Morehouse
Originally released in 1992 it has been completely
remastered from the original eight track tape masters
and digitized to CD.
'Acoustic News!' is an album recorded in the studio by
Dave Morehouse over a couple of years around 1990.
Acoustic folk music might best describe the 10 cut
album.
The entire disc is composed of songs in the modern
folk tradition. The cast of characters are strictly
traditional acoustic instruments. The ever present
Martin guitar is the mainstay for accompaniment but is
joined by banjo, mandolins, violin, wooden flutes, and
upright bass. (The steam drill on John Henry actually
was a 22 ounce ball peen hammer on a 140 pound anvil
lugged into the studio especially for that effect!) All
instruments and vocals are performed and recorded by
Dave Morehouse.
The disc offers a mixed bag of tunes. Three traditional
tunes are (Bury Me Not, John Henry, Wade in the Water)
served up with unique arrangements which separate
them from previous recordings the listener may have
heard. Bury Me Not is typically a three chord cowboy
song which is dramatically arranged in a Western Swing
style. Very Blue Moon (Black) and River (Staines) are
two songs which were very popular in the mid 80s and
are frequently requested across the bandstand even to
this day. Five original tunes written by Morehouse
round out the lineup. I Fell Hard, his personal favorite,
was written for his wife while she was doing the laundry
down in the basement. She came upstairs just as he
finished the last verse and he was excited to play it for
her. His new song was greeted with,"All you ever do is
play that darn guitar!!!" Evidently, the laundry hadn't gone
well on that day. Tom's Farewell was written when a best
friend/musician moved away (The real Tom is living in
California now.) and Maggie was written between sets
at the Shawano, WI folk festival. All five original songs
were acid tested in front of countless live audiences
before bringing them into the studio.
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1. Once in a Very Blue Moon (Black)
2. Bury Me Not (Trad.)
3. Copper Song (Morehouse)
4. I Fell Hard for You (Morehouse)
5. John Henry (Trad.)
6. Maggie (Morehouse)
7. River (Staines)
8. Tom's Farewell (Morehouse)
9. Wade in the Water (Trad.)
10. Whitewater Waltz (Morehouse)
