''Rolling Through This World'' is a collaborative

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, credited to American guitarist

Bob Brozman Bob Brozman (March 8, 1954 – April 23, 2013) was an American guitarist and ethnomusicologist. Biography Brozman was born to a Jewish family in Long Island, New York, and began playing the guitar when he was six. He was an adjunct professor ...

and Australian musician

Jeff Lang Jeff Lang (born 9 November 1969) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and music producer. who plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, cümbüş and drums. He is a three-time ARIA Award winner, for his albums '' Rolling Through This World'' ...

with Angus Diggs. ''Rolling Through This World'' was released in Australia in 2002. At the

ARIA Music Awards of 2002 The 16th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) were held on 15 October 2002 at the Sydney SuperDome. Awards ARIA Awards ''Winners highlighted in bold with nomi ...

, the album won the

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Background

Brozman and Lang met when they both performed at the 2000 Woodford Festival in Australia. The two jammed together during each other's sets and improvised without rehearsal. It was agreed that they would play some shows together and record a project together during Brozman's January 2002 Australian tour. ''Rolling Through This World'' is the result of four days recording in Melbourne in January 2002.

Reception

Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine Entertainment. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in ...

said "..two hugely talented guitar show-offs demonstrate just exactly what can be done when they decide to stretch their considerable skills. There are moments when you gasp and want to ask, 'How did you do that, you flashy pair of bastards?' as the two duck and dive around each other in amazing displays of cleverness. The interplay of the two guitars is glorious, the way the guitars weave around each other is just simply amazing."

Track listing

# "61 Highway" ( Fred McDowell) - 4:52 # "Danville Girl" (

Dock Boggs Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (February 7, 1898 – February 7, 1971) was an American old-time singer, songwriter, and banjo player. His style of banjo playing, as well as his singing, is considered a unique combination of Appalachian folk music and A ...

) - 4:16 # "Rolling Through This World" (

) - 6:15 # "The Changeling" ( Chris Wilson) - 6:06 # "Cypress Grove" (

Skip James Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals, James' early recordings ...

) - 5:30 # "Black Back Train" (Traditional) - 5:26 # "Get Lucky" (Brozman) - 5:04 # "Telephone Arguing Blues" - 5:06 # "Rooster Tail" (Lang) - 3:11 # "Plucked Pigeon Soup-Hop" (Brozman) - 4:28 # "Wipe It Off" ( Lonnie Johnson) - 1:47

Personnel

*Bob Brozman – vocal guitars *Jeff Lang – vocals, guitars, chumbush *Angus Diggs – drums

References

{{Authority control 2002 collaborative albums Jeff Lang albums ARIA Award–winning albums