Bluegrass Today (2003)

Product Summary Label: Time Life Music UPC: 00610583084221 Release Date: 6/24/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60601166 Item#: MLGXHJ Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Shady Grove - Ricky Skaggs ~ Various Artists 2. Angel Band - Ralph Stanley/George Jones/Vince Gill ~ Various Artists 3. High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill ~ Various Artists 4. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs/Glen Duncan/Randy Scruggs ~ Various Artists 5. Lighthouse's Tale, The - Nickel Creek ~ Various Artists 6. Boys Are Back In Town, The - Patty Loveless ~ Various Artists 7. Nashville Cats - Del McCoury ~ Various Artists 8. Lonesome Wind Blues - Rhonda Vincent ~ Various Artists 9. Carry Me Across The Mountain - Dan Tyminski ~ Various Artists 10. Coat Of Many Colors - Lynn Morris ~ Various Artists 11. Come On Down To My World - J.D. Crowe/The New South ~ Various Artists 12. Mountain, The - Steve Earle/The Del McCoury Band ~ Various Artists 13. On Heaven's Bright Shore - Ralph Stanley/Judy Marshall/Alison Krauss ~ Various Artists 14. Blue Bayou - The Cox Family ~ Various Artists 15. Murder On Music Row - Larry Cordle/Lonesome Standard Time ~ Various Artists 16. Jerusalem's Ridge - Mark O'Connor ~ Various Artists 17. Hey Joe - Jerry Douglas ~ Various Artists 18. Calling My Children Home - Emmylou Harris/Nash Ramblers ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Includes liner notes by Eddie Dean. Liner Note Author: Eddie Dean. Photographers: Emmylou Harris; Les Leverett; John Arthur Lee. Unknown Contributor Roles: Del McCoury; Nickel Creek; Ricky Skaggs. Time Life Music put together this collection of amiable contemporary bluegrass songs, highlighting some of the biggest names working in Bluegrass Today. The disc balances performances between bluegrass legends like Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs, Del McCoury, J.D. Crowe, and Alison Krauss (yes, she's now officially a bluegrass legend) and relatively recent additions to the American roots music family like Lynn Morris, Rhonda Vincent, and Larry Cordle. While Patty Loveless' "The Boys Are Back in Town" and Steve Earle's "The Mountain" can certainly be seen as long-lasting additions to the bluegrass song canon, Nickel Creek's airy "The Lighthouse's Tale" and the usually terrific Jerry Douglas' rendition of "Hey Joe" don't really hold up compared to the other performances on the disc. Still, the title indicates a good cross section of contemporary bluegrass artists and music, and it delivers just that, and while there are better compilations out there (pretty much anything on Rounder Records), fans of the O Brother soundtrack will find much to explore here. ~ Zac Johnson Producer: Joe Sasfy (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 06/24/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 18890 Label : Time/Life Music Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00610583084221    Product Image