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Upstairs At Charlie's by Tom Corbett
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fave it Bluegrass | Western
11 tracks | 35 minutes
Released Jan 2002
on Roundhole Records
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A musical stew of western swing, bluegrass, folk and cowboy served up by some amazing musicians.
Editorial review
For his debut album, mandolinist and songwriter Tom Corbett enlisted the help of a wide array of his musical colleagues, including banjoist Herb Pederson, bassist Bill Bryson, and many others. Corbett himself, who has backed former Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McCuen, as well as doing three years with the widely acclaimed Acousticats, is a regular on the West Coast festival circuit. The music is filled with a bouncing good humor. Instrumentally, many of the songs fuse country, bluegrass, and Western swing into a delightful blend, not unlike a less jazz version of David Grisman's so-called Dawg music. Of note are his covers of Bob Willis' "Brain Cloudy Blues" and Vern Stovall and Bobby George's "Lonesome Joe From Kokomo," in addition to fine originals such as "The Cowboy Song," "Sing to Me," and the title track. Corbett doesn't reinvent the mandolin, nor does he try, but he produces an enjoyable album nonetheless. ~ Jesse Jarnow, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
The youngest of seven kids in a tight-knit family in Columbus, Ohio, Corbett was only 11 years old when he commandeered an old Vega banjo-mandolin his dad picked up at a garage sale, and he's never been the same since.
He began picking on old-time standards and absorbing the sounds of newgrass mando gods.
The Holy Trinity of bluegrass may be Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers, but in the Church of Mandolin According to Corbett, it's more like Monroe, Sam Bush and David Grisman.
Those seminal influences can still be heard in his thoughtful, inventive playing.
After auditing a few college music theory classes and studying mandolin with Rob Griffin in Columbus, Corbett moved to Sebastopol in Northern California, playing in his brother Jim's swing band and taking lessons from Mike Marshall (a former Grisman sideman), Tiny Moore (who apprenticed with Bob Wills and Merle Haggard) and Frank Wakefield.
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