OK, first up this is not that Joe Walsh of The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get fame, and it sure as hell ain't Joe Walsh, Tea Party darling.
Nope this Joe Walsh is an amazing banjo playing genius. If you like bluegrass or American you will love this Joe Walsh.
Now I love this first track, sounds a bit like "Willie and the hand jive", but that's OK. Hand Jive was stolen from most all of Bo Diddley's tunes anyway. So maybe it's just a Diddley beat.
Ain't No One Like You / Sully's Little Favorite
Song appears on Joe Walsh's album , "Sweet Loam." Joe Walsh and the Stowaways at The FINCH Coffeehouse in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on January 21, 2011. The band members: Joe Walsh, mandolin, Erica Brown, fiddle, Matt Shipman, guitar, Steve Roy, bass, Ron Cody, banjo.
When a tune has "Breakdown" in the title you know you are in for a fast, enjoyable ride.
Wolfcat Breakdown
An original tune by Joe Walsh from his new album "Sweet Loam"
Joe Walsh (mandolin) Darol Anger (fiddle) Scott Law (guitar) Wes Corbett (banjo) and Karl Doty (bass)
Mole in the Ground
From Joe Walsh's CD "Sweet Loam" release at One Longfellow Square.
Joe Walsh (mandolin), Darol Anger (fiddle) Johnathan Edwards (harmony vocals) Karl Doty (bass) and Owen Marshall (guitar)
Now I've teased your appetite, check out the album right here, then I know you'll be rushing over to get it.
Sweet Loam is mandolinist Joe Walsh's second solo record, and is the product of several years worth of composing, playing, gigging and traveling within the greater bluegrass and folk community. Featuring some of the finest acoustic musicians found anywhere, including the Gibson Brothers (with whom Joe plays mandolin full time) and Darol Anger, the record is an eleven course musical menu of tastefulness. Made up of new tunes composed for the session, songs reimagined for this setting, and all around inspired playing, Sweet Loam is an exceptionally listenable record.
credits
released 29 March 2011
the players:
Joe Walsh - mandolin and vocals
Darol Anger - fiddle
Scott Law - guitar
Karl Doty - bass
Mike Block - cello
Wes Corbett - banjo
Leigh Gibson - guitar and vocals (tracks 7 and 8)
Eric Gibson - banjo and vocals (tracks 7 and 8)
Clayton Campbell - fiddle (tracks 7 and 8)
Mike Barber - bass (tracks 7 and 8)
Owen Marshall - guitar (tracks 3 and 6)
Matt Shipman - guitar (track 9)
Lincoln Meyers - guitar (track 2)
Amanda Kowalski - bass (track 2)
Maeve Gilchrist - vocals (track 5)
Lauren Rioux - fiddle (tracks 1, 4, and 5)
