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East Flatbush Blues (Shefa Horn)
17.99

A 2006 followup (after 25 years!) to the legendary Flatbush Waltz by mandolinist Andy Statman. Crossing seamlessly across genres, from American jazz, blues, bluegrass to folk and klezmer, he relentlessly searches for new ideas. This new recording has traditional folk and blues, and some stark, original songs.

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East Flatbush Blues is bluegrass for people who are burned out on bluegrass, newgrass, acid grass and all their seedlings. If you think you've heard tunes such as "Arkansas Traveler," "Golden Slippers," and "Old Joe Clark," think again. Statman and crew pay brief lip service to these chestnuts before veering off into directions never dreamed of by Bill Monroe in his wildest imaginings. Their rendition of "Old Joe Clark?" (question mark added by the musicians) is Albert Ayler meets the Stanley Brothers. It's ten minutes and one second of deconstructing and reconstructing Old Joe - at times using a chain saw and at other times a pair of tweezers. Statman and his henchmen seem to take great pleasure in messing with our heads. The pleasure's reciprocal. - Peggy Latkovich, RootsWorld

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