Carrothers * ''Shine Ball'' (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005) With Laura Caviani * ''Holly, Jolly, and Jazzy'' (Marbles: The Brain Store, 2013) With Todd Clouser * ''A Love Electric'' (Todd Clouser's A Love Electric, 2010) With Dave Graf * ''Just Like That'' (Artegra, 2005) With Mary Louise Knutson * ''Call Me When You Get There'' (Meridian Jazz, 2001) * '' ...
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Greg Brown (folk Musician) Albums
Gregory Brown may refer to: Art * Greg Brown (painter) (born 1951), American painter from Palo Alto, California * F Gregory Brown (1887–1941), British artist Music * Greg Brown (folk musician) (born 1949), American folk musician * Greg Brown (rock musician), original guitarist for the band Cake * Gregory Brown, classical pianist and member of The 5 Browns * Gregory W. Brown (born 1974), American composer * Greg Brown, disc jockey for WLS-FM in Chicago Sports * Greg Brown (American football coach) (born 1957), defense coach for the Arizona Wildcats * Greg Brown (defensive lineman) (born 1957), retired American football defensive lineman * Greg Brown (Australian rules footballer) (born 1943), premiership player * Greg Brown (baseball coach) (born 1980), American baseball coach * Greg Brown (basketball, born 1972), American basketball coach and former player * Greg Brown III (born 2001), American basketball player * Greg Brown (footballer, born 1962), former All White and Soccero ...
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