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Skylark Productions, Sky 209 (1992) David DiGiuseppe, Ted Ehrhard, Dean Herington, Pete Campbell with special guests Joe Newberry and Jim Roberts
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| Review from Green
Man Review
I suspect it's always a problem for dance bands to make albums. Whether it's a barn dance, cajun, ceilidh or even Bavarian thigh-slapping, music lively enough to get a roomful of people on their feet and enjoying themselves needs different qualities than those you would choose for the living room. Too much subtlety and clever musicianship from the band can cause trampled toes and missed steps on the dance floor. Footloose, however, has produced an album which is a very neat compromise. The music is emphatically dance music, all instrumental and mostly traditional or traditional sounding, and with quite enough of a dance tempo and feel to satisfy dancers, but also an elegant lightness of touch and humour in the arrangements which makes the album surprisingly listenable. The four piece band use an interesting mix of instruments which include fiddle, accordian, mandolin, guitar, washboard, clarinet, piano and bass, and on this album, drums and banjo supplied by guests. The music, although predominantly Celtic sounding, drifts into cajun, swing, and almost tongue in cheek mock classical in places but without at any time losing its strong identity. It strikes me as an honest unpretentious album by a dance band who know their subject and what their audience wants. While it's probably not to everyone's taste, if Footloose were playing at a ceilidh near me I would definitely be in the queue for tickets and pleased to have an album like this as a pleasant reminder of the band. [Chris Woods] green man review http://www.greenmanreview.com |
