McPeake, Curtis & Andy May / Good Things Outweigh the Bad , The
Album: Good Things Outweigh the Bad , The   Collection:Country
Artist:McPeake, Curtis & Andy May   Added:Apr 2023
Label:Swift River Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2023-04-24 Pull Date: 2023-06-26 Charts: Country/Bluegrass
Week Ending: Jun 25 Jun 18 Jun 11 Jun 4 May 28 May 21 May 14 May 7
Airplays: 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. May 14, 2024: Traditions
My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
4. Jul 05, 2023: That's not Bluegrass
The Good Things (Outweigh the Bad)
2. Jan 09, 2024: Traditions
The Unclouded Day
5. Jul 01, 2023: Music Casserole
Leather Britches
3. Jul 15, 2023: Music Casserole
Sally Gardens
6. Jun 22, 2023: Traditions
My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2023-04-18
STRING BAND / BLUEGRASS / OLD TIME

Banjo picker Curtis McPeake and guitarist Andy May team up for an entertaining and varied set of old-timey ballads, country gospel, and mountain style tunes. Both gentlemen sing lead and harmony Fiddle and upright bass round out the quartet. There’s no mandolin.

FCC clean

1 ** Mid-tempo. Nicely done cover of a Flatt & Scruggs tune about getting thru life with a positive attitude. Good harmony singing and fine ensemble playing——no BG solos. (3:39)
2 ** Mid-tempo. A farewell song recorded by the Carter Family & many others. This version is energetic and fun. (3:00)
3 Slow. A trad mountain string-band setting of a W.B. Yeats poem. Drags a bit. (2:34)
4 Mid-slow. Trad railroad ballad featuring nice banjo & fiddle. It’s ok, not great. (2:48)
5 * Mid-fast. Old spiritual (rec’d by The Weavers) sped up into bluegrass gospel. (2:57)
6 * Mid-tempo. Sentimental, nostalgic thoughts of the old home back in the South. (3:06)
7 Mid-fast. Silly novelty song about Grampa’s surprisingly smart mule. Skip it. (2:38)
8 Mid-tempo. The classic folk ballad of man-vs-machine (aka “John Henry”) (3:33)
9 ** Mid-fast. Old hymn turned country-gospel classic, done with great feeling. (2:47)
10 * Mid-fast instrumental. Trad fiddle tune (named for an Appalachian dish of dried string beans). A fun, spirited showcase for the band’s fiddler. (1:25)

Track Listing
1. The Good Things (Outweigh the Bad)   6. Sweet Sunny South
2. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains   7. Grampa's Mule
3. Sally Gardens   8. Steel Drivin' Man
4. Reuben's Train   9. The Unclouded Day
5. Home in the Rock   10. Leather Britches