Might As Well... The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead
2000年。輸入正規盤1CD。
The Persuasions are the last of the old-school doo-wop groups (they started kind of late), and the most adventurous--their last album was a set of Frank Zappa covers. Even so, this disc of close-harmony Grateful Dead tunes sounds like a stretch, but it's really an outgrowth of their lovely "Black Muddy River" from last year's Stolen Roses compilation, reprised here. The mood is festive if reverent; lots of vocal and instrumental guests show up, including the younger a cappella quartet Mary Schmary and Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick. Robert Hunter's lyrics sometimes shift between musical idioms a little awkwardly, but the group delivers them with palpable sincerity and love, and digs for the R&B roots of the Dead's roses. And when the Persuasions glom onto the right song, they run with it: "Lazy River Road" a late-model song on which bassman Jimmy Hayes does his "human sub-woofer" routine, is a treat, and so is their foray into bluegrass , "Sugaree".
曲目 : 1 Here Comes Sunshine 2 Might As Well 3 Lazy River Road 4 Loose Lucy 5 Ripple 6 Brokedown Palace 7 Liberty 8 Sugaree 9 Ship Of Fools 10 He's Gone 11 It Must Have Been The Roses 12 One More Saturday Night 13 Bertha 14 I Bid You Goodnight 15 Black Muddy River