County Fair 2000
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| County Fair 2000 | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Label | HighTone | |||
| Producer | Phil Alvin | |||
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County Fair 2000 is the second solo album by the American musician Phil Alvin, released in 1994.[1][2] It arrived eight years after his solo debut, Un "Sung Stories", and followed years Alvin devoted to mathematics work.[3][4] Alvin supported the album by touring with a Dave Alvin-less version of the Blasters.[5] Alvin called the album "American minstrel music".[6]
Alvin used the concept of a small-town midcentury county fair to tie together the album; he was primarily influenced by music from the 1920s to 1940s.[7][8] Members of his jazz side project, the Faultline Syncopators, contributed to the songs.[9] Cesar Rosas played guitar on the album.[10] Billy Boy Arnold contributed on harmonica, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band on brass instruments.[11][12] Fayard Nicholas tapped out the rhythm to one of the songs.[13] "Ankh" is a cover of the Sun Ra song.[14]
