CandyRat Featured
Tony Furtado : Tony Furtado Band
© 2001 W.A.R. What are Records?
"Tony Furtado is a fantastic banjo and slide guitar player who has mastered traditional forms as well as helped take acoustic-based roots music into new realms. On his new disc Furtado blends electric instruments and percussion in his mostly acoustic mix, with stunning results. Furtado employs some of the finer musicians from the Colorado and San Francisco scenes on this record, in various combinations. Contributing artists include Ty Burhoe (percussion) and Ross Martin (acoustic and electric guitars), Scott Amendola (drums and percussion), Darol Anger (fiddle), Todd Sickafoose (bass), Billy Rich (bass), Derek Jones (bass), Aaron Johnston (drums), Brain (drums), Paul McCandless (soprano sax), Buckethead (guitar) and others.
Furtado offers his own unique imprint in the arrangements, which include everything from hybrids of Celtic music and blues, New Acoustic music that blends bluegrass and jazz with instruments from other traditions, smoking newgrass, and folk ballads delivered with a jam sensibility as well as a reverence for tradition. An excellent record that won't see widespread distribution until early next year, but for you fans of Tony Furtado, the CD is now available at his shows and his web site. New Acoustic music lovers are urged to check out this superb recording, which is bound to be on a lot of people's ten best CDs of the year lists in 2001."
- da Flower Punk, PauseRecords.com
List Price: $16.99
Buy CD $15.95
Tony Furtado : Roll My Blues Away Roll
Acoustic Blues
From his previous recordings, you may be familiar with Tony as a brilliant, young banjo player with a gifted technique. Adding slide guitar and resophonic instruments to his musical collage, Tony has captured a clarity of style reminiscent of Ry Cooder. Melodic, spacious, dynamic and full of life, this recording will mark Tony as a leader and definitive player for the next generation. With special guests: Mike Marshall, Todd Phillips, Brain, Kelly Joe Phelps, Stuart Duncan and Aaron Johnston.
Tony Furtado : American Gypsy
Acoustic Blues
American Gypsy, his most diverse album yet. He plays both electric and acoustic slide guitar, as well as his banjo, in music that runs from jazz-rock fusion in style to Celtic to rural blues. He also does some vocals, and proves himself to be a respectable and likable singer. The result is an album that is both entertaining and absorbing, with its intriguing mix of influences, often within a single tune, and his skill at putting a new spin on some old songs.