Live at the Odeon
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Reviewed 2004-03-03
Reviewed 2004-03-03
Mark Growden -- Live at the Odeon
Dark folk/cabaret -- Multi-instrumentalist from Oakland -- accordion, banjo, lap steel, glass bottles, plus his backing band has excellent muted trumpet and drums. Plus a powerful voice that ranges from dust bowl howls to a deep baritone. He has several excellent raunchy songs (#8&9) but these come with a pile of FCCs. I especially liked his originals (#1&2) but the covers were good too, including Dolly Parton's Jolene.
PICS: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 12 FCC: 8, 9
1. starts with singing through back of banjo, then dark cabaret song with banjo + muted trumpet -- great!!
2. galloping guitar + drums -- apocalyptic hoedown -- good!
3. sruti box (harmonium) + voice -- stark and hypnotic
4. Who cover with banjo
5. reedy blowing + voice
6. glass bottle + voice
7. Tim Buckley cover w/ accordion, slow, mournful
8. raunchy, slow, eastern europe-style accordion, FCC-laden
9. hoedown! many bad words -- FCCs
10. Dolly Parton cover -- slow, stark
11. a capella cover from old musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint"
12. Cat Stevens cover -- banjo + voice
13. crowd sing-along + accordion, claps,
Dark folk/cabaret -- Multi-instrumentalist from Oakland -- accordion, banjo, lap steel, glass bottles, plus his backing band has excellent muted trumpet and drums. Plus a powerful voice that ranges from dust bowl howls to a deep baritone. He has several excellent raunchy songs (#8&9) but these come with a pile of FCCs. I especially liked his originals (#1&2) but the covers were good too, including Dolly Parton's Jolene.
PICS: 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 12 FCC: 8, 9
1. starts with singing through back of banjo, then dark cabaret song with banjo + muted trumpet -- great!!
2. galloping guitar + drums -- apocalyptic hoedown -- good!
3. sruti box (harmonium) + voice -- stark and hypnotic
4. Who cover with banjo
5. reedy blowing + voice
6. glass bottle + voice
7. Tim Buckley cover w/ accordion, slow, mournful
8. raunchy, slow, eastern europe-style accordion, FCC-laden
9. hoedown! many bad words -- FCCs
10. Dolly Parton cover -- slow, stark
11. a capella cover from old musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint"
12. Cat Stevens cover -- banjo + voice
13. crowd sing-along + accordion, claps,
Recent airplay
Bones
Baptism of Solitude — Jan 10, 2007
Song to the Siren
The Devil's Collective — Feb 08, 2005
hidden
Baptism of Solitude at the Circus — Sep 30, 2004
Song to the Siren
Baptism of Solitude — Sep 16, 2004
Bones
15 Miles til Sunday — Apr 24, 2004
Song to the Siren
In the Leaves — Apr 21, 2004
Charting
2004-03-29 — 2004-05-31
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 25 | 3 |
| Apr 18 | 2 |
| Apr 11 | 3 |
| Apr 4 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Bones | ||
| 2. | Don't Wanna Go Back | ||
| 3. | Gallow's Tree | ||
| 4. | Love Reign O'er Me | ||
| 5. | I Am | ||
| 6. | Bottle Improv | ||
| 7. | Song to the Siren | ||
| 8. | Fuck Boy | ||
| 9. | Fatalistic Hoedown | ||
| 10. | Jolene | ||
| 11. | Beautiful Land | ||
| 12. | Trouble |