Southern Exposure Review
A tour de force of finger-picking guitar, and in many ways the album that would set de Grassi’s direction for years, Southern Exposure is an understated delight.
Technically impressive, and hewing to a fast-paced solo guitar sound, Southern Exposure nonetheless shows many moods. From the ringing rhythms of Overland, to the final notes of the humming Subway, De Grassi provides an album that rewards close listening, yet maintains a cheerful veneer of joy. Where Turning: Turning Back was more pensive, and Clockwork played on group dynamics developing in rhythm and melody, Southern Exposure sets a style that De Grassi is still exploring today.
Highly recommended.
Southern Exposure Tunings
http://www.stropes.com/index.php?glbm=20&fa=12&cdid=137Track Listing
Side One: 18:15
- Overland 2:29
- Blue and White 4:16
- 36 4:40
- Cumulus 4:55
- Southern Exposure 1:55
Side Two 19:41
- Western 4:02
- Street Waltz 3:37
- Heavy Feet 4:39
- Empty Room 3:04
- Subway 4:19
Southern Exposure Samples
Overland
Southern Exposure
Western
Credits
Produced by Alex de Grassi and Steven Miller
- Recorded in May, 1983, at the Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA
- Engineered by Steven Miller
- Assistant engineers Russel Bond and Roger Wiersma
- Digital editing and transfer by Mark Boeddeker, Master Digital, Venice, CA
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman at A&M
- Matrix and pressings by Soundome, Irvine, CA
- Cover photo by Barry Brukoff
- Liner photo by Bud Lee, courtesy TWA Ambassador Magazine
- Design by Anne Ackerman Robinson
This album was recorded live to two-track digital, using a Sony PCM 1600
- All compositions by Alex de Grassi
- All selections Tropo Music (BMI)
- Administered by Windham Hill Music (BMI)
My guitar was built by Ervin Somogyi of Berkeley, CA
Special thanks to Lila for always listening, and to an anonymous voice in the audience for the title “Subway”.
- Manufactured by Windham Hill Records
- A Division of Windham Hill Productions Inc.
- Box 9388, Stanford, CA 94305
- (c) (p) Windham Hill Records 1983
- Distributed by A&M
Other Alex de Grassi recordings on Windham Hill Records
4. Southern Exposure