FIDDLISTICS: Darol Anger 1978

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thaddeus183 to say that I truly love this record is the ultimate understatement. I too was totally unaware of its release in 1978, having purchased David's first LP as well as Dawg. I guess that's the way it goes or at least it went back in '78 where there was no internet and I lived on the East Coast far away from the Bay Area. I am thrilled about is that I discovered this a few months back and it's just an amazing listen each and every time that I do. Thank you Darol. You're top shelf in my book

JennyDinva Oh boy, oh boy, I love this album and have no idea why I didn't know about it in 1978, but thrilled that I do now. Outstanding jazz that can be listened to and swept away with all day every day. Masterful!

tok_brew I used to play this album regular rotation, along with David Grisman all the time back in the late 70s/early 80s. Really glad to have found it on Band Camp. My vinyl is pretty beat. Classic

pilotdrew85 Still just amazing music 42 years later! Favorite track: KEY SIGNATOR.

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Tracks are Hi-Rez 196k FLAC transfers by Tim Ware from an previously unplayed test pressing, 2020. 2 Bonus live tracks of the Ook N' M band: Tony Rice, Mike Marshall, Todd Phillips & Darol in North Carolina, 1999

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1.	KEY SIGNATOR 04:29	info	buy track
2.	Blue Midnite 03:42	info	buy track
3.	OLD GREY COAT 05:17	info	buy track
4.	MOOSE THE MOOCHE 05:08	info	buy track
5.	RIDE THE WILD TURKEY 02:49	info	buy track
6.	THE DYSENTERY STOMP 04:24	info	buy track
7.	BRANN ST. SONATA 03:41	info	buy track
8.	OLD FOLKIES 04:21	info	buy track
9.	MEGATONES 07:23	info	buy track
10.	Dysentery Stomp '99 05:09	info	buy track
11.	Key Signator '99 05:37	info	buy track

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This recording was the second release by Kaliedoscope records in 1978, 2 years after the first David Grisman Quintet recording. It featured Anger’s first original material and two newcomers to the Bay Area, Mike Marshall and Barbara Higbie,who went on to work with Anger and others in a panoply of musical groups including Ook N’ M, the Duo, Saheeb, The Montreux Band, Psychograss, the Anger/Higbie Duet, etc.

Fiddlistics was made with the core band of Tony, Mike, and Todd. That band's name became Ook N'M (after an onomatopoeic word suggested by legendary bassist Buell Neidlinger) while Grisman was on the east coast making the soundtrack for and appearing in Frederico DeLaurentis' feature film King Of The Gypsies. This was just prior to starting work on Grisman’s breakthrough recording, Hot Dawg.

'Brann Street Sonata' eventually caught the ear of a young musical entrepreneur named Will Ackerman, and was the impetus for a string of Windham Hill recordings.

'Ride The Wild Turkey' was eventually covered by Jerry Douglas and Alison Krauss, and has become a minor bluegrass standard. This recording features Robert Bowden on banjo.

“Moose The Mooche” marked a historic never-to-be repeated meeting between jazz great Jessica Williams on piano and legendary Texas Swing 5-string electric mandolinist Tiny Moore. DGQ bassist Bill Amatneek played bass.

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released May 10, 1978

DAROL ANGER’s debut recording, featuring Tony Rice, Mike Marshall, and Todd Phillips...
with Barbara Higbie, Tiny Moore, Jessica Williams, Bill Amatneek, Robert Bowden, George Stavis, David Balakrishnan and Joe Weed.
Produced By Darol Anger. Recorded by Billy Wolf to 15 IPS analog tape at 1750 Arch Studios, Berkeley, CA 1978. Mixed at Wally Heider (Hyde Street) SF, CA.
Super-Hi-Rez FLAC transfers by Tim Ware from an previously unplayed test pressing, 2020.
Original artwork by Deborah Kaspari. front photo: Irene Young. 1980 Quartet photo: Heather Hafleigh. 2001 Quartet photo: Dave Sinko. Visit www.darolanger.com

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Darol Anger has helped drive the evolution of contemporary violin through pathbreaking ensembles such as his Republic Of Strings, the Turtle Island String Quartet, the David Grisman Quintet, Montreux, Psychograss, and others. Composing, teaching, and performing internationally since 1977, he has produced numerous important recordings and soundtracks. ... more

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