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1. Carry Me
2. There's A Panther In Michigan
3. Never Look Down
4. Who Are These People?
5. Serious About You
6. Count on Me
7. Mandaddy
8. Story Time
9. Pretty Mary
10. These Are Good Times
11. Breakfast Blues
12. The Rifle and the Song
CREDITS
Produced by Carl Finch of Brave Combo
Released in 1994
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Review
Music Monthly/National Beat
'Who Are These People?'-That was my exact reaction when I first glanced atthe CD cover. What kind of name is that for a band? It sounds like a how-to-do-it-yourself manual on catching, cleaning, and cooking fish. I thought for sure they'd be another Seattle grunge band.
I was dead wrong. Trout Fishing in America are actually a folk duo whoplace heavy emphasis on bass and acoustic guitar. The bass in particular ismixed in such a way that all the songs have a strong rhythmic quality tothem. Quite a change from the normal folk stuff. Most of the songs seem tofall under the folk rock heading, but out of the blue comes a tune or twothat will surprise you. My personal favorite is 'Serious About You', whichhas a soulish beat to it. Horns blast out giving a '60s feel, but whatinstrument takes the solo? The acoustic guitar does, thereby retaining thatfolk edge. Still, I could see Jr. Cline and the Recliners covering it.Another interesting song is entitled 'Breakfast Blues'--a ditty loaded withpuns galore about breakfast food, some so bad you just have to laugh.
This might be a new direction for folk music. Gone are the days when therewould be just one person and his guitar singing mournful odes about theworld's injustices. Now you get duos with strange names singing aboutflapjacks. The times they are a' changin' indeed.
--Karen Liebowitz
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