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Arkansas Traveler (Remaster) (CD)

By: Michelle Shocked (Artist)

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Michelle Shocked Artist Snapshot:

In the mid-'80s, Shocked represented the acceptable face of the iconoclastic "anti-folk" movement, but her bare-bones acoustic sound soon gave way to a larger ideal that incorporated bluegrass, roots-rock, and even swing. Though her media star dimmed by the mid-'90s, her music remained as powerful as ever.

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DISC 1 for Arkansas Traveler (Remaster) (CD) Album By Michelle Shocked (Artist)
1   33 RPM Soul With Pops Staples - (with Pops Staples)
2   Come A Long Way
3   Secret To A Long Life - (with The Band)
4   Contest Comng - (with Red Clay Ramblers)
5   Over The Waterfall - (with Hothouse Flowers)
6   Shaking Hands - (with Uncle Tupelo)
7   Jum Jum Crow - (with Taj Majal)
8   Hold Me Back - (with Gatemouth Brown)
9   Strawberry Jam - (with Doc Watson)
10   Prodigal Daughter - (with Alison Krauss)
11   Blackberry Blossom - (with Norman Blake)
12   Weaving Way - (with The Messengers)
13   Arkansas Traveler - (with Jimmy Driftwood)
14   Woody's Rag - (with Dollar Bill)
15   Worth The Weight - (with Dan Crary)
16   Come A Long Way
17   Blackberry Blossom - (with The String Cheese Incident)
18   Weaving Way
19   Down In The Arkansas - (with Jimmy Driftwood)
20   Introducing Dollar Bill
21   C-H-I-C-K-E-N - (with Dollar Bill)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (5/14/92, p.105) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...This kind of generation-busting hasn't seemed so right since the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band gathered the tribes for WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN..."
Entertainment Weekly (4/17/92, p.60) - "...mostly bluegrassy, countrified numbers...Shocked's voice is as clear as dewdrops on honeysuckle..." - Rating: B
Q (5/92, p.84) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Shocked is a highly accomplished guide, displaying an understanding of, and commitment to, the roots she's unearthed..."
Option (July-Aug./92, p.122) - "...succeeds in consolidating the varied strains of Shocked's first three albums into one context, making a whole from her excursions into folk, folk-rock, and rhythm & blues..."

Title Note

Personnel include: Michelle Shocked; Doc Watson, Alison Krauss, Pops Staples, Taj Mahal, Uncle Tupelo.

Michelle Shocked is nothing if not a roots-conscious artist. She initially made her name as a hard-traveling neo-folk troubadour a la Woody Guthrie, early Bob Dylan, et al. After her mainstream breakthrough with the relatively pop-oriented CAPTAIN SWING, she used her newfound celebrity to further explore her roots on the follow-up, ARKANSAS TRAVELER. The 1992 album is essentially an Americana sampler, wherein Shocked teams up with different rootsy artists on each cut. Bluegrass is a heavy influence, and she's joined variously by Doc Watson, Alison Krauss, and other bluegrass greats. On other cuts, she partners with everyone from the Band to Taj Mahal.

While many artists would have made a trad-folk covers album out of such an endeavor, Shocked was talented enough to come up with a brace of original songs that captured the flavor of her influences, while remaining original and distinctive. The 2004 reissue of AT adds seven bonus tracks to the deal, including live cuts, demos, and alternate versions, effectively expanding Shocked's all-American saga.

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