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ABNG: The Bluegrass Tribute to the GGDs
« on: Jun 25th, 2009, 12:12pm » |
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News: A Boy Named Blue The Bluegrass Tribute to The Goo Goo Dolls
BMNN wrote: on Jun. 25, 2009:
Los Angeles, CA -- CMH Records' A Boy Named Blue: The Bluegrass Tribute to the Goo Goo Dolls continues the label's successful tribute series. They've already taken fist-pumping anthems from hard rockers like Van Halen, Metallica, and Green Day successfully down the rolling, dusty bluegrass road, and now CMH Records is getting ready to top that success with the July 28 release of A Boy Named Blue: The Bluegrass Tribute to the Goo Goo Dolls. With percussion and liner notes by none other than Goo Goo Dolls drummer Mike Malinin, this collection is the definitive album for fans of the Buffalo-based rockers and for anyone who loves great bluegrass music.
Maybe it's Goo Goo Dolls lead singer/songwriter John Rzeznik's Buffalo-bred, blue collar songwriting sensibility, but all of these songs – from worldwide smash hits like "Iris," "Name," "Slide," "Here is Gone," "Black Balloon" and "Broadway" to fan favorites like "Acoustic #3" and "Without You Here" – sound as if they were written expressly for the bluegrass genre. A lot of the credit for that seamless metamorphosis goes to Iron Horse, the five-man, Muscle Shoals, Alabama-based bluegrass outfit that reinterpreted these rock radio classics.
But the genesis for A Boy Named Blue came from Malinin himself, who has long counted the 1962 release, Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall, among his all-time favorite records. Up until recently, it was the only bluegrass record in his collection. After becoming a fan of Pickin' On Modest Mouse, another CMH release, the drummer contacted the label, and one thing led to another. Hearing Iron Horse's freewheeling take on the Goo Goo Dolls' songs sealed the deal for Malinin.
"I was really excited when I heard these recordings," says Malinin, who wound up contributing percussion to some of the tracks. "It was almost scary how well John's songs hold up in a completely different genre. The point is that great music transcends genre. It's great to be in a band that got'picked on.' I couldn't be happier."
http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid =6466
I'm really curious to hear these songs. I really like certain types of Bluegrass ... especially Allison Krauss and Union Station.
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Re: ABNG: The Bluegrass Tribute to the GGDs
« Reply #1 on: Jun 25th, 2009, 12:45pm » |
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This is soooo cool!
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« Reply #2 on: Jun 25th, 2009, 3:03pm » |
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Hey Lauren! Long time no see. How have you been?
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« Reply #3 on: Jun 25th, 2009, 4:05pm » |
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I am unreasonably excited for this.
Also, I love the weird things Mike gets this band into.
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« Reply #4 on: Jun 27th, 2009, 11:07pm » |
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I just heard it on the web...it's a piece of crap. I think it's by the same exact guy that did the other tribute. I'm sick of people like that who are trying to make money by covering artists, regardless of how horrible they are at it.
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Re: ABNG: The Bluegrass Tribute to the GGDs
« Reply #5 on: Jun 28th, 2009, 9:10am » |
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If you listened to the samples on Amazon, then you actually heard the original tribute from that crappy band Soft. Amazon has the wrong thing up as samples.
You can hear bluegrass BITL on iTunes right now. Also, if you go to Iron Horse's website, you can hear a lot of samples of other albums they have put out.
Also, Mike is obviously supportive of this project since he initiated the project and wrote the liner notes. I think that puts this album in a different category than the Soft tribute, etc.
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« Reply #6 on: Jun 30th, 2009, 11:02am » |
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on Jun 28th, 2009, 9:10am, nmf016 wrote:If you listened to the samples on Amazon, then you actually heard the original tribute from that crappy band Soft. Amazon has the wrong thing up as samples.
You can hear bluegrass BITL on iTunes right now. Also, if you go to Iron Horse's website, you can hear a lot of samples of other albums they have put out.
Also, Mike is obviously supportive of this project since he initiated the project and wrote the liner notes. I think that puts this album in a different category than the Soft tribute, etc. |
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I saw several BITLs on iTunes. There was one from the Pickin' On Series. Is that the right one?
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Re: ABNG: The Bluegrass Tribute to the GGDs
« Reply #7 on: Jun 30th, 2009, 9:57pm » |
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I think this will be a fun time. 
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Re: ABNG: The Bluegrass Tribute to the GGDs
« Reply #8 on: Jul 14th, 2009, 10:42pm » |
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So... I might have acquired this album today.*
And I might love it.
*If I did acquire it, it was in a totally legal manner on my part. Can't necessarily say the same about the other party...
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Re: ABNG: The Bluegrass Tribute to the GGDs
« Reply #9 on: Jul 15th, 2009, 11:32am » |
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Oooohh. I'm all curious now. I'm dying to hear this.
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