Sandbox - The Mark Sandman & Friends Boxed Set
Note: If you are ordering multiple copies of Sandboxe, please specify in the "comments" section of the order form which Hi-N-Dry CD you would like to be included FREE with your order.
SANDBOX IS HERE....
...And the accolades are pouring in!
"Mark Sandman's work with swamp-rockers Treat Her Right and dark-toned "low rock" band Morphine continues to gain accolades and listeners five years after he collapsed and died of a heart attack onstage in Rome. The 2-CD-plus-DVD set "Sandbox," compiled by Sandman's Morphine bandmates Billy Conway and Dana Colley, explores the edges of his body of work."
-Pamela Murray Winters, WASHINGTON POST
"It is testament to Sandman's genius that every track, no matter how experimental, is great. No filler. No fluff. Just a wealth of experiments - blues, roots music, world-music hybrids, low rock - that easily stand as fully realized compositions."
-Ed Bumgardner, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL
"Not to indulge in hyperbole, but [Sandman's] cast-offs and side projects are better than what many performers sling out to the marketplace as their "best."
-Mark Keresman, EAST BAY EXPRESS
Mark Sandman's Life in Music (1953-1999)
Morphine leader Mark Sandman was the inventor of a sound called "low rock" -- the distinctive blend of sonorous saxophone, bass and deep grooves that, along with Mark's lyric poetry, propelled Morphine to fame. But Mark created much more than the brilliant music of Morphine. He was a tireless musical experimenter who wrote and recorded constantly throughout his life. Although Morphine and the seminal swamp-blues quartet Treat Her Right became well known and successful, much of his work was never commercially released and remains unheard -- except by his large circle of friends, who he regularly commandeered to critique his latest, usually over a bottle of Patron.
Sandbox brings everyone into that circle. After 5 years meticulously culling the large collection of original music, poetry and art left behind by Mark after his untimely death in 1999, the surviving members of Morphine, Bill Conway and Dana Colley, have assembled the essential Mark Sandman collection. More a musical adventure than a "greatest hits" set, the 30 songs on Sandbox are connected by the voice and the singular musical and lyrical vision of Mark Sandman. For Morphine and Treat Her Right devotees, it's a final affectionate encore. For the uninitiated, an invitation to discover the depth and scope of Mark's unique and challenging artistry. Sandbox also includes a DVD of rare and unseen footage, artifacts of Mark's career and even more Sandman music.
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