Bluegrass Hits (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00011661056923 Release Date: 11/8/2005 Buy.com Sku: 202019533 Item#: M2PU2T Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Heartbreak Number Nine - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver ~ Various Artists 2. My First Mistake - Alecia Nugent ~ Various Artists 3. High Lonesome - Longview ~ Various Artists 4. If Wishes Were Horses - Claire Lynch ~ Various Artists 5. Me and John And Paul - The Grascals ~ Various Artists 6. Still Climbing Mountains - Blue Highway ~ Various Artists 7. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Rhonda Vincent ~ Various Artists 8. I Know The Way To You By Heart - Weary Hearts ~ Various Artists 9. Tom Dooley - Rob Ickes ~ Various Artists 10. Hard Times - Open Road ~ Various Artists 11. I Don't Know Why - Alison Krauss & Union Station ~ Various Artists 12. I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair - Dan Tyminski ~ Various Artists 13. I've Waited As Long As I Can - Tony Rice ~ Various Artists 14. You'll Get No More Of Me - Lynn Morris ~ Various Artists 15. Back To The Barrooms - J.D. Crowe & The New South ~ Various Artists 16. Lonely Moon - Stuart Duncan ~ Various Artists 17. Little Maggie - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder ~ Various Artists 18. Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone - The Cox Family ~ Various Artists 19. Sounds Of The Mountains - Rambler's Choice ~ Various Artists 20. Dream Of A Miner's Child - The Johnson Mountain Boys ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Before one can even consider the music on Bluegrass Hits: Twenty Timeless Favorites from Yesterday and Today, one must confront the buxom brunette on the cover. Yes, she's a handsome lass, a model one supposes, sitting on a blanket in a rustic meadow with a number of bluegrass albums laying about. What does she have to do with 20 timeless hits? Absolutely nothing, but one supposes that an attractive cover sells more albums. There's also the curious subtitle: Twenty Timeless Favorites from Yesterday and Today. How can a song from today be a timeless classic? Well, it probably can't, but it sounds better than naming one's album "Another Repackaging of Songs We Own the Rights To." If one can make it past the sexist cover and the mixed-up title, there's much that the contemporary roots music fan will like about Bluegrass Hits. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, one of the best bands in the business, kicks the set off with "Heartbreak Number Nine," and he's followed by such luminaries as Claire Lynch, Alison Krauss, and Ricky Skaggs. There's also a good selection of newer artists like Rhonda Vincent, Rob Ickes, and Dan Tyminski. With 20 songs, this is a generous collection, and not unlike listening to an hour-long bluegrass program without any commercials. For anyone looking for a good introduction to Rounder's fine cadre of bluegrass pickers, Bluegrass Hits will fit the bill. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.   Technical Info Release Date : 11/08/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 610 569 Label : Rounder Select Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00011661056923    Related Videos Dixie Chicks Taking The L...