Over & Under
Greg Brown
Engineer: Patrick Brickel,
Producer: Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey
Trailer Records, 2003
1 CD
Catalogue #: 33
EAN: 0676180003324
UPC: 676180003324
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Personnel includes: Greg Brown (vocals, acoustic guitar); Bo Ramsey (electric guitar, background vocals); Bob Black (lap steel guitar, banjo); Al Murphy (mandolin, fiddle, background vocals); Dave Moore (harmonica, accordion, background vocals); David Zollo (Wurlitzer piano, background vocals); Steve Hayes (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Recorded at Petting Zoo Studios, Coralville, Iowa.
Iowan singer/songwriter Greg Brown spent the 1980s and '90s turning out album after album of carefully crafted gems for his own Red House label, but this 2000 one-off for local indie Trailer Records featured songs written in one spontaneous swoop. Given an even dirtier, grittier, bluesier feel than most of his work, these tunes are just as full of memorable imagery, local color, and unpretentious wisdom as his best work, but OVER & UNDER bears a looser, more freewheeling feel than anything else in Brown's catalog, brimming with humor and passion at every turn.
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Greg Brown
The word "indie" is generally associated with young hipster bands and quirky lo-fi pop. Yet few artists are as truly independent as singer-songwriter Greg Brown, whose rootsy music has garnered a large, faithful following, critical acclaim, and even a Grammy nod without any major label support. Known as a songwriter's songwriter (he's written for artists like Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana), Brown has been churning out albums that feature observant lyrics sung in a gritty no-nonsense style, over solid country- and blues-tinged folk backing since 1980. He tours relentlessly from his home base in Iowa, and in 2002 married fellow indie-folker Iris DeMent.
