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Jerry Granelli: Sandhills Reunion
ByThe music, composed variously by members of the band, swells with swirling reedsclarinet, bass clarinet, baritone sax, cello/bass/guitar, and Granelli's drums. It blows moody and cool around Eckert's words like a prairie fog; or chugs into a reedy bump and grind on "Just Angels," a tale that takes us into a bygone "Godforsaken den of inequity."
Sandhill Reunion is unlike anything I've heard, but the mood it drawsgoing back more than thirty yearsis the same as that of Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding or the Band's The Band : odd, folksy, sometimes surreal tales, very American in nature, told with a simple eloquence entwined with superb yet understated musicianship. An odd, poignant masterpiece.
Track Listing
Like a Ghost in the Grass; Our Particular Tragedy; 20 Questions for an Outlaw; Nolan; River of Glass; Your Voice; Just Angels; Last Light; Little White Suit; Never to See You; Smart Women; Spun Like a Spur
Personnel
Jerry Granelli
drumsRinde Eckert (voice), Francois Houle (clarinet), Jeff Reilly (bass clarinet), David Mott (baritone Saxophone), Christoph Both (cello), Christian Kogel (electric and acoustic guitars), J. Anthony Granelli (bass, lap steel guitar), Jerry Granelli (drums, samples)
Album information
Title: Sandhills Reunion | Year Released: 2005 | Record Label: Songlines Recordings
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