IndexBluegrassReleases13

1. A Ramblin' Man Is A Ramblin' Man
2. Lovin' Pretty Women
3. Ain't No Way Of Knowin'
4. Call The Captain
5. Pick Up The Blues
6. Be Still Moses
7. Cumberland Moon
8. Don't Ease Me In
9. Desperate And Blue
10. Kuykendall
11, New Sleepy-Eyed John
12. Pickin' On John

1. Showtime/Cowdog Stomp
2. Two Dolla Pistols
3. I'm Satisfied
4. Brees Waltz
5. Pardon Me Darlin'
6. Little Widder
7. Pretty When She's Sleeping
8. Two Shot Glasses
9. Lodis
10. Empty Blues
11. Prison Bars
12. Farm & Home Jingle

1. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
(Various Artists)
2. Bluegrass Express
(Bobby Osborne/Jesse McReynolds)
3. San Antonio Rose
(Eddie Adcock featuring Ricky Skaggs & Buck
White)
4. Crazy Blues
(Eddie Adcock featuring Mac Wiseman)
5. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
(Bill Emerson featuring Tony Rice)
6. It Takes One To Know One
(Bill Emerson featuring Jimmy Martin)
7. Over The Mountain
(John Hartford)
8. Ruby
(Osborne Brothers)
9. Cotton Eyed Joe
(Chubby Wise)
10. Wayfaring Stranger
(Adcock/Baker/Graves/McReynolds)
11. Pallet On Your Floor
(Eddie Adcock featuring Jim & Jesse)
12. Dark As A Dungeon
(Charlie Waller)
13. I Don't Know Why
(Bill Emerson featuring Red Allen)

IBMA 2006 Emerging Artist of the Year

CHERRYHOLMES

"CHERRYHOLMES II: BLACK AND WHITE"

SKAGGS FAMILY 6989020182

Produced by Ben Isaacs

CORINNE WEST

"SECOND SIGHT"

MAKE MRC 777

Produced by Mike Marshall

BILL EMERSON AND THE SWEET DIXIE BAND

"BILL EMERSON AND THE SWEET DIXIE
BAND"

REBEL REB-CD-1823

Produced by Bill Emerson and Joe Wheatley

1. You Don't Know What Love Is
2. Heat Of The Morning
3. I Don't Know
4. Black And White
5. The Nine Yards
6. Turned Me Down
7. Darkness On The Delta
8. Don't Give Your Heart To A Knoxville Girl
9. My True Love
10. Bootstrap Bill
11. Tell Me Why
12. Mansions Of Kings
13. I'll Never Shed Another Tear
14. Greedy Hands

1. Second Sight
2. Hell Yes
3. Hand Full Of Gold
4. Cabin Door
5. Gandy Dancer
6. Roses To Rust
7. Lost & Found
8. Eye Of The Storm
9. Diamonds To The Wind
10. All Good Things
11. Writing On The Wall

1. Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico
2. Hills of Roane County
3. A Little Rain
4. Fiddler's Green
5. Yard Sale
6. Beautiful
7. Linda Lou
8. Maybe Someday
9. Cold Sheets of Rain
10. Keep on the Suny Side of Life
11. All My Gamblin' Days Are Through
12. There's No Room Inside Your Heart
13. Sweet Dixie Girl
14. All The Best
15. Three Day Beard and a Rusty Jeep

GREAT ALBUM BUT...... THE
GRAPHICS ARE AWFUL. THE LYRICS
ARE UNREADABLE AND THE PHOTO
ENHANCEMENT IS TERRIBLE.
SUGGESTION....KEEP THE CD AND
BURN THE COVER!!!

MUSICIANS INCLUDE MIKE
MARSHALL, TODD PHILLIPS, JERRY
DOUGLAS, DAROL ANGER, TONY
FURTADO,

MOUNTAIN HEART

"ROAD THAT NEVER ENDS: THE LIVE ALBUM"

RURAL RHYTHM RHY-1033

Produced by Jim VanCleve
Recorded live at The Ark, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, March 26, 2007

GARY FERGUSON AND FRIENDS

"LIVE AT PODUNK"

PATUXENT CD-161

Produced by Gary Ferguson
Recorded live at the 2005 Podunk Bluegrass
Festival, East Hartford, Connecticut on
August 6, 2005

MERLE HAGGARD

"THE BLUEGRASS SESSIONS"

McCOURY MUSIC/HAG RECORDS MCM

Produced by Ronnie Reno
Vocals Produced And Arranged With Carl
Jackson

Carl Jackson: Tenor on all cuts
Alison Krauss: High Baritone on "Mama's
Hungry Eyes"

1. Welcome
2. Road That Never Ends
3. I'm Just Here To Ride The Train
4. While The Getting's Good
5. Adam Rambles
6. Who's The Fool Now
7. God And Everybody
8. Devil's Courthouse
9. The Gospel Train
10. "Done It A Thousand Times"
11. It Works Both Ways
12. Heart Like A Road Sign
13. Band Introduction
14. Whipping Post
15. Mountain Man
16. #6 Barn Dance

1. Tennessee Traveler
2. These Hills
3. Stuff That Works
4. If You're Ever Gonna Love Me
5. Oh My Sweet Carolina
6. Forever True
7. Along The Gooney
8. Down In The Willow Garden
9. A Little Rain
10. Just A Matter Of Time
11. Kentucky Boy
12. Headin' South

1. Runaway Momma
2. Pray
3. What Happened?
4. Jimmie Rodgers Blues
5. Learning To Live With Myself
6. Mama's Hungry Eyes
7. I Wonder Where To Find You
8. Holding Things Together
9. Big City
10. Momma's Prayers
11. Wouldn't That Be Something
12. Blues Stay Away From Me

Steve Gulley left and Josh Shilling joined.
Mountain Heart left Skaggs Family and signed
with Rural Rhythm. OK that's the news. Now
to the CD. At long last MH have come up with
a live release and it is a gem. Mountain Heart
have long been one of my favorite Bluegrass
bands and that is because they have always
gone an extra musical mile. A for example is
their take on the Allman Brothers' "Whipping
Post." I would love to hear them reprise
Cache Valley Drifters' cover of Cream's
"White Room." By the by Jimmy VanCleve is
becoming one of the best Bluegrass
producers. This should be Bluegrass' album
of the year. The only negative is the awful
cover photograph.

Gary is supported by a stellar bunch of
friends: Emory Lester, Gail Wade, Mike
Auldridge, Ron Stewart, Marc Roy and Kene
Hyatt. Live Bluegrass always have a certain je
ne sais quoi and this is no exception. Gary
has long been a crowd pleaser and this CD
should add to his prestige and could put him
up there with the better known. Gary also
proves that he is a songwriter who is bound to
get that 'major' cut before long.

Guest musicians are:
Marty Stuart, Rob Ickes, Charlie Cushman,
Ben Isaacs, Carl Jackson, Aubrey Haynie, J.D.
Wilkes and Scott Joss. I love Merle Haggard.
Let me say that at the outset. However, Merle
does not possess a Bluegrass voice. It is too
warm and lacks the high lonesome sound
synonymous with Bluegrass. This CD is
Merle being Merle with a Bluegrass
instrumental background. As such, it is
comfortable without being a serious
Bluegrass contender. I can't help but wonder
how it would have turned out with Bil VornDick
at the helm.

THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS

"RIPE"

PINECASTLE PRC 1163 CD

Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Bil
VornDick
Executive Producer: Tom Riggs

RHONDA VINCENT

"GOOD THING GOING"

ROUNDER 11661-0592-2

Produced by Darrin Vincent & Rhonda
Vincent

DAILEY & VINCENT

"DAILEY & VINCENT"

ROUNDER 11661-0604-2

Produced by Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent

1. Down O The Crooked Road
2. Lord, Lay Down My Ball & Chain
3. Yellow-Haired Girl
4. The Bugs In The Basement
5. Dixie Grey To Black
6. Why Do I Make You Cry
7. She's My Angel
8. Old Charlie Cross
9. Lost In The Silence
10. Grumble Jones
11. Jefferson Railroad Line
12. Ripe

1. I'm Leavin'
2. World's Biggest Fool
3. I Give All My Love To You
(With Russell Moore)
4. Good Thing Going
5. Scorn Of A Lover
6. Hit Parade Of Love
7. I Will See You Again
8. Just One Of A Kind
9. I Gotta Start Somewhere
10. Who's Cryin' Baby
11. The Water Is Wide
(With Keith Urban)
12. Bluegrass Saturday Night

1. Sweet Carrie
2. More Than A Name On A Wall
3. Cumberland River
4. River Of Time
5. By The Mark
6. Poor Boy Workin' Blues
7. Take Me Back (And leave Me There)
8. My Savior Walks With Me Today
9. Don't You Call My Name
10. I Believe
11. Music Of The Mountains
12. Place On Calvary

As one would expect, the production is
impeccable. However, with a bunch of stellar
"friends" on the CD, it is rather difficult to tell
how good the Dixie Bee-Liners are. Those
friends include Mark Fain, Andy Falco, Andy
Leftwich and David Talbot. The songs were
written by band members Brandi Hart and
Buddy Woodward with some outside help and
their writing shows how empathetic they are.
All in all this is a very credible debut CD and I
look forward to seeing them at IBMA in 2008.

There used to be an adage that you couldn't
be good looking and play Bluegrass. Well
Rhonda certainly proved that isn't true.
Rhonda is certainly the "glam" Queen but
once you get past the "pin-up" cover, you find
a CD chock full goodies. Rhonda is true to her
Bluegrass and Country roots. However, the
stand-out tracks are in fact duets. The duet
with Russell Moore is sublime and the one
with Keith Urban is a revelation.

When a new act is eulogized even before their
first release, the tendency is that we scribes
say, "we'll see." Well with their debut album,
Jamie and Darrin, who are no strangers to the
Bluegrass stratosphere; Jamie with Doyle
Lawson and Darrin with sister Rhonda, John
Hartford and latterly with Ricky Skaggs, have
delivered in full measure. There is something
retro about their harmonies and that makes it
all the more enchanting. However, it is the fine
song selection that lifts this set. One
question. Is it Joe Dean playing banjo on
"Poor Boy Workin' Blues" as he is not
credited?

THE STEELDRIVERS

"THE STEELDRIVERS"

ROUNDER 11661-0598-2

Produced by Luke Wooten and The
SteelDrivers

JASON BARIE

"THE PAST IS PRESENT"

PINECASTLE PRC 6512

Produced by Jason Barie
Executive Producer: Tom Riggs

JASON DAVIS

"STEPPIN' OUT"

PINECASTLE PRC 6511

Produced by Jason Davis & Greg Luck

1. Blue Side Of The Mountain
2. Drinkin' Dark Whiskey
3. Midnight Train To Memphis
4. Midnight Tears
5. If You Can't Be Good, Be Gone
6. If It Hadn't Been For Love
7. Hear The Willow Cry
8. Sticks That Make Thunder
9. East Kentucky Home
10. To Be With You Again
11. Heaven Sent

1. Custom Coach
2. Come Back To Me In My Dreams
3. How Great Thou Art
4. Mama Sue's Blues
5. If I Had Left It Up To You
6. Epsalon's Revenge
7. Sarah Lynn Waltz
8. That's How I Can Count On You
9. Monroe's Old Homestead
10. The Owner Of My Soul
11. Stella And The Blacksmith
12. The Voice Of My Savior
13. Big Brother
14. Our Story
15. Easter Morning

1. Sad Prison Song
2. Fastball
3. Heel Country
4. Room At The Top Of The Stairs
5. Open Road
6. World Of Forgotten People
7. Burat Fuzz
8. Part The Best Of Friends
9. Pinnacle Mountain Breakdown
10. Billy In The Lowground
11. Pike County Breakdown
12. Riding The Lines

Let me explain why this may possibly be the
best Bluegrass album to be released tis
century. Great songs from principally Mike
Henderson and Chris Stapleton; Vocals from
Chris Stapleton that run from Ray Charles
and Joe Cocker and are as soulful as can be;
fine picking from Richard Bailey, Mike Fleming
and Tammy Rogers as well as Chris and
Mike. THIS IS MY ALBUM OF THE MONTH.

Jason is an alumnus of Jim & Jesse's
Virginia Boys. He is a very talented fiddle
player of the old school and if you like first
generation Bluegrass then you will lap up this
CD. As well as playing fiddle, Jason also
plays mandolin and guitar and has a very
pleasant vocal style. Definitely a keeper!

Michelle Nixon's banjo player< Jason Davis is
barely out of high school but shows himself to
be a might fine banjo picker. On this CD he
has some tasty guest players including Steve
Gulley, Alan Bibey, Tim Stafford, Ron Stewart
and Phil Leadbetter. He shows that he is
adept at both the fast and furious as well as
the slower tunes.

JIMMY GAUDREAU &
MOONDI KLEIN

"2:10 TRAIN"

REBEL REB-CD-1803

Produced Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein

THE BAKER BOYS

"LONESOME WEARY HEART"

PATUXENT CD-165

No Producer listed

CORBETT/CHRISMAN/TICE

"CORBETT/CRISMAN/TICE"

PATUXENT CD-164

No Producer listed

1. Dreamer Or Believer
2. The Last Thing On My Mind
3. High Sierra
4. Sweet Sunny South
5. Arkansas Traveler/Soldier's Joy
6. And The Band Played "Waltzing Matilda"
7. Black Jack Davey
8. Colleen Malone
9. Evening
10. Dixie Hoedown
11. Any Old Time
12. 2:10 Train
13. Shady Grove

1. Air Mail Special On The Fly
2. Cold Grey Tomb Of Stone
3. Roanoke
4. My Baby's Gone
5. Lonesome Weary Heart
6. Talk Of The Town
7. Taylor's Waltz
8. Silence Or Tears
9. The Family Who Prays
10. Hard Times
11. I Don't Believe You'd Do Me Wrong
12. Jessie's Tune
13. Polka On A Banjo
14. Midnight Special

1. Panda and Critter
2. Ode to a Vending Machine
3. Last Summer
4. Chincoteague
5. Lopin'
6. Stoneground
7. Better Life
8. Out There
9. Mean Streets of the East
10. Battle Point

Jimmy and Moondi were members of that fine
group Chesapeake. This CD which features
no guest musicians is a pure delight. It
reminds me of those days back in the 60's
when folk music was king. For lovers of good
music.

My how Jessie and Taylor have grown. They
sound vocally like a cross between Don and
Phil Everly when they did on "Songs Our
Daddy Taught Us," the Louvin Brothers and
Jim & Jesse. That is a high compliment.
Backed by Michael Cleveland, Audie Blaylock,
Barry Reid, 'crazy' Frank Wakefield, Jordan
Tice and Danny Knicely as well as Anna
Backer (their mama), the brothers have
released what is without doubt their best CD
to date. Musically, Jessie and Taylor threaten
to become a major force in Bluegrass.

Take banjo player Wes Corbett, Simon
Chrisman on hammered dulcimer and
guitarist Jordan Tice and you come up with
music that defies categorization. Think Nickel
Creek, Three Ring Circle, Bela Fleck, Tony
Trischka, David Grisman and you get the
picture. If you haven't got it yet then take Jazz,
Celtic, Psychograss, Dawg music, Pentangle
folk and fix them up in an acoustic pot.

Not since the late and much lamented David
Schnauffer have I heard a dulcimer played
with such style as in the hands of young Mr.
Chrisman. Wes' banjo and Jordan's guitar
both underpin and weave around the dulcimer
to make audio-visual patterns. This
instrumental album will find itself at the front
of my listening for a long time collection.

DAVE EVANS AND RIVER BEND

"THE BEST OF THE VETCO YEARS"

REBEL VAULT MASTERS REB-CD-7519

Compilation Produced by David Freeman

LARRY SPARKS

"ROUND TO RIDE: THE BEST OF LARRY
SPARKS"

REBEL VAULT MASTERS REB-CD-7522

Compilation Produced by David Freeman

BECKY SCHLEGEL

"FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE"

LILLY RAY LRR 701

Produced by Becky Schlegel & Brian Fesler

1. Highway 52
2. 99 Years Is Almost Life
3. Legend Of The Johnson Boys
4. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
5. Soldier's Return
6. Barbara Allen
7. When The Snow Falls On My Foggy
Mountain Home
8. White House Blues
9. Short Life Of Trouble
10. Carry Me Back To The Bluegrass
11. Sweeter Than The Flowers
12. Call Me On Home, Too
13. Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day
14. From Life's Other Side
15. Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door
Someday

1. Tennessee 1949
2. Colleen Malone
3. John Deere Tractor
4. A Face In The Crowd
5. I'd Like To Be A Train
6. Smokey Mountain Memories
7. You Ain't Lived
8. Blue Ridge Cabin Home
9. You Could Have Called
10. I'm Bound To Ride
11. Don't Neglect The Rose
12. Imitation Of The Blues
13. Just Lovin' You
14. Blue Virginia Blues

1. For All The World To See
2. Bound For Tennessee
3. Best Time Of The Day
4. Why Maybe
5. I Need Your Love
6. Jenny
7. Lonely
8. 99%
9. Spotlight
10. Sound Of Your Voice
11. Hills Of South Dakota

This CD is culled from Dave and River Bend's
Vetco albums, "Dave Evans and Rive Band"
and "Call Me Long Gone" from 1979 and 1980
respectively. Although most of the musicians
have not reached stellar success, Josh
Graves is an exception. Dave is a singer and
banjo player in the grand tradition of the
founding fathers of Bluegrass. This is a great
CD to have in any collection.

This CD is culled from Larry's albums from
1975 to 2003 which is a wealth of material
from which to draw. Every superlative has
been heaped on Larry's head and therefore it
is a double pleasure on revisiting these older
tracks. There are some stellar pickers on this
collection including Dave Harvey, Barry
Crabtree, Mike Lilly, Art Stamper, Ricky
Skaggs, Michael Cleveland and Wendy Miller.
Pure Gold!!!

This is as close to angels as I am likely
to be. Becky has a voice to die for, she
is a great songwriter and the
production is ace. Add to that some fine
banjo and guitar picking from
co-producer Brian Fesler and you get
the message. Oh yes, add into the mix
Randy Kohrs...A must have for the
collection.