Curt Bouterse
Down the Road I'll Go
© 2006 Dancing Cat Records (811294000320)
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Fretless old-time music and traditonal American folksongs.
tracks
- 1 Old Time Religion
- 2 Two Little Children
- 3 Handsome Molly
- 4 Teetotaler's Reel
- 5 I'm Not Ready / Nicolette
- 6 Scoldin' Wife
- 7 The Ways of the World
- 8 Cold Winter's Night
- 9 Yankee Doodle
- 10 Seneca Square Dance
- 11 I'm So Glad
- 12 Your Long Journey
- 13 Pretty Polly
- 14 Shortnin' Bread
- 15 Turkish Enemy
- 16 Down the Road I'll Go
- 17 Parting Friends
- 18 Angelina Baker / Sally Goodin
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Curt Bouterse is a traditional American folksinger and one of the great old-time fretless banjo pickers. He was born in rural Kentucky, but has lived most of his life in urban Southern California. He sings the songs of his mother's East Tennessee traditions, as well as many newly-made, original “old time” tunes.
Both Guy Carawan and George Winston credit Bouterse as a musical influence. He has shared the stage with Doc Watson, Jean Ritchie, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, even appearing on the sound track of Ry Cooder's "The Long Riders.” Yet he has never made a solo recording--until now.
“Down the Road I’ll Go” features remarkable performances on fretless banjos, gourd banjers, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, and autoharp, as well as three stunning duets with his sister, Lee Davis. And don’t miss his amazing medley of “Angelina Baker/Sally Goodin’” played on the Thai mouth organ!
Bouterse, who holds a PhD in ethnomusicology, doesn’t even own a fretted banjo, preferring fretless banjos in the style of the 19th century. Some of his banjos are early factory-made types, others were made by 20th century Appalachian builders such as Leonard Glenn and Frank Proffitt, and some he has made himself.
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- author: Kevin Russell
Here's a CD I've been waiting 30 years for. And it was worth the wait. Bouterse is a master on so many instruments he must be the envy of David Lindley & Ry Cooder both! What a great selection of songs, all rendered in a simple, yet elegant, style. These are performances that would make any psychologically stable person fall in love with American folk music. Touching, funny, sad, scarey; the whole spectrum of human experince is here. What a gorgeous collection, what a delight. More please!