Banjo: Karen Dalton, Drums: Joe Loop, Guitar: Karen Dalton, Guitar: Richard Tucker, Liner Notes: Dick Weissman, Photography By: Karen Dalton, Photography By: Richard Tucker, Producer: Stéphane Bismuth, Recorded By: Joe Loop, Recorded By: Karen Dalton, Remastered By: Peter Mew, Transferred By [Digital Transfer]: Kevin Loyal, Transferred By [Digital Transfer]: Pat O'Shaughnessy, Vocals: Karen Dalton, Labelcode MGAP18.2 (CDMEGA18), Engineered At Echo Park Studios, Remastered At Abbey Road Studios
"Green Rocky Road" is a captivating CD release by the legendary folk and blues singer Karen Dalton, brought to you by Megaphone Music. This album features rare home recordings from the 1960s, offering an intimate glimpse into Dalton's unique vocal style and emotive interpretations of traditional American songs. Known for her haunting voice and deeply personal delivery, Karen Dalton was a central figure in the Greenwich Village folk scene alongside Bob Dylan and Fred Neil. Though she released only two studio albums during her lifetime?both now considered cult classics?her influence has grown steadily over the years, inspiring artists like Nick Cave and Lucinda Williams. Megaphone Music is renowned for its dedication to unearthing hidden gems in music history, specializing in high-quality reissues that preserve important musical legacies for new generations.
One of the endlessly repeated and therefore defining stories of Karen Dalton's career is that she hated recording so much that she had to be tricked i...
D.M. Edwards - 22/Jul/2008
This is Karen Dalton recorded to two-tracks by Joe Loop more than 40 years ago: arguably a portrait of the artist as a young, pure, authentic folk sin...
Jennifer Kelly - 17/Jul/2008
Recorded "on two tracks" (as Dalton plainly states) in 1962 and 1963, the material for Green Rocky Road came from the same trove of reel-to-reel tapes...