''Trichromes'' is an album by the Trichromes, a rock band led by former Grateful Dead drummer

Bill Kreutzmann William Kreutzmann Jr. ( ; born May 7, 1946) is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to ...

. The group's only full-length album, it was released in 2002. Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics for eight of the eleven songs.

Critical reception

John Metzger of ''The Music Box'' wrote, "Much like the group's first single 'Dice with the Universe', much of its new self-titled release straddles a line between breezy pop, folksy blues, and classic rock.... the band occasionally strikes gold while delivering a pleasing set of material, anchored by one of the finest drummers in the history of rock 'n' roll." William Ruhlmann wrote on

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, "Trichromes guitarist Ralph Woodson and such guests as

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and

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do fine by unter's lyrics creating songs that sound like they could have fit into the Dead's repertoire. And the band's jamming style is also reminiscent of the Dead...."

Track listing

#"None So Blind" ( Robert Hunter, Ralph Woodson,

) – 4:48 #"Iowa Soldier" (Hunter, Woodson) – 6:31 #"Track 6" (Hunter, Woodson, Sears) – 6:21 #"Simply Nowhere" (Hunter, Woodson, Mike DiPirro) – 8:08 #"Dice with the Universe" (Hunter,

, Ira Walker) – 4:59 #"Say You're Not Leaving" (Woodson) – 4:58 #"For You" (Hunter, Woodson) – 4:52 #"Kickin' Ass on the Avenue" (Hunter, Woodson, Sears) – 5:30 #"Stop, Drop and Roll" (Hunter, Woodson) – 4:48 #"Impossible Triangle" (Woodson) – 5:28 #"Knot of Eternity" (

, Woodson, Sears) – 10:38

Personnel

The Trichromes

– drums *Ralph Woodson –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

*Mike DiPirro – bass *Sy Klopps –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Production

*L. Henry Sarmiento II – producer, mixing, engineering *Steve Parish – executive producer *Herbie Herbert – executive producer *Jeffrey Norman – additional production *Gordon Brislawn –

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guru * Michael Romanowski – mastering *Will Cascio – artwork, art direction, design

References

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