Hotdang, Boys And Girls, It's Them Incredible Bluegrass Chartbusters Once More...

Yes, that other flagship series is back with another volume, and I'm not overselling anything when I say this one's a killer. Having spent a good bit of stolen moments here and there on this series, I did a ton of revisions on it, including this volume, making place for more and more cool beans discoveries. It also means that the line up of recurring favorites and favorites-to-be is now almost complete. All the stalwarts of previous volumes are back, including relatively recent addition Love Canon with a cover of ZZ Top's "Legs" as the kick-ass opener. But we also have the debuts of two great combos that will bring enjoyment to this series and your homes for weeks and months to come.

So, give a big, hearty 'howdy y'all' to Bourbon Revival and The Infamous Stringdusters. The former are my latest discovery, and boy am I glad I found them. They don't have a lot of covers (or published songs fullstop) to their names, but the ones that they brought out are all really good. They debut with "I Want You To Want Me", 'cuz you can never have enough Cheap Trick in Bluegrass, folks. The Infamous Stringdusters, also a band I stumbled on recently, have been way more active, which makes sense since they recently celebrated their 20th anniversary. Thye are mainly doing original songs, but from time to time record the odd pop or rock cover.  For their first appearance we got a stone-cold classic, Tom Petty's "American Girl". 

Other folks debuting: Interstate Express with the Eagles' "Take It Easy" and The HillBenders, a group specializing in WhoGrass, including covers of the entire Tommy album, from which the claasic "Pinball Wizatd" comes. And two other tracks have blink-and-you'll-miss-'em artists: Wheatstone Bridge clock in with a great cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", but as of today, we won't see them again. And the fine bluegrass cover of Bryan Adams' "Heaven" by Chad Darou and Cia Cherryholmes seems to have been a one-off. 

So, crank this up, get some overalls or straw hats (or not), and get the hootennany goin' once more...