The Old Time Bluegrass Singers - ThreadsThe Old Time Bluegrass Singers' first full-length CD! Please note that this CD is not available for sale directly through this website. Write to: Open Road Recordsor send an from the website to inquire about purchasing CDs. This recording is priced just the same as all other bluegrass CDs on the market, plus typical postage & handling. Click here to read the fine review County Sales gave us at their website! We're working on posting an English translation of the review in February 2007 MoonShiner Bluegrass Journal of Japan.
We're unable to post a link to the review in March 2007 Bluegrass Unlimited, but here are excerpts from Steve Goldfield's text: "The band plays straight-ahead traditional bluegrass and classic country... It would be unfair to compare this band to one featuring the great Joe Val, but they are excellent bearers of the Boston bluegrass sound rooted in the Lilly Brothers and Don Stover and taken in new directions by Val and Applin ... You're My Darling ... is representative of their bluegrass numbers ... Down by The River is a successful adaptation of an Uncle Dave tune to bluegrass which retains the quirky feel of the original ... I Hear My Savior Calling shows their skill at gospel harmonies ... There is a Trap features Lillian Fraker's lead singing ... Dear Mary comes from Linda Thompson but becomes bluegrass in a kind of Country Gentlemen style ... Herb Applin's solo tenor voice soars on Jealous Heart, and you can almost see Joe Val nodding in approval ... My Blue Ridge Memories is from Don Stover's last recording and reminds us what a great songwriter he was ... Tolland Deserted ... evokes the sadness of an abandoned village ... the one instrumental is the Hartford-inspired Squared Off Salt Creek with the clash of chords against the melody ... Their arrangement of Richard Thompson's Down Where the Drunkards Roll nicely captures the pensive feel of the song ... This recording, with one foot solidly planted in tradition and the other in the more contemporary, keeps its balance well. Many bluegrass fans will want to walk along with them. Our thanks to Steve Goldfield and Bluegrass Unlimited for the kind words!
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The Old Time Bluegrass Singers - Demo
| Recorded April 2, 2005 at Appleland Productions, Sutton MA, Bob Dick engineer. These songs additionally are the first half of the collection to be included in our first commercial release. Dick Bowden-guitar; Herb Applin-mandolin; Lillian Fraker-bass fiddle; Terry McGill-banjo; vocals by all four. Guests: Robert Fraker-archtop slap rhythm guitar and Sky Travers-Dobro steel guitar. Songs: O'er The Road I'm Bound (Uncle Dave), No One Dear But You (Johnny & Jack), Dear Mary (Linda Thompson), My Blue Ridge Memories (Don Stover), I Hear My Savior Calling (Stanley Bros.), Come and Knock on the Door of My Heart (Roy Acuff), and Hartford String Band's Squared-Off Salt Creek (John Hartford). |
Online demo sample features:
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Herb Applin
Don Stover & Friends, "My Blue Ridge Memories", White Oak Records 101. Guitar and vocals.
The Berkshire Mountain Boys, "Just For Tonite", Acoustic Spinning Wheel 101, cassette. Mandolin, fiddle and vocals.
Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys, "One Morning in May", Rounder 003. Guitar and vocals.
Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys, Rounder 0025. Guitar and vocals.
Bill Keith & Jim Rooney, "Living on the Mountain", Prestige/Folklore Records 14002. Guitar and vocals.
Dick Bowden
The Case Brothers, Martin & Gibson, "Old Time Duets with Guitar and Mandolin", CaBro 001, cassette. Guitar and vocals.
The Case Brothers, Martin & Gibson, "Radio Album", CaBro 002, cassette. Guitar and vocals.
Joe Meadows with grandson Brandon Farley, "Cotton Eyed Joe", Patuxent CD-071. Banjo and liner notes.
The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, "Barnyard Frolic", RME Records. Liner notes.
North Star Bluegrass, "The Old Railroad", North Star Bluegrass label. Liner notes.
Lillian Fraker
Bear Bridge Band, "A Bluegrass Sampler", bass and vocals, cassette, out of print
Bear Bridge Band, "Bear Essentials", cassette, bass and vocals
Bear Bridge Band, "One More Ride", bass and vocals
Bear Bridge Band, "Broken Hearts and Better Times", bass and vocals
Terry McGill
The David Hampton Band, banjo
Lost Ramblers, "Are We There Yet?", banjo
Terry McGill, "Straight Drive", banjo
Allen Harris, "Tribute to the Black Cowboy", banjo
Gene Lowinger, "Nobody Rides for Free", banjo
Straight Drive, "I'll Take a Page From Your Book", banjo, vocals, archtop guitar
Todd Collins, "Blue Soul", 11111 String
The Dixie Bee Liners,"The Dixie Bee Liners", V String Banjo