Church Street Blues

Tony Rice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000000EZ6
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,104 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #9 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Contemporary Folk
  • #27 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Bluegrass
  • #77 in Music > Country > Bluegrass > Traditional

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Music From the Best Flat-Picker Around, March 4, 2003

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James Skrydlak "mostlymozart" (Pella, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Church Street Blues (Audio CD)

At this writing, this recording is twenty years old, yet it sounds as fresh and new as any recording available. There are, I think, two reasons for this. One is that the tunes themselves, from folk standards such as The Last Thing On My Mind to early country classics like Any Old Time to fiddle tunes such as Cattle In the Cane, are good music. The more important reason, though, is that Tony uses his astonishing technique not to show itself off, but, rather, to play the tunes the way he thinks they should be played. When I listen to this CD, I don't think, "Man, can he play the guitar"; I think, "What great music!" Virtuosity abounds, but Tony understands that virtuosity doesn't have to mean playing faster and more intricately than anybody else, even though you can.

It's just Tony on most of these tracks. His younger brother Wyatt joins him on three tracks. Come listen to what one or two great musicians can do.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good, August 3, 2000

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Todd Entenman (Waterville, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Church Street Blues (Audio CD)

I have no problem listening to this album straight through. From Blake to Dylan to Lightfoot there are no draggers...only excellent selections. Fun guitar picking! Pop this in your player, sit back, and relax. No disappointments.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent bluegrass with a varietal twist!, June 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Church Street Blues (Audio CD)

If you're a bluegrass fan, but get a little tired of the same ol' progressions in G and C, then this is the disc you are looking for. Tony Rice brings an incredible amount of skill to this album where you'll find only one song performed in G and C, several in minor keys, and all of them with interesting but pleasing progressions. This is one of the few discs that one can listen to year after year.