Stolen Roses/Songs of the Grateful Dead -- GDCD 4073 --
NEW YORK, Jun 21, 2000 (ENTERTAINMENT WIRE) -- Stolen Roses, to be released
Aug. 8, is one of those projects which grew in the doing.
David Gans, the esteemed host of the Grateful Dead Hour, wanted to assemble a CD
of often obscure and/or out-of-print versions of Dead tunes which had been
recorded not as part of a tribute album but because the recording artist liked
the songs.
This would include the Cache Valley Drifters' "Cumberland Blues," the Stanford
Marching Band's "Uncle John's Band," Joe Gallant and Illuminati's big-band go at
"Unbroken Chain," and Sex Mob's "Ripple."
As he searched, he found, in the Grateful Dead tradition, graceful ways to bend
the rules. He liked Michael Norman Mann's stage play Cumberland Blues, and
invited the cast to record "High Time" for the project. He learned that the
Patti Smith Band had recorded "Black Peter" on the night Jerry Garcia died, and
was willing to make it available. Bob Dylan has had several Dead songs in his
repertoire for some time, and allowed a live take of "Friend of the Devil" to be
included in this album. Widespread Panic has performed "Cream Puff War" in
concert, and when they were asked for a copy, they knocked off a studio version.
Two pieces were commissioned. The Persuasions had asked about recording Dead
tunes, and somebody came up with an exactly perfect idea for them -- doing the
gospel-influenced "Black Muddy River." They produced it so beautifully it led to
a full album of Dead material by the group (the album will be called Might As
Well, out this fall on Grateful Dead Records/Arista).
And Jerry Garcia's long-time friend and collaborator David Grisman struck Gans
as the perfect musician to try the Dead's classic "Dark Star." Throw in Elvis
Costello's medley of "Ship Of Fools" and "It Must Have Been The Roses" and Henry
Rollins' (!) take on "Franklin's Tower," and you have Stolen Roses. Enjoy!
Stolen Roses will be available Aug. 8, 2000 at record stores everywhere, on
Grateful Dead Records (distributed by Arista) at $17.98 retail, or from Grateful
Dead Merchandising at 800/225-3323.
Track Listing
1. Cumberland Blues -- Cache Valley Drifters
Release: Step Up to Big Pay!
2. High Time -- Original cast recording from the World Premiere of
the Stage Play "Cumberland Blues"
3. Brown-Eyed Woman -- The Pontiac Brothers
Release: Fiesta en la Biblioteca
4. Friend Of The Devil -- Bob Dylan
Live Performance -- unreleased
5. Ship Of Fools/It Must Have Been The Roses -- Elvis Costello
Live Performance -- unreleased
6. Black Peter -- Patti Smith Band
Studio recording -- unreleased
7. Black Muddy River -- The Persuasions
Studio Recording for this project -- unreleased
8. Dark Star -- David Grisman Quintet
Studio recording for this project
9. Ripple -- Sex Mob
Release: Solid Sender
10. The Golden Road -- The Bobs
Release: Cover the songs of...
11. Unbroken Chain -- Joe Gallant and Illuminati
Release: Code of the West
12. Franklin's Tower -- Wartime Featuring Henry Rollins
Release: an EP, Fast Food for Thought
13. Pasta on the Mountain -- Leftover Salmon
Release: Bridges to Bert
14. Cream Puff War -- Widespread Panic
Studio recording for this project -- unreleased
15. Uncle John's Band -- Stanford Marching Band
Release: Mirth Control
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