Coming Down from Red Lodge is an album by American musician Peter Ostroushko, released in 2003.
All the songs were written for performance on A Prairie Home Companion. Guests include Pat Donohue and Greg Leisz.
Reception
Sing Out! stated in its Summer 2003 review: "Ostroushko, like Antonín Dvořák and Aaron Copland before him is able to grasp the kernel of music at the center of "the American experience", and transform it into a larger, more colorful whole... Coming Down from Red Lodge is destined to become one of Ostroushko's most popular recordings."
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Chris Nickson wrote the album is "a perfect illustration of his breadth and instrumental virtuosity on both fiddle and mandolin... The only track that doesn't really work is "Hymn: Page 9/11", perhaps because the emotions involved remain too fresh to be put into notes. With that caveat, this is one of Ostroushko's best releases — and that statement alone is no small praise, given his stature as one of the American greats."
Track listing All songs by Peter Ostroushko. "Coming Down from Red Lodge" – 2:26 "(Peter's Most Excellent) Trip to Donegal" – 4:35 "Teelin Bay Waltz" – 3:29 "President George W. Bush's Hornpipe" – 2:30 "New Smyrna Serenade" – 3:50 "Cashdollar Blues" – 3:15 "East Texas Waltz" – 4:20 "Topanga Canyon Strut" – 4:30 "Reel Medley: The Four-Faced Liar/Baggett Street/The Witches' Kitchen" – 4:50 "Hymn: Page 9/11" – 4:42
Personnel Peter Ostroushko – mandolin, fiddle, mandola Marc Anderson – percussion Gary Raynor – bass Joel Sayles – bass Andy Stein – fiddle, saxophone Diane Tremaine – cello Pat Donohue – guitar Dirk Freymuth – bouzouki, guitar Arnie Kinsella – drums, cowbell, percussion Dan Newton – accordion Greg Leisz – guitar, lap steel guitar
Production notes Peter Ostroushko – producer, liner Notes, mixing Eric Peltoniemi – executive producer Rick Cunha – engineer Sam Hudson – engineer, mixing David Glasser – mastering Carla Leighton – design Ann Marsden – photography
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