''Against The Grain'',
Acoustic Alchemy
Acoustic Alchemy is an English smooth jazz band formed in England in the early 1980s by Nick Webb and Simon James.
1981–1989: Early days
Acoustic Alchemy was formed around the acoustic guitars of Simon James ( nylon string) and Nick Webb ( ...
's 8th album, was released on 11 October 1994 under the
GRP label.
Despite having only ten tracks, ''Against the Grain'' manages to notch up a total play time of 53 minutes because of the band's experimentation with some longer, more drawn out tracks.
The most successful effort from this release was "Lazeez", one of two tracks from this album to appear on the compilation album, "The Very Best Of Acoustic Alchemy" (2002).
Track listing
Personnel
*Nick Webb - Steel String Guitar, 12 String
*Greg Carmichael - Nylon String Guitar
*Iain McArthur - Programming, Keys (Tracks 1 & 6)
*Rainer Bruninghaus - Piano, Keys (Track 3)
*John Parsons - Dobro (Track 1,7), Electric Guitar
*Paul Harriman - Bass
*Bert Smaak - Drums
*Luis Jardim - Percussion
*Phil Todd - Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute
*Terry Disley - Keys (Track 4,9)
*Jerry Douglas - Dobro (Track 5)
*Mike Herting - Keys (Track 7)
References
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Acoustic Alchemy albums
GRP Records albums
1994 albums