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The Iowa Waltz
''The Iowa Waltz'' is an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. It was re-issued in 1984 by Red House Records. It was their very first release, carrying the issue number "01" of the newly formed label. 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 databas ..., music critic David Freedlander wrote of the album "As sweet as a watermelon on a hot summer afternoon, and as a beautifully simple as dusty country road, Greg Brown's Iowa Waltz shows the man who later was to become one of the greatest folk singers of his generation at his earliest and most casually sublime... If Iowa Waltz doesn't stir your soul, then check your pulse." Track listing All songs by Greg Brown # "The Iowa Waltz" – 3:50 # "Mississippi Serenade" – 3:35 # "Counting Feedcaps" – 3: ...
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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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Career

During the 1980s Brown toured and had recurring performances on ''''. Brown self-published two albu ...
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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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44 & 66
''44 & 66'' is an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. It was released in 1980 on Rose Alley Records. It was re-issued in 1984 on Red House Records, the second release by the newly formed label. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jeff Schwachter wrote the album "is a moodier album than Iowa Waltz, and Brown's songwriting takes a sharper turn into wider topical spaces and shows traces of the talents that would become developed to a fuller extent on his following release... This is an early album from one of the most enduring careers in contemporary songwriting and should not be overlooked." Track listing Personnel * Greg Brown – vocals, guitar * Chuck Henderson – guitar * Dave Moore – harmonica * Ron Rohovit – bass * Al Soucek – clarinet * Prudence Johnson Prudence Johnson is an American folk and jazz singer. Early life and education Johnson grew up in a musical family in Moose Lake, Minnesota. She earned a bachelor's degr ...
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One Night (Greg Brown Album)
''One Night'' is an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. It was re-released on CD by Red House Records. It was during this concert at the Minneapolis folk club Coffeehouse Extempore that Red House Records founder Bob Feldman heard and met Greg Brown. He later reissued Brown's first two albums. The CD reissue of ''One Night'' adds five songs from the same show. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jeff Burger wrote of the album "The album finds Brown's talent in full bloom. The warmth, humor, deft phrasing, and compelling lyrics that his later albums display are all here. Brown was already a great storyteller, a fine observer of the human condition, and a folk singer to be reckoned with. If you like his later recordings, this is a very safe purchase. And if you're new to Brown, it's as good a place to start as any." Jim Musser of '' No Depression'' wrote of the album "Longtime Brown followers will, no doubt, rejoice at the availability of this glimpse of the nascent ...
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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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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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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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