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- Date Released: February 25, 2003
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Bluegrass
- Label: Pinecastle / The Orchard
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They Say...
Ross Nickerson's Blazing the West is an odd little curio on which the noted bluegrass banjo player adapts 13 Western cowboy songs (both traditional folk songs and more recent works in the style like Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose" or Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In") for five-string banjo. The results just sound odd, because the banjo was not a familiar instrument in the American West, where the guitar was the folk instrument of choice, and therefore the tunes sound a bit alien, like punk songs adapted for a string quartet. Nickerson plays very well throughout, as do his accompanists (including the Western swing band Riders in the Sky, who essay the track that inspired their name), but it's difficult to get around the fact that Blazing the West is at its root a flawed idea executed with great skill, making the album a mildly intriguing curio at best.
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| 01. |  |
El Cumbanchero |
3:45 |
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| 02. | |
San Antonio Rose |
3:08 |
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| 03. | |
Garcia |
3:17 |
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| 04. | |
Panhandle Rag |
3:53 |
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| 05. | |
Ghost Riders In The Sky |
3:29 |
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| 06. | |
Texas Blues |
3:36 |
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| 07. | |
Red River Valley |
2:34 |
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| 08. | |
Gunslinger's Blues |
4:35 |
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| 09. | |
Lonesome Cowboy |
3:18 |
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| 10. | |
Jesse James |
3:00 |
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| 11. | |
Don't Fence Me In |
2:16 |
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| 12. | |
Standing Eagle |
1:59 |
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| 13. | |
Streets Of Laredo |
4:13 |
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13 Total Tracks, 43:03 Total Length
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Credits
- Butch Baldassari - Mandolin // Butch Baldassari - Mandolin // Butch Baldassari - Mandolin // Butch Baldassari - Mandolin // Butch Baldassari - Mandolin // David Grier - Guitar // Laurie Lewis - Fiddle // Darol Anger - Fiddle // Darol Anger - Fiddle // Darol Anger - Fiddle // Barrie Bernard - Mastering // Mike Bub - Bass // Joe Craven - Mandolin // Rob Ickes - Dobro // Peter McLaughlin - Guitar // Jim Nunally - Engineer // Tim O'Brien - Mandolin // Tom Riggs - Executive Producer // Tom Rozum - Mandolin // Tom Size - Engineer // Brent Truitt - Engineer // Billy Jewell - Cover Art // Too Slim - Bass // Woody Paul - Fiddle // Ranger Doug - Guitar // Ranger Doug - Guitar (Rhythm) // Ranger Doug - Liner Notes // Kathy Bowen - Project Coordinator // Bob Murray - Art Direction // Bob Murray - Design // Bill Cashman - Engineer // Bill Cashman - Mixing // Ben Wilborn - Fiddle // Ross Nickerson - Banjo // Ross Nickerson - Arranger // Ross Nickerson - Producer // Ross Nickerson - Mixing // Jeff Morrison - Photography
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