SIGNED Simple Pleasures Hat Bundles
Pre-order bundle includes an Alison Brown "Banjo Cat" cap + SIGNED SIMPLE PLEASURES CD.
A unisex cap with a Solid Pigment Dyed finish and enough space for screen printing and embroidery on the front panels, our OPTIMUM Solid Hat is a great choice for customization. And personalized items make excellent gifts and promotional materials, in addition to being a great addition to one’s personal collection.
Adjustable Dad Hat for Men and Women - Also available in Solid Pigment Dyed Cap LP101 , women's style LADIES OPTIMUM LO101, KHAKI W/CONTRAST BILL LP102, STONE W/CONTRAST BILL LP103, Solid True Color LP104, and Kids Style KO101.
Cotton Twill Fabric – Made with 100% pure cotton twill fabric that has been enzyme-washed for a slightly distressed, casual look, the cap offers a great combination of quality and style.
Solid Pigment-Dyed – No print can meet the elegance, charm, and versatility that solid colors can offer. For this reason, we chose to dye our OPTIMUM hats in various solid colors.
Mesh-Lining and Self-Fabric Sweatband – The inside of the cap has the brand’s exclusive Cool Crown mesh lining, along with a self-fabric sweatband secured to the cap with four rows of stitching.
Leather Strap Closure with Grommet – The leather strap comes with Adams’ logo imprinted on it, and the grommet is of antique brass.
Fabric:
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- 100% garment-washed cotton twill
Key Feature:
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- 6-panel, unstructured, low-profile
- Tuck-away leather back strap with antiqued brass buckle and grommet
- Adams exclusive Cool-Crown mesh in coordinating colors.
- Multiple rows of stitching on bill
- Multiple rows of stitching on self-fabric sweatband
- Dyed to match cotton taping
- Leather strap, antique brass Grommet and Buckle with Adam's logo on leather strap
SIMPLE PLEASURES:
LIMITED EDITION BLACK & WHITE SWIRL LP Includes album download code with 3 never-before-released BONUS TRACKS
CD – includes 3 never-before-released BONUS TRACKS
Unavailable on all formats since the early 2000s, Alison Brown’s Grammy-nominated debut album Simple Pleasures was a leap forward for Scruggs-rooted banjo playing when it was first released in 1990. This led to her immediate recognition as a banjo pioneer and to her win in 1991 of the Banjo Player of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (the first female to win an Instrumentalist of the Year award).
The album was produced in 1989 by acoustic music icon and frequent Jerry Garcia cohort David Grisman (architect of “Dawg Music,” the jazz-influenced breakout fringe of the bluegrass genre) and recorded with a cast of all-star musicians at Dawg Studio in Marin, CA. Players on the sessions included Alison Krauss (fiddle), David Grisman (mandolin), Mike Marshall (guitar, fiddle, mandolin), Matt Eakle (flute), Joe Craven (percussion) and Jim Kerwin (bass). The album’s 12 tunes were all written by Alison and include the first recorded versions of some of her most well-known compositions, including “Mambo Banjo,” “Leaving Cottondale,” and “Weetabix.”
For the 2024 reissue, the original 8-track, 1” multitrack tapes were transferred at a resolution of 192kHz/36-bit, and remixed and mastered by Matt Coles at Compass Sound Studio in Nashville. Simple Pleasures will be released on LP, CD, and all digital platforms and features liner notes from Mike Marshall, recording engineer Dave Dennison, and Alison. The CD and DL versions include 3 bonus tracks of never-before-released demos recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA, in 1988, produced by Richard Greene and featuring David Grisman (mandolin), Mike Marshall (guitar), Todd Phillips (bass), and Greene (fiddle).
Originally released on Vanguard Records in 1990, Simple Pleasures earned extensive critical praise both for Alison’s compositions as well as her instrumental prowess and received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. In his liner notes for the reissue, Mike Marshall wrote: “It is SO fun to revisit this first album of Alison’s and to remember how she put her own stamp on the acoustic music scene back in the early 90s both as a composer and monster instrumentalist. It was refreshing and very much needed to have a woman showing us guys what was what and, in the process, paving the way for the next generation of virtuoso female bluegrass pickers.”
One of the most multi-faceted minds in roots music, Alison Brown is a GRAMMY-winning musician, GRAMMY-nominated producer, and co-founder of Compass Records Group.
“One of the brightest new banjo players in bluegrass.” —The Wall Street Journal
“Her variations and forays into contemporary musical forms, along with high-speed “breakdown” picking, would make anyone sit up and take notice.” —USA Today