Delmore Recording Society
Karen Dalton - Shuckin' Sugar
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In
1962,
Karen
summoned
Richard
Tucker
to
join
her
in
Colorado,
extolling
the
healthier
lifestyle,
and
plentiful
gigs
at
Boulder
folk
club
The
Attic.
Upon
his
arrival,
the
pair
solidified
their
personal
and
professional
relationship,
riding
horses
in
the
mountains,
and
performing
as
a
duo
at
parties
and
venues
throughout
Denver
and
Boulder.
Stories
of
the
spell
they
conjured
-
and
rumours
of
tapes!
-
have
circulated
among
friends
and
musicians
who
witnessed
them,
but
until
now,
no
recorded
evidence
had
turned
up.
Shuckin'
Sugar
is
the
glorious
result
of
three
reel
to
reel
tapes
that
miraculously
found
their
way
to
us
in
November,
2018;
which
featured
two
complete
shows
from
The
Attic
in
January
'63,
and
a
benefit
concert
for
The
Congress
of
Racial
Equality
(CORE)
recorded
the
following
February.
Their
gigs
would
often
include
brief
solo
sets
from
Karen
and
Richard,
in
addition
to
the
duets,
and
all
seven
solo
songs
of
Karen's
found
on
the
three
reels
are
included
here,
as
well
as
five
duets,
sequenced
as
close
to
how
it
all
went
down
as
humanly
possible.
To
describe
the
record
would
take
a
poet,
but
all
I
can
say
is
that
unveiling
a
missing
chapter
in
the
Karen
Dalton
story
-
with
six
songs
we've
never
heard
her
sing
before
-
is
cause
for
celebration
in
Delmore's
world.
"From
her
opening,
jaw-dropping
lift-off
with
early
blues
standard
"Trouble
In
Mind,"
the
unique
otherworld
Karen
conjured
springs
into
vivid
life.
Playing
to
audiences
inevitably
bound
to
the
era's
formalities
and
traditions,
Karen
instinctively
pushed
the
envelope,
straying
into
uncharted
territory
beyond
the
established
borders.
She
must
have
bewildered
many
who
came
to
see
her
in
those
winsome
Peter,
Paul
and
Mary
times."
From
the
liner
notes
by
Kris
Needs
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