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Tony Furtado Music Collection : Roll My Blues Away

Roll My Blues Away


Price: $11.67

Artist: Tony Furtado

  1. Waterslide
  2. The Ghost of Blind Willie Johnson
  3. The Stark Raven
  4. Can You Hear the Rain?
  5. Willow Tree - Tony Furtado, Traditional
  6. The Knave s Bane
  7. Song for Early
  8. Boat s Up the River - Tony Furtado, Traditional
  9. Bolinas
  10. Mudville
  11. Sundin
  12. Crow Canyon

On Roll My Blues Away, Tony Furtado combines his bluegrass banjo past and his slide-guitar blues future with a haunting, spare elegance that marks this as a superior acoustic-instrumental. Like Fleck and Cooder, Furtado has learned that the liberation of acoustic music lies not in playing more notes faster but in playing fewer notes with more feeling. On this album s 10 original instrumentals and two traditional songs, the arrangements are stripped down to focus on the strong melodies. His guitar sounds weary but content on the lovely Tex-Mex ballad, Song for Early, his banjo evokes the prickly dissatisfaction of the slow blues, Willow Tree, he plays both guitar and banjo on the nervous, restless tune, The Stark Raven. --Geoffrey Himes

Slide Heaven - A master of the slide guitar, and this album shows the nuances he s capable of. The vocals are great and the licks are fantastic.

The door opens - Every once in a great while, as a fan of music, you are allowed the opportunity to watch someone grow as a musician. You attend the shows, buy the CDs and hope for the best. For Tony Furtado, an exceptionally gifted musician by anyone s standards, the breakthrough was Roll My Blues Away.Before this CD I had always considered Tony a Bluegrass player. While I enjoy Bluegrass, it can be somewhat limiting in its appeal. This is the CD, the MOMENT, in which Tony changed that perception. This CD is blues, jazz, country, blues-grass and way too much fun. This CD took Tony from Bluegrass to Americana, embracing many forms of American music and blending them all in a seamless flow of emotion and positive energy.I smile every thime I think of this CD. I own three copies.. one for home, work and my car. The Waterslide and Can you Hear the Rain? are staples of the live Furtado performance. Every song is well recorded, clean, energetic and comfortable. The music challanges and invites. There isn t a bad cut on the CD. My only regret is that we had to wait another year or so for Tony to sing!

A Great Piece of Work - I saw Tony open up for Eric Johnson in Cleveland last week and he put on an amazing set. It was stipped down, just him along with his guitar/banjo/slide. If you like acoustic music that blends bluegrass & celtic sound, then I recommend Roll My Blues Away

Buy It for a Friend! - This is an amazing recording. I ve owned it for about two years and I still listen to it almost every week. I give it to friends and family for birthday and Christmas gifts. Unless you hate acoustic music, you will like this album. Tony excels at both slide guitar and banjo, and his guests (Kelly Jo Phelps, for instance) are a nice touch. I ve seen Tony play live several times, and he never fails to thrill me with his bluesy, celtic, bluegrass-tinged, old timey, newfangled music.

A Cut Above USDA Prime - Don t be lookin for bluegrass licks on this album - it is pure funk. Delightful, melodious, extremely listenable. This cd has a great mixture of tunes and styles so you won t get bogged down in that same-ol same-o. It s a little embarrasing that a guy from Florida had to tell me about a musician that lives a couple of miles from me, but I m damn glad he did.



Roll My Blues Away