Pickin' on Pink Floyd: A Bluegrass Tribute

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: October 23, 2001
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Country

Review

Pickin' on Pink Floyd is another in a long series of bluegrass tributes dedicated to popular rock and country musicians. On this, the players try and translate the atmospheric space rock of Pink Floyd into a bluegrass sound. Although this makes for a very interesting listen, somewhere along the line it becomes apparent that despite the fact that it is audibly pleasing, it never really quite clicks. Some of the renditions are frightening in terms of how well Pink Floyd can actually translate to bluegrass. Especially impressive are "Time," which becomes quite the hootenanny in the hands of these players, and "Run Like Hell," which retains much of the original tension and comes the closest to blending the two genres. But elsewhere the music tends to move too far away from the original song, leaving the listener with some real impressive bluegrass playing that no longer has basis in the familiar. This may be fine for bluegrass purists (who probably will not like this album anyway, for obvious reasons), but may leave behind the Pink Floyd fans who might otherwise find this album pretty listenable. This is not a bad album by any means, but it tends to wander too much and will probably alienate many fans of both the band and the genre. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
See Emily Play		David West, Gabe Witcher	(3:43)
Money	Roger Waters	David West, Lorenzo Martinez, Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger	(6:10)
Astronomy Domine	Syd Barrett	David West, Gabe Witcher	(5:14)
Julia Dream	Roger Waters	Lorenzo Martinez, Dave West, Gabe Witcher	(3:59)
Another Brick in the Wall	Roger Waters	Tom Ball, David West, Lorenzo Martinez	(4:03)
Run Like Hell	Roger Waters	David West	(4:16)
Wish You Were Here	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	Bill Flores, David West	(3:33)
Breathe (In the Air)	R. Waters	David West, Lorenzo Martinez	(4:02)
Lucifer Sam	Syd Barrett	David West	(3:25)
Comfortably Numb	R. Waters	Byron Berline, David West	(5:45)
Time	Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Rick Wright, David Gilmour	Tom Ball, David West	(4:28)
Goodbye Blue Sky	Roger Waters	David West	(3:06)

Credits

Tom Ball (Harmonica), Byron Berline (Fiddle), Bill Flores (Dobro), Bill Flores (Fiddle), David West (Banjo), David West (Bass), David West (Guitar), David West (Mandolin), David West (Producer), David West (Engineer), Lorenzo Martinez (Percussion), Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger (Fiddle), David Haerle (Executive Producer), Dave West (Performer), Gabe Witcher (Fiddle), Callie Chung (Graphic Design), Callie Chung (Cover Art), Sandee Curry (Executive Producer)