Cat. No. 2911: ANDY BAYLOR ~ ARCADIANA. NO LABEL. CAT. No. AB-04 03.
LONG DELETED ALBUM. WE HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED TWO COPIES IN NEAR MINT CONDITION AND OFFER THEM FOR SALE HERE.
ANDY BAYLOR IS ONE OF MELBOURNE'S GREATEST MUSICAL TREASURES AND IS ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE WORKING MUSICIANS. HE HAS DRAWN ON AMERICA'S GREAT 20TH CENTURY LEGACY OF POPULAR MUSIC AND HIS OWN AUSTRALIAN ROOTS. ANDY IS A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND HAS, MUSICALLY SEEN AND DONE MORE THAN MOST. HE HAS BEEN ACCLAIMED AS "MELBOURNE'S KING OF ROOTS MUSIC'
IN 1989 AND AGAIN IN 2005 HE TRAVELLED THE BACK-ROADS OF THE USA AS A FIDDLER, WHERE HE PLAYED WITH MANY LEGENDARY MUSICIANS INCLUDING BLUEGRASS GREAT DAVID GRISMAN, TEXAN SWING FIDDLER MASTER JOHNNY GIMBLE, CLIFF BRUNER (TEXAS FIDDLE VIRTUOSO), CAJUN FIDDLE GREATS DEWEY BALFA, RUFUS AND TONY THIBODEAUX, DAVE GREELY, COURTNEY GRANGER AND MANY OTHERS. HE WAS MENTORED BY ACCORDINISTS RAY ABSHIRE AND MARC SAVOY, AND HAS COMPOSED OVER 30 CAJUNESQUE FIDDLE TUNES IN LAFAYETTE. THIS FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE HAS GIVEN ANDY UNPARALLED INSIGHTS INTO TRADITIONS OF AMERICAN MUSIC. THIS SELF-ISSUED ALBUM, ANDY'S THIRD SOLO ALBUM, WAS RELEASED IN 1999 AND HAS LONG BEEN DELETED AND HIGHLIGHTS ANDY'S UNIQUE TALENT AND ABILITY AND FEATURES MANY ASPECTS OF AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN ROOTS MUSIC. IN ONE WORD - BRILLIANT *****
TRACK LISTING: Tamworth Two-Step / Motherless Children / A.B. Blues / Once Upon A Time / Andy's Cajun Guitar / Trouble Two-Step / Messed Around (And Fell In Love) / The Funky Duck / Arcadiana / B.B,Q. Stomp / Rough And Rocky / Teardrops Will Fall / Just A Closer Walk With Me / No Way (I Can Stop Lovin' You) / Guitar Boogie / The Cezanne Waltz.
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