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艺人

Tony Furtado

语种

英语

厂牌

What Are Records?

发行时间

2002年07月30日

专辑类别

录音室专辑

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专辑介绍

by Daphne Carr

American Gypsy introduces itself with about 15 seconds of rumbling instrumental noise, the equivalent of an outsider orchestra tuning, before the opening blues figure of &Oh Berta, Berta& falls down from Tony Furtado's guitar. In those early moments, a new direction is named for Furtado, a bluegrass virtuoso and genre-bending master whose 1997 release, Roll My Blues Away, introduced his perfection of the slide guitar and move away from traditional roots-style composition. Loved by jam band enthusiasts, Furtado's improvisational picking takes the fore in &The Angry Monk,& &Hartford,& and the funk-tinged &Rising Fog.& The epic tradition of &Staggerlee& is continued, with Furtado's steel guitar and multi-guitared pop rendition recalling electric Bob Dylan. &Tinker's Fancy& integrates Celtic melodies for the oddest instrumental moment, combining squeeze box, banjo, and hand percussion. The banjo-led cover of Mike Nesmith's &Some of Shelley's Blues& tones down the album's flashy soloing for a moment of reverie. That said, songs like &Rove Riley Rove& detract from Furtado's charm by proving overly sentimental, hugging the notes a little too long for critical ears. Elsewhere on the album, modern country elements mix with almost ambient warbling guitar, proving Furtado a capable and even-handed stylist. His &gypsy& tendencies have left the hills, taking tales into the big city with modern inflections and a serious mind to bringing out the greatest melodies of all time.