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| JOEL MABUS
"His sharp writing and soft singing have an amused and gently knowing
quality that suggest Garrison Keillor or Jean Shepherd. In fact,
Mabus might've simply become a storyteller, had he not wielded such a
rock-solid guitar pick, versatile among several traditional genres."
- Performing Songwriter
"One of the hottest pickers around, up there with Doc Watson and
Norman Blake. The best picking I've heard in ages." - Cathy Fink
"It's not just a wealth of musical styles or his smooth and
expressive voice that have made Mabus such a fine artist. His songs,
which range from thoughtful to silly to poetic, show that he knows
his way around the English language and American culture just as well
as he knows his way around a fretboard." - Jeff Garrity, Capital Times
Joel's parents, Gerald and Ruby, were professional performers in the
1930's on "WLS Prairie Farmer Barn Dance" road shows. His dad and
uncle, (Gerald & Jerald Lee - identical twins) played fiddle tunes
and old-time country songs all over Illinois and much of the Midwest
before the war.
While Joel "cut his teeth" on old-time and bluegrass music, his
horizons soon expanded. A teen in the turbulent 1960's, Joel was
exploring blues and jazz, Celtic music, and the folk-protest songs of
the era. From the beginning, Joel has been recognized for his ability
to shine on any one of several instruments.
At festivals he's been paired in workshops with such artists as Doc
Watson, Norman Blake, Mark O'Connor, and the late Jethro Burns. For
several years his music was the theme for Public Radio's syndicated
"Folk Sampler with Mike Flynn," and Joel was a frequent guest on
Garrison Keillor's first incarnation of "A Prairie Home Companion."
His anti-war song, "Touch A Name On The Wall" has been performed by
decorated veterans and jailed protesters alike. His contradance tune,
"The Blue Jig," though never recorded, is an underground "hit" among
contradance bands on two continents, passed from player to player.
Joel Mabus is hard to categorize. A link between the traditional and
contemporary - a singer-songwriter living down the reputation of a
hot picker - Joel would prefer to shuck all the labels and just play. |
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| 2009 |
Joel Mabus |
No Worries Now
| Am I Right
Come Along Again
Two Cents Plain
Alligator Ate Her Poodle
Little Mister Diddy
You Voted Red
Poison In The Glass
Halfway Home
Charlie Birger
The Lost Shall Be Redeemed
Give It Up
Shine
How Can I Keep From Singing (the old hymn re-imagined)
Extra Poison (Bonus)
Joel Mabus is back with an album of all-new all-original songs. Mabus' 20th recording is among his most uplifting, pointed and witty work.
The musical moods... More>>> |
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| 2005 |
Joel Mabus |
Parlor Guitar
| An all-instrumental album of fingerstyle arrangements of some classic tunes. "Parlor Guitar" has a double meaning: The guitar Joel plays on this recording is known as a parlor guitar -- smaller in size than the modern acoustic guitar. A century ago, the small guitar was the normal size -- meant for drawing rooms. Secondly, the melodies on this album are from the "parlor song era" -- the early 20th and late 19th centuries (basically before radio and electrical recording).
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| 2004 |
Joel Mabus |
Golden Willow Tree
| Here you have for your amusement & edification a collection of banjo tunes, ballads and prairie serenades. Rivers run through it and birds fly above it while life's indelible issues persist. The willow tree is made of roots & branches - the roots solid in the past, drinking from deep hidden waters while the branches are ever-spreading, shaped by wind & weather. So am I - planted here with my feet on the ground and my head in the sky, stretching my limbs once again to share the music that both... More>>> |
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| 2002 |
Joel Mabus |
Thumb Thump
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Blues and ragtime music in
the style of the early days. Acoustic guitar, vocals, and occasionally percussive
feet on this lively collection of traditional and original music.
SELECTIONS:
Shake Them Hard Luck Blues, The Creeper, Frankie and Albert, My Bucket's Got
a Hole In It, Red Dog Rag, East St. Louis, Brady, Struttin' to Tootsie's, What
Kind of Pants Does a Gambler Wear, The Train That Carried my Girl from Town,
Old Joe, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Paul and Silas
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| 2001 |
Joel Mabus |
Six of One
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Joel Mabus
Six of One
Six original songs and six
classic folk songs take turns explaining love and death. Featuring Peter "Madcat"
Ruth on harmonica & Don Stiernberg on mandolin. If you are looking for a good
"first" Joel Mabus CD to try out, this is it!
SELECTIONS:
School For Love, Careless Love, My Ramona, Old Smokey, Storybook Romance, The
Cowboy's Barb'ry Allen, Little Baby Lindberg, Old Baggum/Toss the Feathers,
Virus On The Town, Balm In Gilead, Back Porch Of... More>>> |
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| 1999 |
Joel Mabus |
How Like the Holly
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(Fossil Records)>
Joel sings and plays acoustic guitar and open-backed banjo, performing both
original and traditional holiday songs. "Christmas comes as bundles of twelve
and so my gift for you. I wish you peace as you unwrap this small bundle." -JM
SELECTIONS:
How Like The Holly (Mabus), The Cherry Tree Carol (Traditional), Rorate Ceoli
Desuper (Trad-instrumental), The Friendly Beasts (Trad., Mabus), Es is ein'
Ros' entsprungen (Trad. -inst), How Vain The Cruel... More>>> |
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| 1997 |
Joel Mabus |
Rhyme Schemes
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(Fossil Records)
A collection of original
songs, tunes and a bit of poetry. The musical styles range from folk to swinging
jazz & blues to old-time fiddle and banjo. The lyric content ranges from the
comic to the wry to the wistful.
SELECTIONS: Chairman of the Bored, Say Cheese, Bubba's 3 B's, Sugar Bush Square
Dance, Crooked November, The Fiddler's Reply, Tight Old Arkansas, Mr. Lucky,
What My Doin' Wrong, The Druggist, Mosquito Coast, Clear Blue Sky, Doo Dah Ditty
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| 1994 |
Joel Mabus |
Promised Land
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(Fossil Records)
From 1994, nine originals
and two traditional songs with Joel on guitar and banjo.
"Progressive populist songwriting that would do Woody Guthrie proud." - Acoustic
Musician
SELECTIONS: Alice & Ralph, Rivethead, Holding To The Land, Flowers of Michigan,
Freeport (Factory-Outlet-Ville), Five Kinds Of Snow, Amnesty, Columbus Stockade,
Waiting For My Angel To Arrive, Sea Of Dreams, Promised Land.
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| 1993 |
Joel Mabus |
Flatpick & Clawhammer
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From 1991 & 1993, a special
double-album CD of traditional guitar and banjo music. Over 70 minutes of music
recorded naturally and intimately with digital clarity. Mostly instrumental,
with some vocals.
"A relaxed yet propulsive feel, unfailingly beautiful tone, and fine, ever-graceful
ornamentation. Beautifully simple and simply beautiful." - Guitar Player
SELECTIONS: FLATPICK (guitar) - Rainbow, The Friar's Britches, I'm Getting Ready
to Go, Twinkle Little Star,... More>>> |
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| 1992 |
Joel Mabus |
Short Stories
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From 1992, all original songs
with Joe Konkoly on bass. Mostly story songs.
"Indescribably tasteful guitar and insightful singer-songwriter material" -
Art Menius, Bluegrass Unlimited
SELECTIONS: First Times, If Wishes Were Horses, Honeysuckle Moon, The Book I
gave Up Reading, The Fiddle & The Bow, Warmer Every Day, Doc'sology, The Preacher
& The Flood, A Midsummer Night's Waltz, 5W Blues, Let It Be Me & You, Talking
20th Century.
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| 1988 |
Joel Mabus |
The Naked Truth - Joel Mabus in Concert
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CD Recorded seamlessly in
1988, a true concert album and Mabus' best seller. Voted one of the top 10 folk
albums of the year by both Boston's WUMB and Harvard's WHRB.
"Mabus' between-song comments are frequently as entertaining as his music" -
Bluegrass Unlimited
SELECTIONS: The Only Way Out, Duct Tape Blues, Touch A Name On The Wall, The
Naked Truth, Thom Paine's Dream, Hitler Was A Vegetarian, Shiny On The Outside,
Ain't America Beautiful, Testing 1...2...3..., The... More>>> |
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