STRANGEFOLK ''A GREAT LONG WHILE''

STRANGEFOLK
''A GREAT LONG WHILE''
SEPTEMBER 12 2000
61:46

1 - Stout Hearted/5:41
2 - Mama/5:14
3 - Chasing Away/5:15
4 - Sinner/4:42
5 - Pawn/4:20
6 - Walnut/6:16
7 - Blue & Grey/5:15
8 - Utterly Addled/3:53
9 - What Say You/5:11
10 - I Tell Myself/3:47
11 - Invisible/3:38
12 - Cabin John/8:05

Reid Genauer /Guitar, Vocals
Erik Glockler /Bass, Vocals
Richard Hilton /Organ (Hammond), Percussion
Bill Holloman /Saxophone
Nile Rodgers /Guest Artist, Guitar, Percussion
Luke Smith /Drums, Percussion
Gordon Stone /Dobro, Pedal Steel
Jon Trafton /Guitar, Vocals

REVIEW
by Eduardo Rivadavia
Neo-folk quartet Strangefolk continues to peddle its breezy, upbeat style on its third album, 2000's A Great Long While. Another strong cohesive effort from the Vermont natives, it once again allows Dave Matthews, Spin Doctors, and Blues Traveler influences to peek through the group's own very deft and distinctive compositional touch. With its deceptively simple arrangements and occasionally outré instrumentation (note the apropos sax on "Mama" and horns backing "Pawn"), the band's carefully crafted songs quote a variety of styles, including electrified alt-rock ("Chasing Away"), reggae ("Sinner"), discreet psychedelia ("Blue & Grey"), and swamp blues ("I Tell Myself"). All the while, the musicians remain true to their group's core sound, making this a highly recommended listen for fans of challenging jam band material.

BIOGRAPHY
by Mike DaRonco
Formed together by two college students from the University of Vermont, Reid Genauer (vocals/ guitar) and Jon Trafton (guitar) spent the first year together under the name Stranefolk while performing in pubs and coffee houses all throughout campus. Armed with only their acoustic guitars and distortion pedals, Genauer and Trafton eventually recruited Erik Glockler on bass and Luke Smith on drums, fulfilling the line-up as a four piece. With their own style of merging bluegrass, folk, rock and blues, Strangefolk had the chance to document this in the studio and eventually self-releasing their self-titled first album in 1994, followed by "Lore" the next year. After a hefty touring schedule across the United States in support of these two albums, Flat Earth Records took notice and put out "Weightless in Water" in 1998.
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