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Bed By The Window
Once one of Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys, James King knows that bluegrass's roots are deep in the mountains. His
rough-edged, passionate vocals stand out amid the current crop of polished, soul-sapped bluegrass singers as he covers lesser-known songs from both the bluegrass and honky-tonk traditions.
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Double Live [BOX SET]
- by Garth Brooks
- The General Motors of country music returns with 25 arena-
shakin' cuts, some of which date back to his now-historic 1991 Reunion Arena show in Dallas, the site of his first TV special. Three new numbers accompany the old favorites, which were culled from various tours over the past seven years. |
Farmers In A Changing World
- The cover of the Tractors' first album in three years boasts "Same Great Sound." How true, how true. A rollicking swamp-
country-boogie sound, a formidable list of guests (Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russell, late Texas Playboy Eldon Shamblin, Elvis cohorts Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, and James Burton), surging keyboard work from Walt Richmond, and a complete lack of pretension add up to an irresistibly festive record.
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Mac, Doc & Del
- by Del McCoury, Doc Watson, and Mac Wiseman
anyone who knows anything about bluegrass and old-time music knows that these three men all enjoy legendary status. Putting them together in the same room assures a heartfelt, honest, amiable
record, a splendidly relaxed affair that transcends genre, time period, and commercial concerns.
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Old Dogs
- "We were sitting around Elliston Soda Shop, eating baked squash and reviewing the sad state of country radio, the new
20-second superstars, and the record labels in general," says Shel Silverstein, who wrote all these wonderfully irreverent songs. "What about us pot-bellied, fat-ass old guys?" asks Bobby Bare. Bare, Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, and Jerry Reed answer that question, sticking their seasoned
tongues out at modern-day Nashville and coming to grips with time's cruelty.
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Y'All Come: The Essential Jim & Jesse
- This 20-song collection covers their 1960s association with Epic, when the McReynolds brothers allowed their array of influences to shine through and added drums and electric instruments to their sound. Three Louvin Brothers favorites accompany assorted gospel numbers, a pair of Chuck Berry covers, a Bob Wills standard, hard-driving songs of trains and trucks, and some straight |
The Woman In Me - by Shania Twain
- Shania Twain comes full circle on this album, co-writing 11 out of 12 cuts and proving that she can do more than sing. Once again she crosses over into pop/rock territory with this multi-platinum affair, bringing legions of new fans into the country camp
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Real: The Tom T. Hall Project
This celebration of one of country's most prolific and engaging songwriters is a long-time-coming labor of love for producers Mark Linn and Justin Bass. Few tribute albums are this rewarding, start to finish: if you're not yet a fan of Tom T. Hall's songwriting, you will be |
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