The Iowa Waltz

by Greg Brown

The Iowa Waltz cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Red House
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:19
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Embodying the rich storytelling tradition of the American Midwest, the folk singer-songwriter delivers a heartfelt homage to rural life. 'The Iowa Waltz' relies on warm, acoustic fingerpicking and Brown's deeply resonant baritone to paint nostalgic, pastoral vignettes. It served as an early, defining release for the influential independent folk label Red House Records.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, male-vocals, acoustic, storytelling, folk, witty

Tracklist

  1. The Iowa Waltz (3:56)
  2. Mississippi Serenade (3:39)
  3. Counting Feedcaps (3:31)
  4. Grand Junction (3:06)
  5. Out In The Country (7:38)
  6. Walking The Beans (3:46)
  7. My Home In The Sky (3:43)
  8. King Corn (6:18)
  9. Daughters (4:14)
  10. Four Wet Pigs (1:59)
  11. The Train Carrying Jimmy Rodgers Home (3:24)

Credits

  • Dave Hansen - bass, bass guitar
  • Mike Watts - drums
  • Al Murphy - fiddle
  • Dave Moore - harmonica
  • David Williams - mandolin, guitar, banjo, banjo guitar mandolin
  • Dave Tippett - trumpet
  • John Welstead - audio

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