| Growden, Mark / Live at the Odeon |
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| Album: | Live at the Odeon | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Growden, Mark | Added: | 12/2003 | |
| Label: | Independent | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-03-29 | Pull Date: | 2004-05-31 |
| Week Ending: | 25 Apr | 18 Apr | 11 Apr | 4 Apr |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 10, 2007: | Baptism of Solitude Bones | 4. | Sep 16, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude Song to the Siren | |
| 2. | Feb 08, 2005: | The Devil's Collective Song to the Siren | 5. | Apr 24, 2004: | 15 Miles til Sunday Bones | |
| 3. | Sep 30, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude at the Circus hidden | 6. | Apr 21, 2004: | In the Leaves Song to the Siren |
| Album Review |
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| pat blue ribbon Reviewed 2004-03-03 | ||
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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, | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Bones | 7. | Song to the Siren | |||
| 2. | Don't Wanna Go Back | 8. | Fuck Boy | |||
| 3. | Gallow's Tree | 9. | Fatalistic Hoedown | |||
| 4. | Love Reign O'er Me | 10. | Jolene | |||
| 5. | I Am | 11. | Beautiful Land | |||
| 6. | Bottle Improv | 12. | Trouble |