The Bluegrass Album, V. 3: California Connection

The Bluegrass Album Band | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 30, 1982
• Label: Rounder
• Genres: Country/Alt-Country & Americana, Country/Bluegrass, Country/Traditional Country
• ASIN: B0010UX7T0
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,295 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another opinion...., November 22, 2002

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Mark J. Fowler "Let's Play Two!" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluegrass Album 3 (Audio CD)

I surfed past this, one of my favorite Bluegrass CD's to find a single 3 star review complaining that this band lacks a "dirty sound" that is "essential" to Bluegrass.

I'd be curious to know what "dirty sound" the reviewer means - but I'd say J.D. Crowe, Tony Rice, Bobby Hicks, Jerry Douglas and Doyle Lawson KNOW what is "essential" to Bluegrass, and they demonstrate this to great effect on these recordings. Where "The Bluegrass Albums" in volumes one and two were respectful of traditional Bluegrass - a la Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs, THIS Album wanted to be inclusive of the more modern "second generation" influences in both material and arrangements - for example adding the previously omitted Dobro with the unmatched voice of Jerry Douglas. Devil in Disguise starts off a FINE collection of tunes, that I would say include "Unfaithful One" and "Please Search Your Heart". (The 2nd time that Crowe and Lawson have recorded that particular tune.)

All of the Bluegrass Albums (I mean these six recorded by this collection of musicians) are "Bluegrass 101" to modern bluegrass musicians. Volume six is all instrumental (after Tony Rice's damaged vocal chords couldn't allow for his previous fine singing), but it is also.... dare I say it.... "essential".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm listening to it right now!, June 26, 2004

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G. Parnell "garythemessage" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bluegrass Album 3 (Audio CD)

This is probably my favorite of the 6 Bluegrass Album Band albums. Some very lively songs, like "Devil in Disguise" and "Come Back Darling" mix well with quieter tunes like "Unfaithful One."

As for the Boston Bean who said something idiotic about Bluegrass needing to have a "dirty" sound, that sounds right coming from someone from Mass. Don't listen to that tripe. I'm from Arkansas and have been listening to Bluegrass for 30+ years. I love this album, and I love the Bluegrass Album Band.

This is traditional Bluegrass - not "Newgrass" or "Spacegrass." Tradional musicians playing tradional instruments with a traditional sound. If you want "dirty" music, go listen to 2 Live Crew, or something. Sheesh.

Gary

5.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't get much better..., May 31, 2004

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Dave D "socko25" (Lansing, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluegrass Album 3 (Audio CD)

I've been playing banjo and guitar for about 25 years now, and have always been a bluegrass fan. I think it would be hard to find an album that better represented bluegrass music. It's not often one encounters a more talented collection of musicians in any genre. Bluegrass music audiences are fortunate to have this and the other Bluegrass Album Band recordings as some of the finest ever made.