Stefan Grossman - Shining Shadows
Released: 1984/2010
Label: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
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It makes sense that Stefan Grossman and Eric Clapton hung out together in the sixties, because they both have similar approaches to the guitar: Clapton isn't the flashiest of players, but can craft lines out of a few notes that are filled with feeling and taste; Grossman is a like-minded player—not one to create finger-busting arrangements like other guitarists that he's featured on his Kicking Mule label, but nevertheless crafting tasteful songs that rely on a myriad of influences, from American folk to old Irish tunes and rural blues, sometimes all within one song.
Originally released in 1984, Shining Shadows is one of Grossman's best Grossman albums to date. It kicks off with the fairly conventional yet pleasant blues, "Blues for the Mann," followed by "Requiem For Patrick Kilroy," one of Grossman's best songs—an open-tuned melodic original that goes through several different moods and colors in a few short minutes. It sets the tone for the rest of the album, a collection of originals impossible to pigeonhole into any particular style. There's the melancholic "Logan's Water," the tart briskness of "Lemon's Jump," and the exceptionally beautiful closer, "Lament for a Goodman." The tour de force, however, is the suite-like "Sparkling on the Wind," a delightfully expressionistic exploration of a variety of modes and tempos
Tracklist :
01. Blues For The Mann (4:49)
02. Requiem For Patrick Kilroy (5:34)
03. Logan's Water (3:27)
04. Lemon's Jump (2:19)
05. Ms. Josephine Ayres (4:08 )
06. Beyond The Pleasure Principle (3:09)
07. Sparkling On The Wind (7:54)
08. Shining Shadows (3:55)
09. Capricorn Five (2:56)
10. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (2:39)
11. Lament For A Goodman (3:20)
