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Groupe
Bluegrass US formé en 1990 à Santa Barbara (californie), composé de Charl Ann Gastineau, Cyrus Clarke, Phil
Salazar, Rick Borella et Mike Mullins.
Formed in
Santa Barbara, California in 1990, the Acousticats recorded two albums before
disbanding five years later. With a double-fiddle attack, played by Phil
Salazar and Charl Ann Gastineau, and original songs by two singer/songwriters, Cyrus
Clarke and Mike
Mullins, the quintet combined elements of traditional folk music with more
contemporary influences. While they spotlighted their musical virtuosity on
up-tempo bluegrass and string band instrumentals, the group's sound also
included heavy doses of French Canadian and Louisiana-style music.
Down at Evangelina's, the
Acousticats' 1992 debut album, included an original Cajun tune, "Hey Hey
Evangelina"; a lively treatment of "Come to the Mardi Gras," learned from a 1954
recording by jazz players Oscar
Peterson, Ray
Brown and Herb
Ellis; and a melodic rendition of David
Mallett's French Canadian fiddle tune "The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel." Their
second album, Cat's
Meow, focused exclusively on original songs by Clarke and Mullins.
Since the band's demise, Salazar has
remained active as a fiddler. In addition to performing and recording with John
McEuen, he's continued to work in California with the Cache
Valley Drifters, the
Rincon Ramblers and Acadiana.
Style musical : Bluegrass, Cajun, Folk
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Albums
| 06/1992 | CD Flying Fish FFCD-583 (US) |
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Down At Evangelina's - Hey Hey Evangelina / Rhode Island Bride / Adios Again / Springfield Mountain Coal Miner / Come To The Mardi Gras / My Daddy's Watch / Ballad Of St. Anne's Reel / California Republic / No Msg. Please / Road From Yesterday / Triplett's Reel - Fiddlin' Phil / Telluride / Joanne |
| 12/1995 | CD Ranch 11254 (US) |
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ThE Cat's Meow - Trucker's Prayer / Ruidoso Blue / Along The Rio Grande / Mud And Dust And Blood And Silver / Ease On Down The River / In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed / As I Go Marching By / Barbados / Highway - Forever Will Be Mine / Kern County Fandango / Rear View Mirror / Out Of The Depths I Cry - Black Lung / Crazy Cat |
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