Reviewed: 11-14-2020
Reviewer: Tom McCarter
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
If You Like: Earls of Leicester, Doc Watson, Flatt & Scruggs
Review: hot bluegrass picking and singing from one of the best groups
Track Review (favorites denoted by*):
**1. Blue Night (2:35) - mandolin starts> fast tempo song> quick stop
2. Western Skies (2:43) - banjo starts> uptempo song> crescendo end
3. Intro to Coleen Malone (0:55) - spoken intro for guest Jerry Douglas
*4. Colleen Malone (3:25) - dobro starts> uptempo song> crescendo end
**5. Huckling the Berries (3:22) - banjo solo starts> rocking uptempo instrumental jam> crescendo end
6. Intro: Wichita Lineman (0:33) - spoken word
*7. Wichita Lineman (3:53) - banjo starts> fast tempo song> fade
8. You Were On My Mind This Morning (2:58) - vocal starts> uptempo song> quick fade
9. Intro: Out on the Ocean (0:46) - spoken intro for Sam Bush
*10. Out on the Ocean (3:20) - mandolin starts> fast tempo song> quick stop
11. Just Like You (3:49) - guitar starts> midtempo song> crescendo end on vocal
12. Burn It Down (4:49) - guitar starts> midtempo song> crescendo end
**13. Things in Life (3:22) - mandolin starts> lightning fast song> crescendo end
14. The High Road (2:47) - (spoken countdown) mandolin starts> midtempo song with and Irish vibe> quick stop
15. Intro: Radio Boogie (0:15) - spoken word
*16. Radio Boogie (2:45) - banjo starts> uptempo song> crescendo end
17. Intro: Walk the Way the Wind Blows (0:16) - spoken word
*18. Walk the Way the Wind Blows (3:48) - banjo starts> midtempo song> crescendo end
**19. Your Light Leads Me On (2:57) - banjo starts> uptempo song> quick stop
20. Intro: I Am the Road (0:29) - spoken word
21. I Am the Road (3:27) - guitar starts> midtempo song with vocal harmonies> crescendo end on vocal
*22. Nellie Kane (3:09) - banjo starts> uptempo song> crescendo end
**23. Hard Pressed (2:46) - banjo starts> uptempo song> crescendo end
24. Intro: High on a Mountain (0:29) - spoken word
*25. High on a Mountain (4:01) - banjo starts> midtempo song> quick fade
**26. Angelina Baker (4:29) - fiddle/banjo starts> hot picking instrumental jam> crescendo end