Bluegrass Essentials 2

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 24, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000K1HI
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #613,283 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'll Love Nobody But You

2. Bury Me Beneath the Willow

3. Colleen Malone

4. I've Just Seen a Face

5. Walls of Time

6. My Rose of Old Kentucky

7. Rose of My Heart

8. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die

9. Ruby (Are You Mad)

10. By the Mark

11. One More Dollar

12. When the Cactus Is in Bloom

13. This Old House

14. Black Jack Davey

15. The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn

16. Out Among the Stars

17. I'll Fly Away

18. Where the Old Red River Flows

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprise, Surprise, December 28, 2000

By 

Ben Fitzgerald - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluegrass Essentials 2 (Audio CD)

Most bluegrass "various artists" CDs lack real punch, what I call "easy listening bluegrass". This collection will knock you out cold. It samples old and new, with a rarely found balance of male and female artists. And every song is golden. If you're just starting out with bluegrass, as more and more people are, then this is the perfect introduction. If you're a long time fan, then I think you'll be surprised.

Chesapeake's "Blackjack Davey" will blow you away, and show you exactly how far and well bluegrass can stretch. "Ruby (are you mad at your man)" by The Osborne Brothers shows just how fast and powerful it can be. And The Charles River Vally Boys' version of the Beatles' "I've just seen a face" will show that the Beatles really should have been a bluegrass band! (OK that's pushing it.)

Anyway, buy it. You'll love it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This One Has Legs, June 11, 2000

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"johnolywa" (Olympia, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluegrass Essentials 2 (Audio CD)

Compilations are risky business. I've been listening to Bluegrass for 25 years, and now usually avoid the "best of" stuff. But this is a clean diamond gem. I came back to order 2 more copies to send to family members (on whom I've been "prosetylizing" all these years). Want to hear what Bluegrass is all about? Here's a fine start. Something Old (Bill Monroe, of course). Something new (Check out Gillian Welch's gospel tune - if it don't make your knees weak, something is seriously the matter with you). Something borrowed (how about a Bluegrass version of the Beatles' "I Just Saw A Face"). And something blue (enough to put me in my favorite Bluegrass state of mind: A smile on my face, tears runnin down my cheeks, and the hairs on the back of my neck standing straight up. Jump on it!