Almost Acoustic

Infobox Album |
Name = Almost Acoustic
Type = live
Artist = Jerry Garcia


Released = December 1, 1988
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Rock, Folk
Length = 70:11
Label = Arista Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uzarqj7boj6a link] |
Last album = "Vintage NRPS"
(1986)
This album = "Almost Acoustic"
(1988)
Next album = "Garcia/Grisman (1991)

Almost Acoustic is a 1988 live acoustic album by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band which was the band's one and only release. Held in high esteem by fans for superb sound quality and fine musical selection, it was culled from 18 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre during the fall of 1987.

Track listing

#"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) – 3:30
#"Deep Elem Blues" (Traditional) – 6:09
#"Blue Yodel #9 (Standin' On the Corner)" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 6:12
#"Spike Driver's Blues" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 6:44
#"I've Been All Around This World" (Traditional) – 6:18
#"Here To Get My Baby out of Jail" (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor) – 5:16
#"I'm Troubled" (Traditional) – 4:52
#"Oh, The Wind and Rain (Traditional) – 4:39
#"The Girl at the Crossroads Bar" (Bill Bryson) – 2:37
#"Oh, Babe, It Ain't No Lie" (Elizabeth Cotton) – 6:19
#"Casey Jones" (Hurt) – 4:05
#"Diamond Joe" (Tex Logan) – 3:29
#"Gone Home" (Bill Carlisle) – 4:41
#"Ripple" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 4:21

Credits

Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band

*Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
*David Nelson - guitar, vocals
*Sandy Rothman - mandolin, dobro, vocals
*John Kahn - acoustic bass
*David Kemper - snare drum
*Kenny Kosek - fiddle

Production

*Producer – Sandy Rothman
*Live stereo recording – John Cutler
*Digital editing – Sonic Solutions
*Digital mastering – Joe Gastwirt
*Cover art – John Kahn
*Photography – Ken Friedman