44 & 66
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44 & 66 is the title of an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. It was re-issued in 1984 on Red House Records
, the second release by the newly formed label.
Red House Records
Red House Records is an American independent record label specializing in folk music and is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.The label was originally created in 1981 by Greg Brown as a method to distribute his own music, and is named for a farmhouse in Iowa where he was living...
, the second release by the newly formed label.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Jeff Schwachter wrote the album "is a moodier album than Iowa Waltz, and Brown's songwriting takes a sharper turn into wider topical spaces and shows traces of the talents that would become developed to a fuller extent on his following release... This is an early album from one of the most enduring careers in contemporary songwriting and should not be overlooked."Track listing
Personnel
- Greg Brown – vocals, guitar
- Chuck Henderson – guitar
- Dave Moore – harmonica
- Ron Rohovit – bass
- Al Soucek – clarinet
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– background vocals
Production
- Produced by Greg Brown
- Engineered and mixed by Tom Tucker
- Photography by Dom Franco and Steve Zardony