On the Road (In New York Town)
Rod Macdonald
Performed By
Rod Macdonald
Album UPC
700261401737
CD Baby Track ID
TR0000443112
Label
Blue Flute Music
Released
2014-04-28
BPM
104
Rated
0
ISRC
uscgj1492036
Year
2014
Spotify Plays
79
Writers
Writer
Roderick Owen MacDonald
Pub Co
Blue Flute Music
Composer
Roderick Owen MacDonald
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Rights Controlled
Master and Publishing Grant
Rights
One-Stop: Master + 100% Pub Grant
Original/Cover/Public Domain
original
Country
United States - Florida
Description
Remastered in 2014 for cd re-release, this recording has some of MacDonald's most often-covered songs. "My summation of Rod MacDonald--he's a restless traveller, seeker and communicator of the truth, and an obediant servant of his music" Acoustic Live
Notes
No commercial traffic is rod macdonald’s first solo recording, ten original songs recorded from february to september 1983 by g parker and moogy klingman at moogy’s studio on park ave, produced by macdonald with the assistance of stephen powers and tom intondi. The Village Voice labeled it “the most strongly gritty work of the folkie revival” and its songs, especially “american jerusalem,” “a sailor’s prayer” and “every living thing” have been covered by shawn colvin, the 4 bitchin’ babes, dave van ronk, garnet rogers, jonathan edwards and other singers. Instrumentally the sound varies from raw acoustic rock and roll to solo folk guitar, with generous helpings of native flute noise and strings across percussive rhythms. The cd was first re-released in 2003, and in a brief review, the Palm Beach Post said the “recording sounds timeless.”
The 2014 re-release of No Commercial Traffic has been re-mastered to a full cd sound.
musicians
rod macdonald/guitar, harmonica, vocals
bill merchant/bass
mark dann/bass
jeff hardy/bass
joe henderson/guitar
john kruth/mandolin, flute
chuck hancock/saxophone
nat seely/drums
john lewis/piano
backup vocals/dave van ronk, lucy kaplansky, tom duval,
janet stecher, judy molner
From the All-Music Guide
"Via the Fast Folk Music Cooperative, MacDonald and others like Richard Meyer and Christine Lavin were an important part of the rebirth of the folk scene in New York in the 1980s. While MacDonald isn't exactly a new face to New York folk music fans, he began to gain national stature in the early 1990s, performing at folk festivals and coffeehouses around the U.S., Canada and Europe. MacDonald's songwriting influences include Phil Ochs, Richard Farina and Bob Dylan. True to the folk tradition, MacDonald is not afraid to get political, that take chances and perhaps shock some people. Songs like "American Jerusalem," "White Buffalo" and "Every Living Thing" have been covered by his peers and his elders, including musicians Garnet Rogers, Jean Redpath, Gordon Bok, Happy Traum and Shawn Colvin. MacDonald's place in the folk Hall of Fame is assured by his "A Sailor's Prayer," a hymn-styled tune that many people mistook for a traditional song." Richard Skelly, All Music Guide
The 2014 re-release of No Commercial Traffic has been re-mastered to a full cd sound.
musicians
rod macdonald/guitar, harmonica, vocals
bill merchant/bass
mark dann/bass
jeff hardy/bass
joe henderson/guitar
john kruth/mandolin, flute
chuck hancock/saxophone
nat seely/drums
john lewis/piano
backup vocals/dave van ronk, lucy kaplansky, tom duval,
janet stecher, judy molner
From the All-Music Guide
"Via the Fast Folk Music Cooperative, MacDonald and others like Richard Meyer and Christine Lavin were an important part of the rebirth of the folk scene in New York in the 1980s. While MacDonald isn't exactly a new face to New York folk music fans, he began to gain national stature in the early 1990s, performing at folk festivals and coffeehouses around the U.S., Canada and Europe. MacDonald's songwriting influences include Phil Ochs, Richard Farina and Bob Dylan. True to the folk tradition, MacDonald is not afraid to get political, that take chances and perhaps shock some people. Songs like "American Jerusalem," "White Buffalo" and "Every Living Thing" have been covered by his peers and his elders, including musicians Garnet Rogers, Jean Redpath, Gordon Bok, Happy Traum and Shawn Colvin. MacDonald's place in the folk Hall of Fame is assured by his "A Sailor's Prayer," a hymn-styled tune that many people mistook for a traditional song." Richard Skelly, All Music Guide
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