Yup, they're back! Everyone's on board! If you have loved a particular artist in the first four volumes, there's a good chance he, she or the band are here once again. Corngread Red? Check. Honeywagon? Check. Hit & Run Bluegrass? Check. The Petersens? Check. Brad Davis? Check. Iron Horse? Check. David West? Check. The Grass Cats? Check. Tim May? Check. Maybe even Dave Dick & his band? Check.
Check, check, check. Yes, they're all back, and they're all once again delivering very fine versions of popular hits from the late 1960s ("Here Comes The Sun", courtesy of The Petersens - ladies and gents, we've got our first Beatles cover!) to the late 90's (the aforementioned Mr. Dick covering Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Califronication" and Iron Horse going on "Broadway", tracing the Goo Goo Dolls' steps). In between, we get lots of beloved classics: "Don't Fear The Reaper"! "Stuck In The Middle With You"! "Billie Jean"! "Hungry Heart"! "Sad But True"! "Even Flow"! "Dancing With Myself"!"Heart Of Gold"! and many many more..!
A special mention for the second song from The Petersens - they nail Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", which really is no mean feat! But again, these are all good to great. It's like some weird Twilight Zone jukebox that plays the greatest hits of yesteryear - but only in Bluegrass versions.
Hey, I'd listen to that station. Do you?
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Bluegrass Chartbusters Vol. 5
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If push comes to shove, which instrument used in bluegrass is your favorite?
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DeleteMy heartfelt thanks for your efforts !!!
ReplyDeletePlease, please re-up Volumes 1+2.
Volumes one and two are reupped. ENjoy.
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You rule!!! Thanks a lot
Delete- and don't worry, I'm alive and well.
Sadly we lost Cabbie some time ago..........
...hmm, but I thought you were taller.
DeleteOk, gotta go watch those movies again. Maybe "Excape From L.A." improves on a third viewing?
...I am tall, my friend - o.k. 'The Duke' is/was taller, but I'm still kickin' ass (a little less nowadays) and he's not!
DeleteYeah, give "L.A." a third chance - it's not so bad at all. Except the "Surf Scene" - that is cringe (as the kids say today).
Have a good weekend and YOU can call me Snake...!
I have to confess you'd inspired me. I'd pulled up a bunch of those Pickin' On-type albums on the internet with the intent of sorting through to make compilations myself. However, there's so many of them that I shelved the idea as way too much work. (Doing Western Swing stuff instead.) And here you come along and do all the hard work for us! Thank you thank you thank you
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, welcome, welcome!
DeleteI did indeed wade through pretty much all of them (preferring largely songs with vocals, I discarded a good number of the early, slighthly muzak-ish ones more or less right away), and compiled away.
There's tons more of this stuff, so by the time this series is done, you'll probably have all or almost all that's worthwhile from Pickin On... plus whichever bonus artists and songs I could uncover...
Yes, there's a lot of *meh* to weed out of them while trying to find the good stuff.
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