The Iowa Waltz Explained

The Iowa Waltz
Type:	Album
Artist:	Greg Brown
Cover:	Greg_Brown_The_Iowa_Waltz.jpg
Released:	1981
Genre:	Folk
Length:	44.29
Label:	Brown Street Music
Producer:	Greg Brown, Steven Henke
Prev Title:	44 & 66
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	One Night
Next Year:	1983

The Iowa Waltz is an album by folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown. It was re-issued in 1984 by Red House Records. It was their first release, carrying the issue number "01" of the newly formed label.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic David Freedlander wrote of the album "As sweet as a watermelon on a hot summer afternoon, and as a beautifully simple as dusty country road, Greg Brown's Iowa Waltz shows the man who later was to become one of the greatest folk singers of his generation at his earliest and most casually sublime... If Iowa Waltz doesn't stir your soul, then check your pulse."

Track listing

All songs by Greg Brown

1. "The Iowa Waltz" – 3:50
2. "Mississippi Serenade" – 3:35
3. "Counting Feedcaps" – 3:27
4. "Grand Junction" – 3:03
5. "Out in the Country" – 7:33
6. "Walking the Beans" – 3:40
7. "My Home in the Sky" – 3:40
8. "King Corn" – 6:13
9. "Daughters" – 4:10
10. "Four Wet Pigs" – 1:54
11. "The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home" – 3:24

Personnel

• Greg Brown – vocals, guitar
• Dave Hansen – bass
• Dave Moore – harmonica
• Al Murphy – fiddle
• Mike Watts – drums
• John Welstead – drums
• David Williams – banjo, guitar, mandolin

Production

• Produced by Greg Brown and Steven Henke
• Engineered and mixed by David Welstead
• Photography by Jerome Goedkin