''Slant 6 Mind'' is the title of the fourteenth principal album release by
American folk singer/guitarist
Greg Brown, released in 1997.
At the
Grammy Awards of 1998
The 40th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 25, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. Rock icon Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss & Union Station, and R. Kelly were th ...
, ''Slant 6 Mind'' was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album
The Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording.
An award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was also presented. Prior to 1987 ...
.
Reception
Writing for
Allmusic
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, music critic Jeff Burger wrote of the album "For the most part, this 14th album is business as usual for Greg Brown, which is very good news indeed... Suffice it to say that once you've heard Brown's voice, you won't forget it. And while Brown once claimed he could sing Hank Williams songs with even more passion than he delivers his own, this terrific album makes a more passionate performance hard to imagine."
Track listing
All songs by Greg Brown.
# "Whatever It Was" – 4:49
# "Loneliness House" – 4:24
# "Mose Allison Played Here" – 3:45
# "Spring & All" – 3:15
# "Vivid" – 3:15
# "Dusty Woods" – 5:57
# "Billy From the Hills" – 5:00
# "Speaking in Tongues" – 4:33
# "Enough" – 4:38
# "Hurt So Nice" – 2:13
# "Wild Like a Sonny Boy" – 3:41
# "Down at the Mill" – 4:08
# "Why Don't You Just Go Home" –4:23
Personnel
*Greg Brown – vocals, guitar
*Bo Ramsey – guitar, slide guitar, harmony vocals
*Bob Black – banjo
*Paul Griffith – drums
*Dave Moore – harmonica
*Al Murphy – fiddle
*
Kelly Joe Phelps
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Career
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– guitar, vocals, harmony vocals, lap steel guitar
*
Gordon Johnson – bass
Production
*Produced by Bo Ramsey and Greg Brown
*Engineered and mixed by Tom Tucker
*Mastered by Bernie Grundman
*Photography by Jim Herrington
References
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Greg Brown (folk musician) albums
1997 albums
Red House Records albums