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''Wildflowers'' is the 2001 debut album by Jonathan Byrd. The songs are mostly original songs with a few traditional tunes. Here he mixes contemporary singer-songwriter storytelling with Appalachian folk roots. There is even a murder ballad; "Velma" is a song about serial killer Velma Barfield whose victims included Byrd's own grandfather. ''Sing Out!'' says, "(Byrd's ) songwriting melds the lyricism of Celtic music with the stark storytelling of the finest traditional balladeers."〔 Arthur Wood of ''Folkwax'' says that Byrd's "Ashe County Fair" is certain, in time, to become a "folk classic." Byrd explained to Wood: "When I started writing it, I didn't know the girl was going to die."〔Wood, Arthur, ("Born into the Whisper" (Jonathan Byrd bio) ), ''FolkWax'' (link requires free subscription--accessed Aug 14, 2008)〕 Byrd says that he learned to play in the alternate guitar tuning DADGAD during two visits to Ireland: "For a personal challenge, I wrote and recorded my entire first album (album ) in that tuning, bringing it into the Old-Time, Bluegrass, and Country idioms."〔 The album includes a couple of instrumentals that allow Byrd to show off his flatpicking skills. ''Sing Out!'' described the sound of the album as, "a wonderfully spare collection, allowing the warm expressive vocals of Jonathan and his strong guitar to carry most of the weight of the arrangements."〔 Byrd plays a number of vintage Martin Guitars on the album including a 1936 Martin D-28, a 1937 sunburst D-18, and a 1934 D-18. ==Track listing== All songs by Jonathan Byrd except where noted # "Wildflowers" - 3:29 # "Eli's Cotton Gin" - 3:14 # "Velma" - 3:34 # "Lady's Fancy" (traditional) - 2:13 # "Sandy Mush" - 4:03 # "The Golden Glow of Autumn" - 2:48 # "Tinytown" - 5:30 # "Ashe County Fair" - 5:27 # "Bean an Fhir Rua, Backstep Cindy" (traditional) - 3:27 # "The Sparrow" - 3:01 # "Mama" - 2:26 # "Molly Dear" (traditional) - 3:26 # "Big Hoedown" (traditional) - 1:57 # "The Cider Song" - 3:51 # "Her Eyes Were Green" - 4:16 # "Robena" - 2:48 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wildflowers (Jonathan Byrd album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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