'Wabash Cannibal' takes the train-tune idiom for a wild ride, with defiantly out-of-tune Mandocaster licks and some great sax from Jason Todd-whose playing, in fact, is featured just as prominently as Kruth's on most of the tracks.
'Karmachanic,' the leadoff number, has layered electric and acoustic mandolin parts that elevate it above the ordinary. The fact that the disc is dedicated to both avant-garde jazz trumpeter Don Cherry and the Carnatic mandolin maestro U Srinivas should give you some idea of what you're in for. On this, his first all-instrumental disc, Kruth serves up a tasty gumbo of folk, experimental jazz, hip-hop, and world beat with a healthy dose of lunacy, prominently featuring his cherry red 1957 Fender Mandocaster (tuned to ADF#A, if you're keeping score). The Milwaukee Journal What a fun CD! Originally released in 1995 on San Francisco's Weasel Disc, this hard-to-find little gem has been reissued by Milwaukee's Internal Combustion label, and is well worth tracking down. A fascinating argument for the mandolin as a prime tool of rock and roll. Kruth shows us just how hard a mandolin can rock. The Isthmus (Madison, WI) A one-man hootenanny trail blazing new genres. He's also an engaging front-man playing everything from folked-up funk to blitzkrieg bluegrass. San Antonio Express Kruth picks mandolin as well as anybody on the planet.
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