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Druha Trava Discography of CDs
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Czechmate CD (1999)
 $14.49 
(The band is tapping into more than one set of roots on that one.) The amazing thing is that all of these experiments work out pretty well. As if the idea of a Czech bluegrass band isn't enough of a head-turner, Druha Trava tackles some bizarre material on this, the group's first record released outside Central Europe. Vocalist Robert Krest'an has a pleasing voice, but his command of English lyrics wasn't fully developed and in some cases his songs are unintentionally funny. As an introduction to a crack band that takes plenty of risks and has most of them pay off, Czechmate is a disc worth seeking out. Banjo virtuoso Lubos Malina contributes excellent playing throughout the album, as well as an instrumental called "Brazos Bottom" that ought to become a bluegrass standard everywhere. Druha Trava is such a good band that even the weirdest material sounds great, and a lot of the cuts here are first-rate. If you listen to his voice as music, the songs are quite decent, and regardless of such quibbles there is plenty to like on this album. So does some, but not all, of the band's original material. A hoedown based on a dance from Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride? King Henry VIII's "Greensleeves" as an Appalachian ballad? Chick Corea's "Spain" as a banjo workout? That mutated version of Smetana is pretty fine too, and the version of Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee" is about as different from the original as you can get, but it sounds wonderful.
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New Freedom Bell CD (1999)
$14.59
Recorded in May 1998. Includes liner notes by Peter Rowan and Robert Krestan.
Veteran folkie Rowan joins Czech bluegrass band Druha Trava to form an interesting second grass fusion.
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Good Morning, Friend CD (2006)
$14.59 
Druhá Tráva: Lubos Novotny (vocals, slide guitar, dobro); Lubos Malina (vocals, banjo, whistle, clarinet); Robert Krestan (vocals, mandolin).
Personnel: Robert Krestan (vocals, mandolin); Silvia Josifoská (vocals); Stano Palúch (violin).
Audio Mixer: Petr Vavrik.
Recording information: V Studio, Zlin, Czech Republic (04/2004-07/2004).
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Druha Trava CD discography Alternate spellings: CD discography of songs by band, discographie, dicography, discology, disography, discografie, discogrophy, diskography.
 Druha Trava Songs
Popular or famous Druha Trava music songs: Before the Bell Tolls, Brazos Bottom, Greensleeves, One More Cup of Coffee, Peace in the Valley. More music songs Rest Beside Me, Sara, Skocna, Spain, Wild Horses, Burning Ground, Cold Irons Bound, Dublin Blues, Dust Bowl Children, Kridla, Lost Melody. More music songs Tree of Leaf and Fire, Tryin' to Get to Heaven, Bad Moon Rising.
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