Twilight Motel

Twilight Motel
Studio album by Alison Brown
Released	1992
Genre	Progressive bluegrass, jazz
Length	42:49
Label	Vanguard[1]
Producer	Mike Marshall
Alison Brown chronology
Simple Pleasures (1990) Twilight Motel (1992) Look Left (1994)

Twilight Motel is an album by the American banjoist Alison Brown, released in 1992.^[2][3] Brown used a 1938 Gibson banjo.^[4]

Production

Recorded in Nashville and in Berkeley, the album was produced by Mike Marshall.^[5] "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" is a cover of the Ewan MacColl song.^[6]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[1]
The Indianapolis Star	[7]

The Baltimore Sun wrote that the album "touches on everything from slippery samba rhythms to flashy Scruggs-style picking."^[8] 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'."^[7] 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."^[9]

In his AllMusic review, music critic Michael McCall called the album "jazzier, yet also more relaxed, than her debut."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Alison Brown unless otherwise noted

1. "First Light" – 5:17
2. "Lorelei" – 4:36
3. "Twilight Motel" – 3:45
4. "Blue Marlin" – 4:40
5. "Saint Geneviéve" – 4:02
6. "Gods of Brazil" – 4:29
7. "Shoot The Dog" – 3:25
8. "Pelican Bay" – 3:12
9. "Chicken Road" – 4:25
10. "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

References

1. Duckman, David (28 Jan 1993). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
2. McCall, Michael. "Twilight Motel > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
3. Henry, Murphy (2013). Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass. University of Illinois Press. p. 298.
4. Adams, Noah (Nov 25, 1992). "Twilight Motel". All Things Considered. NPR.
5. Clark, Renee Hopkins (December 13, 1992). "Twilight Motel, Alison Brown". The Dallas Morning News. p. 6C.
6. Lawrence, Keith (December 25, 1992). "Bluegrass Notes". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 2D.
7. Schoch, Eric (22 Jan 1993). "Alison Brown Twilight Motel". The Indianapolis Star. p. B9.
8. Considine, J.D. (1 Jan 1993). "Twilight Motel". Features. The Baltimore Sun. p. 5.
9. "Twilight Motel by Alison Brown". Stereo Review. 58 (5): 90. May 1993.