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 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 25 | Jun 18 | Jun 11 | Jun 4 | May 28 | May 21 | May 14 | May 7 |
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| 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) |
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| 2. | Jan 09, 2024: | Traditions
The Unclouded Day |
5. | Jul 01, 2023: | Music Casserole
Leather Britches |
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| 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
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)
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)
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