Marti Rogers
Plain and Fancy
© 2004 Marti Rogers (825346449425)
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For everyone who likes old songs, a patchwork quilt of traditional, country, classic folk, Appalachia & Americana: sweet-voiced & unadorned, accompanying herself on Autoharp, guitar or lap dulcimer; some with acoustic backup
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A potpourri of the many kinds of "folk style" music that Marti has collected over decades of performing. You can't really get a good idea of what this recording will bring you without sampling at least a few different tracks.
Everything has Marti as lead vocal and lead instrument except track 9 which is a dulcimer solo and track 5 which is a cappela. Tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, & 11 are the “Plain” tracks, Marti and one of her instruments.
The “Fancy” (all acoustic) back-up musicians are:
Tom Levy, bass fiddle; (tracks 1, 3, 6, & 10)
Tom Wade, Dobro (tracks 3 & 10)
Marianne Tucker, Irish whistle (track 12) and bones (tracks 1 & 6)
and Tom Tucker, guitar, bouzouki, banjo and mandolin (tracks 1, 6 & 12)
Marti also adds back up guitar to tracks 3 and 10.
DULCIMER tracks 2, 9 and 11 (all Plain)
AUTOHARP tracks 1, 3, 8, and 10
GUITAR tracks 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 12
Track 5 A CAPPELA
The title of the song is at the left, so this key is by track number:
1 Autoharp featured with back up on guitar, banjo, bones, mandolin, bass – Appalachian / Country
2 Dulcimer – Appalachian
3 Autoharp featured with back up on guitar, Dobro, bass – Original Americana / Country
4 Guitar – Classic 60’s Folk by Richard Farina
5 A cappela – Appalachian
6 Guitar lead with back up on guitar, banjo, bones, bass – Appalachian / Country
7 Guitar (classic) ballad – traditional
8 Autoharp – traditional Celtic
9 Dulcimer – Appalachian
10 Autoharp featured with back up on guitar, Dobro, bass – Original Americana / Country
11 Dulcimer – Original Classic 60’s folk
12 Guitar lead with back up on bouzouki, Irish whistle and sea and pub effects and more vocals – Original in the traditional Sea ballad style. If you can’t hear anything at the beginning, you will hear ocean waves on a better player. We had a lot of fun with this one!
“...if you know who Jean Ritchie is, it'll be the first thing you think of when the disc starts spinning -- as you listen to Marti Rogers, and Plain & Fancy's pleasures will find their way to you.” -- Jerome Clark, Rambles
“Rogers gives new life to old standards....” -- Mary DesRosiers, Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine
“The CD is produced and mixed quite well....reminds me quite a bit of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family." -- Bill Melody, Country Music Hall, WBCB AM
“Traditional, country, folk style embracing artists from Jean Ritchie to Joan Baez and the more contemporary Gillian Welch....” -- Taxi Review
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Really traditional
author: Harry EagarI like my traditional music traditional, and when I read the liner notes for the first song, I knew I was going to like this album. It said: "In most recent versions Shady Grove becomes a girl, but in this one, it's still a place." You go, girl! "Plain and Fancy" is folk music with the emphasis on the folk. Marti Rogers has a fine voice but it is not one of those impossibly beautiful ethereal ones that, while thrilling to hear, are far removed from what the "folk" were usually exposed to. Rogers' lyrics to "Johnny, I Hardly Knew You" are new to me and more touching than even the standard words.
Rich voice--authentic old time presentation
author: Margaret KeeneI highly recommend this CD to anyone interested in real folk music. Her beautiful voice is a showcase for her emotional but never overdone presentation.
A lyrical echo of sweeter times gone by.
author: Joy Gwynne GintherThis CD includes traditional tunes performed in a timeless fashion as well as new songs with an up to the minute folk feel. I like this album, I like the artist. I recommend buying it immediately, putting your feet up and enjoying a peaceful journey into the magic of music.