Bayou Bluegrass

Jim Smoak | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arhoolie Records
• ASIN: B00006BXGR
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot!, April 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bayou Bluegrass (Audio CD)

This CD is great! It makes you want to hit the floor and dance a jig! You can't help but feel good when you listen to this music. It has so much energy! Jim Smoak is my all time favorite banjo picker. This is a great sampling of his unique style.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Bluegrass/Old Time Reissue, January 9, 2003

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Kevin Fontenot (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bayou Bluegrass (Audio CD)

Finally reissued on CD, this is fine bluegrass/old time music by Smoak's band. Smoak once belonged to Bill Monroes seminal Bluegrass Boys and the bassist Lum York was a long time member of the great Hank Williams' band. The CD is full of good music and a joy to listen to through and through.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great old time Banjo and Fiddle, September 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bayou Bluegrass (Audio CD)

Jim Smoak is my Banjo teacher but even I was surprised to find such solid Banjo and Fiddle playing. This is old time music and you can hear that 'High Lonesome Sound'.
I was also surprise to hear Jim do most of the singing.
Although called 'Bayou Bluegrass', I hear that same old down home sound I heard in the backroads of Kentucky a long time ago.