GREG TRAFIDLO: Old Dog-New Tracks

Greg Trafidlo

Old Dog-New Tracks

© 1997 (634479236150)

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A well crafted blend of contemporary folk and country with a twist of humor.

tracks

1 (I Got Stuck Behind) Buford
2 Crossing Over Into The Valley
3 The Tumbler
4 It's In The Eyes
5 Behavior/Self
6 Big As Life
7 The Compost Song
8 Foxfire
9 Time Is A Mountian
10 Love In The Same Old Skin
11 My Tears Will Turn To Snow
12 It Takes As Long As It Takes
13 The Seafood Shop Shantyman Song
14 Watcha Gonna Leave (When You Leave?)

notes

Greg Trafidlo's love for music and compassion have endeared him to a wide range of listeners. From Wrigley Field to the U.S. Capitol, and from Cork, Ireland, to Beijing, China, his rich tenor voice adds magic to a distinctive blend of folk, country, pop and bluegrass.

Solo or with contemporary folk trio Pole, Trafidlo, and Phillips, Greg delivers a tight, crisp show-in coffeehouses or stadiums, festivals or colleges, living rooms or clubs. He's shared the stage with the top names in the business-Bill Monroe, Kathy Mattea, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Mark O'Connor, John McCutcheon, Robin and Linda Williams, Steve Gillette, John Hartford, Cheryl Wheeler, and many others. Greg has appeared on over 40 releases, and produced over a dozen and a half recordings. His own albums, on Kira Records, include his solo releases, Old Dog - New Tracks,Co-Writers In Disguise, and five albums with the trio.

His songs range from silly to sublime, drawing you in with warmth, wit, and humor. In fact, National Public Radio airs Greg's song, (I Got Stuck Behind) Buford, on its nationally syndicated show, Car Talk. You laugh at his tongue-in-cheek treatise on the self-help craze. You cry over his emotional tale of his dad and baseball legend Stan Musial. You're moved by beautiful images of Appalachian waterfalls and valleys.

Greg has won numerous songwriting competitions, including Grand Prize at the Louisville Area Songwriters Cooperative and two WAMMY nominations from the Washington Area music Association. Top music publishers represent his songs in Nashville.
Fans and DJs across the country love Greg's work. Roanoke Virginias' trendy arts and entertainment publication, City Magazine, honored Greg by naming him "Music Person Of The Decade." Mike Fleischer of WDCB-FM (Glen Ellyn, IL) said, "Greg Trafidlo's songs...tickle your fancy, tickle your funny bone, tickle your thought processes, tickle your heart, and tickle your soul."

A vital member of the national folk music community, Greg is Past-President of the Southwest VA Songwriters Association, a member of Nashville Songwriters Association International, and Charter member of the Folk Alliance. Wisdom Radio's Jeff Hunt said, "Greg's talent transcends writing and performing; he has an inner wisdom that guides each endeavor...his personal connection to the Earth's wholeness is clear in his music and his life." Around Greg Trafidlo, you're in touch with the joy and fun of life.

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  • Delightful collection of humorous and serious songs
    author: Rich Warren

    Trafidlo is a unassuming Virginia-based musician who puts more effort into making music than making money from it. This new self-produced CD is a delightful collection of humorous and serious songs (and some that are a combination of the two) accompanied by lively and always production, from simple acoustic guitar to electric guitar, bass, synthesizer and drums. Even at its most produced, the songs float on the accompaniment rather than being lost in it. Trafidlo's pleasing voice, with occasional help from Laura Pole's, carry these 14 composed or co-composed songs well. The opener, "(I Got Stuck Behind) Buford" is a wonderfully whimsical look at being stuck behind a slow driver. Trafidlo gets maximum mileage from the joke, without belaboring the joke. He reprises "The Seafood Shop Shantyman Song" from a previous recording about a landlocked seafood counterman in a grocery store longing for the sea. Sung like a shanty with a chorus it's rollicking fun. "The Tumbler," set in a laundromat parodies the pop hit "The Gambler," with a full load of puns. "Love In The Same Old Skin," both humorous and thoughtful, sings of sex in an old-age home. "Big As Life" tells the enchanting story of a father, perhaps his, who unknowingly appeared in a magazine beer ad with Stan Musial. Trafidlo demonstrates a way with words and the ability to spin an engrossing tale. In a more serious vein, "Behavior/Self" sings of psyche, stress and self-help in a disarming manner, while "Whatcha Gonna Leave? (When You Leave)" asks and answers one of the basic questions of the soul. It sounds inspired by Si Kahn's song of a similar title. Trafidlo has made a highly musical, fresh-sounding recording that can be enjoyed by a wide audience.

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