Tuesday, October 05, 2004
We all live in a yaller submarine
My new Mac has sent me pawing through my CD collection to rip the ones I want to keep.
Tonight I am reveling in "Beatle Country" recorded by the Charles River Valley Boys in 1966. Today we get Beatle musak and Beatle ads, but those were different times. In '65 Dylan had pissed off the folkies by going electric at Newport. Genre-bending was radical stuff.
The Charles River Valley Boys came out of the Boston folk scene. They brought virtuosity and an authentic bluegrass sound, but also a playful experimental attitude. "Beatle Country" is a timeless classic. The high lonesome bluegrass harmonies in "Baby's in Black" belong there. The playfulness of "Yaller Submarine" sound like just what Lennon and McCartney had in mind. And the mandolin intro to "Norwegian Wood" is a natural. The album is a gem.
Looks like Amazon is still selling it, too.
David I
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Tonight I am reveling in "Beatle Country" recorded by the Charles River Valley Boys in 1966. Today we get Beatle musak and Beatle ads, but those were different times. In '65 Dylan had pissed off the folkies by going electric at Newport. Genre-bending was radical stuff.
The Charles River Valley Boys came out of the Boston folk scene. They brought virtuosity and an authentic bluegrass sound, but also a playful experimental attitude. "Beatle Country" is a timeless classic. The high lonesome bluegrass harmonies in "Baby's in Black" belong there. The playfulness of "Yaller Submarine" sound like just what Lennon and McCartney had in mind. And the mandolin intro to "Norwegian Wood" is a natural. The album is a gem.
Looks like Amazon is still selling it, too.
David I
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