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Vassar Clements & The Little Big Band Press
Jonathan McEuen & Phil Salazar Press
David Amram Press
Vassar Clements & The Little Big Band Press
"While the one-size-fits-all band peels off flawless solos, Clements is subtly amazing, slicing out a riff or improvising with an unexpected flourish. The current crop of Squirrel and Daddy bands may be entertaining, but it's Clements who's the real swing thing."
Dan Willging - Dirty Linen
"Clements
shows the diversity of his playing as he an the band flit across musical boundaries with
reckless abandon....Ultimately, this album further highlights Clements' expansive musical
skills."
Mickey Skidmore - Relix Magazine
"Clements
is an endlessly inventive solo and ensemble player who is comfortable with virtually any
style. This aptly titled CD puts him in a new context: a horn-heavy, swinging
"little" Big Band.
Blair Jackson - Mix Magazine
"Vassar
Clements fiddles his way through this splendid offering of 'Hillbilly Jazz', with
Bluegrass and Swing nuances. Eleven tracks of pure delight....Broaden your musical
horizons and listen to the man who sings, 'There ain't nothing better than Hillbilly
Jazz,' because he's got a point."
Carla Hanson - Glasgow University Guardian
Jonathan McEuen & Phil Salazar Press
The late Jerry
Garcia had a particular affinity for bluegrass music . . . It's a sure bet he'd appreciate
his songs being given a bluegrass treatment
on Phil Salazar and Jonathan McEuen's upcoming "A Tribute To Jerry Garcia."
Deborah Evans Price - Billboard Magazine
Great! "Eyes of the World" sounded great in my show.
David Gans
- "The Grateful Dead Hour"
Jonathan McEuen & Phil Salazar and friends have created a wonderful album with all the
songs we associate with Jer. This is so good.
Grateful
Dead Productions
Attention all Jerry Garcia fans: the first musical tribute album to the leader of the
Grateful Dead is now available. And you better like bluegrass. Garcia, who may have
personified roots music before the term existed, would undoubtedly have enjoyed Salazar's
and McEuen's take on some of Garcia's tunes.
Crystal
Caviness - UPI
The first project honoring the late Grateful Dead hero is a bluegrass interpretation of
the jam band's rock. Fiddler Phil Salazar and guitarist Jonathan McEuen lead the way, with
assists from guests.
USA Today
Well, it doesn't look as if the tribute albums are going to stop anytime soon . . . One of
the best, however, is a little bluegrass album called "A Tribute to Jerry
Garcia" (Chrome Records). Jonathan McEuen -- son of John McEuen, of the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band fame -- and Phil Salazar have joined forces to shed new acoustic light on some
of these Deadhead faves.
Scott
Iwasaki, Music Editor, Desert News, Salt Lake City, UT
This is a CD that is going to be enjoyed by Dead Heads, bluegrass fanciers and people who
just plain like good pickin'.
Louise Carroll, New Castle News, PA
High energy
bluegrass versions of some of the best known tunes by the
Grateful Dead. Garcia was a bluegrass fan his entire life and this homespun
psychedelia is a worthy memorial.
Stephen L.
Betts, Editor, CMT Magazine
"Amram, who spent most of his life in the
South, captures the essence of life there with 'Southern Stories.' Eloquently, yet
simply, he weaves story and song into a snapshot of the South."
Crystal Caviness - UPI
"Applying his considerable composing
expertise to 'Southern Stories,' Amram has come up with a CD that deserves a prominent
place in any music lover's collection."
Diane Samms Rush - Wichita Eagle
"I can't imagine a more appropriate recording
to initiate a category-free review series. This is an album you'll brag about owning
twenty years from now, if , of course, you get a copy now."
Bill Littleton - The Bridgeworks
"David Amram is one of the most versatile and skilled musicians
America has every produced..."
The Washington Post
"David Amram was multi-cultural before multi-culturalism existed."
The New York Times
"McEuen joins with Southern California musicians for some fine
picking and grinning, most broadly on a non-Artistic version of 'Kiss.'"
Mikel Toombs
"This may well be John McEuen's best album since he left the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band back in 1987. And that's saying a lot, because he's and some pretty spectacular projects through the years."
Keith Lawrence (Bluegrass Notes)
"Overall , McEuen's style is somewhere between that of John
Hartford and comedian Steve Martin. It's a most agreeable mixture, one that needs no
amplification - either electronically or by additional players."
Variety
Finally, we can take John home with us after the concert to entertain us any time we get a "hankerin'" to be entertained. "Round Trip" is a live recording which includes some of his favorite ways to astound us with his banjo and guitar skills. But more important than his musical skills - to me anyhow - are his entertainment skills.
Barry
Willis, Bluegrass Record Reviewer, Pow'r Pickin'
This
what we've come to expect from John McEuen, which is not to suggest any degree of
predictability. I've seen him live in various ensemble and solo
configurations and it's always a warm, happy show with at least a morsel or two of
unexpected stuff. This is his first live album, done "back home" in
Southern California (hence the title) and the overall effect is that a crew that dares
call itself the L.A. String Wizards can entertain themselves anywhere and blow an audience
away in the process. Maybe it's time for variety to return to TV and for McEuen to do it.
Even without the video, this gig is a damn good pilot.
Bill
Littleton, The Bridgeworks, Nashville, TN
Round Trip is an extremely eclectic album. Take a trip back in time listening to the Sheik
of Araby. Discover the jazz sounds of Night Flight. From the NGDB's biggest, Mr.
Bojangles, to a cover of Prince's (Sorry, the Artist Formerly Known As....) Kiss, this
album takes you along on a fun trip through 16 songs. But, don't be fooled, this is not
the end of the trip for John McEuen, it is just another renaissance for him and a
tremendous series of beginnings for son, Jonathan.
Randi
Radcliff, Country Star, Fort Lauderdale, FL
John McEuen, the multi-instrumentalist who gave the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band its bluegrass
roots, is back with an eclectic and fun, live recording, which emphasizes the sheer range
of McEuen's skills on banjo as well as guitar and mandolin, the formidable chops of the
latest incarnation of his L.A. String Wizards Band, and the stories and banter of a
concert setting.
HK,
Bluegrass Unlimited
McEuen should have added Microphone to his arsenal of instruments long ago-Round Trip
confirms it.
Jerry Mills,
Rocky Mt. Bluegrass, KCKK FM, Denver, CO
John McEuen seems to be blessed with a wealth of musical ideas. And he's got the talent to
deliver those ideas in a variety of ways, all of which include a big dose of fun.
Only a small percentage of great musicians are also great entertainers. John is one
of the few. And he is one of the best.
Orin
Friesen, KFDI, Wichita, KS
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