Twilight Motel is an album by the American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1992. Brown used a 1938 Gibson banjo.
Production Recorded in Nashville and in Berkeley, the album was produced by Mike Marshall. "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" is a cover of the Ewan MacColl song.
Reception
The Baltimore Sun wrote that the album "touches on everything from slippery samba rhythms to flashy Scruggs-style picking." The Indianapolis Star concluded that "there's nothing bad on this disc, much that's good, but too much that's merely pleasant, veering close to 'easy listening'." Stereo Review noted that "Brown never wanders as far into space-grass territory as Bela Fleck, but her artistic vision, while less flashy, is no less profound."
In his AllMusic review, music critic Michael McCall called the album "jazzier, yet also more relaxed, than her debut."
Track listing All compositions by Alison Brown unless otherwise noted "First Light" – 5:17 "Lorelei" – 4:36 "Twilight Motel" – 3:45 "Blue Marlin" – 4:40 "Saint Geneviéve" – 4:02 "Gods of Brazil" – 4:29 "Shoot the Dog" – 3:25 "Pelican Bay" – 3:12 "Chicken Road" – 4:25 "Sweet Thames Flow Softly (MacCall, MacColl)" – 5:24
Personnel Alison Brown – banjo, guitar Roy Huskey Jr. – bass Stuart Duncan – violin Matt Eakle – flute Jerry Douglas – dobro Darol Anger – violin Mike Marshall – guitar, mandolin Todd Philips – bass Mark Schatz – banjo, bass Scott Nygaard – guitar Maura O'Conell – vocals Tony Rice – guitar Michael Spiro – percussion Paul VanWageningen – drums Garry West – bass Kristin Wilkinson – viola Andrea Zonn - violin David Hoffner – piano, keyboards Tom Miller – drums, steel pan John Catchings – violoncello
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