Mark Twang

by John Hartford

Mark Twang cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Flying Fish
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 34:59
  • Community rating: 3.31/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A highly idiosyncratic solo performance capturing the legendary multi-instrumentalist navigating complex progressive bluegrass with minimalist, unaccompanied arrangements. Relying heavily on his unique vocal inflections and percussive foot-tapping, the record is deeply humorous and quirky, embodying the spirit of traditional riverboat entertainment.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, conceptual, complex, minimalistic, unaccompanied-solo

Tracklist

  1. Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew (3:01)
  2. Long Hot Summer Days (4:48)
  3. Let Him Go on Mama (3:49)
  4. Don't Leave Your Records in the Sun (2:26)
  5. Tater Tate and Allen Mundy (2:42)
  6. The Julia Belle Swain (4:48)
  7. Little Cabin Home On The Hill Waugh Waugh (1:13)
  8. Austin Minor Sympathy (6:42)
  9. The Lowest Pair (0:45)
  10. Trying To Do Something To Get Your Attention (4:39)

Credits

  • William Matthews - cover, illustration [water color on front cover]
  • Bill Monroe - written-by
  • Lester Flatt - written-by

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