Tone Poets CD

**PlayerOf8** · Sep-07-2005, 11:15am

Buy this CD! It was the last music I listened to last night and the first music this morning. It is the best recorded music I purchased in the last year!!

George

**Keith Erickson** · Sep-07-2005, 12:44pm

George,

This CD is on my to "get list". Thank you for confirming my suspicions that this is an outstanding CD

**MANDOLINMYSTER** · Sep-07-2005, 4:14pm

I ordered it last night

**glauber** · Sep-07-2005, 4:19pm

I've been listening to it nonstop

**chirorehab** · Sep-07-2005, 4:36pm

Just got it yesterday from Acoustic Disc.... (Scott - I didn't get any extras - just the cd!).

Amazing! The tone these picker's get out of the mandolin is amazing..

And Compton - wholly Bill Monroe sound!

My opinion - (& I am a novice)- the tone of most of the players is similiar - However, the style is pretty obvious....

For example, Sam Bush - to me, sounds like Sam Bush playing David Grisman's mandolin!

One of my favorite's is Joe Craven's tune....

I was very impressed with the female picker's playing - I can't remeber her name..

Eric

**glauber** · Sep-07-2005, 5:29pm

Originally Posted by (chirorehab @ Sep. 07 2005, 17:36)

I was very impressed with the female picker's playing - I can't remeber her name.

Eva Scow. Pretty convincing choro playing (this opinion coming from a Brazilian who doesn't like the way most Gringos play choro). Interestlingly, a little soft. Maybe because she's playing an instrument she's not used to - or maybe that's just the way she plays, i don't know. She's probably playing a tad too fast too, but that's what the people want these days!

Web site: http://www.evascow.com/

**glauber** · Sep-07-2005, 5:34pm

My bigtime favourite track is Radim Zenkl. Josh Pinkham's is great too. Compton sounds just like Monroe. Mike Seeger with his alternate tuning is very surprising. Dawg's own Blues for Vassar is also great. Carlo Aonzo has probably the best playing. And Jerry Douglas rules.

**chirorehab** · Sep-07-2005, 8:12pm

She is only 17 too!!!

**glauber** · Sep-07-2005, 10:21pm

I didn't realize that. Amazing how some people can be so talented.

**stevem** · Sep-07-2005, 10:54pm

Mine's on order. Can't wait. Want now.

**twaaang** · Sep-08-2005, 9:28am

So, whose hand is forming that godawful chord on the cover? I don't have it in front of me, but as I recall it spanned 13 frets! -- Paul

**PlayerOf8** · Sep-08-2005, 1:00pm

I can do that, but I need both hands

George

**racuda** · Sep-08-2005, 7:20pm

I just ordered mine.

Why does Amazon say this is a live recording?

**glauber** · Sep-08-2005, 7:52pm

Better than a dead recording, heh?

It was recorded in the Dawg's studio, but direct to 2-channel analog tape, without any processing. Same microphones and same settings for all tracks. Supposedly the only differences are the players' styles.

**Aran** · Sep-09-2005, 5:44am

Right sod it you lot have got me bashing my plastic again!!

I had to go and order the CD yesterday after reading this thread!!

Now I can't wait and I'm staring at the door waiting for the postman!! I'm in Ireland so it's gonna be a couple of weeks of this!!

**John Ritchhart** · Sep-09-2005, 6:15am

Translation for Americans: "Right, sod it, you lot...... Equals "OK, heck with it, you guys...." I can't wait to get mine either. Aran you're lucky man to be on the Holy Ground. Switzerland's not bad either.

**Aran** · Sep-09-2005, 7:18am

Well jbrwky (that is a strange name - no vowels?) cheers for translating that for our American friends!

Switzerland is not a bad spot either

very beautifull and the trains run on time!

From all the talk here about this CD I don' think we'll be dissapointed

**glauber** · Sep-09-2005, 7:45am

Originally Posted by (Aran @ Sep. 09 2005, 06:44)

Right sod it you lot

LOL!

**glauber** · Sep-09-2005, 7:51am

One thing missing on that CD is some good Irish music. It's still very much Bluegrass/Country oriented. I guess not by design; it's really Dawg and friends. Somebody should do a more international mandolin recording, including Greek, Italian, Eastern European, Chinese, Brazilian, Portuguese, etc.

Has anybody identified the bonus track yet?

**wmferg** · Sep-11-2005, 2:37am

Got mine today! Yahoo. A very fitting companion piece to the Tone POems series. I was particularly taken with Impromptu.

Mike

**John Ritchhart** · Sep-11-2005, 10:35am

Well jbrwky (that is a strange name - no vowels?) Yes, it's a contraction of Jabberwocky. So it makes perfect sense now with the vowels.

**Keith Erickson** · Sep-12-2005, 7:25pm

I just got mine courtesy of UPS.

My only complaint...

...that I didn't get this sooner.

This is probably the best CD that I have ever owned.

**VictorLouis** · Sep-13-2005, 1:05am

[quote=glauber,Sep. 07 2005, 18:34]My bigtime favourite track is Radim Zenkl.

I sampled disc One at Border's tonight. I agree about that fellow. I think the tune is, "Spring Break".

WOW!

**Nathan Sanders** · Sep-16-2005, 12:11am

I just picked up Tone Poets at Borders a few days ago. Wow! I'm still listening and processing. Already Joe Craven and Rob Ickes on Track 10 of disc 2 is one of my favorite tracks. Who is playing the mandolin on the hidden track after Ave Maria, at the end of disc 1? After a gap of silence after Ave Maria there is about 2 minutes worth of somebody on the mandolin.

**Aran** · Sep-16-2005, 6:21am

Right that's 7 ###### days of staring at the door waiting for the postman!!

It can't be much longer now before it arrives and I know what you guys are talking about

I'm sure it'll be worth the wait as I haven't seen this much excitement about an album before!!