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Get Ready to Go Retro!
Traditional music masters David Grisman, John Hartford, and Mike Seeger
have joined forces to create Retrograss (ACD-37), a unique musical exploration
of popular songs recreated in classic American folk styles. Imagine Otis
Redding's "Dock of the Bay" in Jimmie Rodgers style, Bob Dylan's "Maggie's
Farm" ala Dock Boggs, Elvis Presley's "Hound Dawg" in the style of Charlie
Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers or Chuck Berry's "Memphis" with
John Hartford's bouncy backwoods fiddle playing and vocals. Even the Beatles
can't escape Retrograss, as "When I'm Sixty-Four" is transplanted from
the Isle of Wight to the hills of Tennessee as an old ragtime string band
number. Retrograss, with 17 memorable tracks produced and performed by
David, John and Mike, is a musical delight -- thought-provoking and just
plain old good fun.
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