Twilight Motel (album)
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Twilight Motel is album by American
banjoist Alison Brown
, released in 1992.
unless otherwise noted
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banjoist Alison Brown
Alison Brown
Alison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound. She has won and has been nominated on several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck for her unique style of playing...
, released in 1992.
Reception
In his Allmusic review, music critic Michael McCall called the album " Jazzier, yet also more relaxed, than her debut."Track listing
All compositions by Alison BrownAlison Brown
Alison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound. She has won and has been nominated on several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck for her unique style of playing...
unless otherwise noted
- "First Light" – 5:17
- "Lorelei" – 4:36
- "Twilight Motel" – 3:45
- "Blue Marlin" – 4:40
- "Saint Geneviéve" – 4:02
- "Gods of Brazil" – 4:29
- "Shoot the Dog" – 3:25
- "Pelican Bay" – 3:12
- "Chicken Road" – 4:25
- "Sweet Thames Flow Softly (MacCall, MacColl)" – 5:24
Personnel
- Alison BrownAlison BrownAlison Brown is an American banjo player and guitarist known for a soft nylon-string banjo sound. She has won and has been nominated on several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck for her unique style of playing...
– banjo, guitar - Roy Mc Husky jr. – bass
- Stuart DuncanStuart DuncanStuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
– violin - Matt EakleMatt EakleMatt Eakle has been the flutist for the David Grisman Quintet since 1989. He plays jazz, hot jazz, and blues.He has performed with Jerry Garcia, Stéphane Grappelli, Vassar Clements, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Rondstadt, Tony Rice, as well as with various symphony orchestras around the world...
– flute - Jerry DouglasJerry DouglasJerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who was on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas, country/bluegrass musician*Jerry Douglas , director and writer of adult films such as, Score...
– dobro - Darol AngerDarol Anger-Career:Darol Anger entered popular music at the age of 21 as a founding member of The David Grisman Quintet. Anger played fiddle to David Grisman's mandolin in The David Grisman Quintet's 1977 debut. He co-founded the Turtle Island String Quartet with David Balakrishnan in 1985 and performed,...
– violin - Mark Marshall – guitar, mandolin
- Todd PhilipsTodd Phillips (musician)Todd Phillips is an American double bassist. He is the bassist of choice for many of the most innovative, as well as traditional, acoustic instrumental and bluegrass recordings made since the mid-1970s...
– bass - Mark Schatz – banjo, bass
- Scott Nygaard – guitar
- Maura O'Conell – vocals
- Tony RiceTony RiceTony Rice is an American acoustic guitarist and bluegrass musician. He is considered one of the most influential acoustic guitar players in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass and acoustic jazz.Rice spans the range of acoustic music, from traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New...
– guitar - Michael Spiro – percussion
- Paul VanWageningen – drums
- Gary West – bass
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- Andrea Zonn - violin
- David Hoffner – piano, keyboards
- Tom Miller – drums, steel pan
- John Catchings – violoncello