Release Date: 22 January 2016
Label: Continental Song City
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8713762011253
Genres: Rock  
Release Date: 22 January 2016
Label: Continental Song City
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8713762011253
Genres: Rock  
Description
Eclectic clawhammer and three-finger picker Danny Barnes' first collection in six years showcases a singular songwriter and player in peak form as "Got Myself Together (Ten Years Later)" reworks his classic album a decade later. The Seattle-area resident simply strips songs to their essence on the new recording.
"I spend a lot of time developing new contexts like the barnyard electronics aesthetic," Barnes says. "Get Myself Together was my last acoustic-type recording and I get quite a bit of fan mail about it, but the label that released it went out of business. I wanted to make something with this record that featured more of my raw acoustic sound, as though I was kind of playing in your living room."
From his time with Bad Livers in the '90s, through stints with Tim O'Brien, Bill Frisell, Jeff Austin, and alternative string bands of every kind and his own solo projects, Barnes has demonstrated a vision for the banjo unencumbered by preconceptions about how the instrument should be used in contemporary music.
This year Danny received the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. The winner is determined by a board consisting of J.D Crowe, Pete Wernick, Tony Trischka, Anne Stringfield, Alison Brown, Neil V. Rosenberg, Béla Fleck and Steve Martin.
Tracklisting
Emma Swift
Eileen Rose
Anna Elizabeth Laube
The Weight Band
The Hello Darlins
King Tree & the Earthmothers
Michael McDermott
Caroline Herring
Greg Freeman
The Armory Show
Apocalypse Orchestra
The Blackbirds
Hawkwind
The War on Drugs
Hands Like Houses
Wasia Project