Country Bluegrass

Jeanie West | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Prestige
• ASIN: B00004NHC4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #538,151 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Six More Miles

2. Greenback Dollar

3. The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band

4. Have a Feast Here Tonight

5. Poor Ellen Smith

6. The Storms Are on the Ocean

7. Tramp on the Street

8. Single Girl Married Girl

9. You're a Flower Blooming in the Wildwood

10. Little Margaret

11. The Gypsy's Warning

12. The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee

13. Green Grow the Violets

14. Those Dark Eyes

15. The Homestead on the Farm

16. I'd Like to Be Your Shadow in the Moonlight

17. Give Me the Roses Now

18. Take This Hammer

19. They're at Rest Together

20. I'm Coming Back, But I Don't Know When

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rough-edged, rustic '60s truegrass, April 9, 2004

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This review is from: Country Bluegrass (Audio CD)

A fine reissue of two albums from the '60s boom, with North Carolina native Jeanie West fronting a competent, mildly clattersome band through a nice set of traditional songs and old-timey oldies. Originally issued on LP as "Roamin' The Blue Ridge" and "Country Music In Blue Grass Style," from 1960 or thereabouts. One album has Jeanie West singing unaccompanied, the other is a nice series of rough-cut duets with husband Harry West, music that, as the album title implies, hearkens back to the days when the dividing line between "country" and "old time" music was much more nebulous than it would later become. West's super-rural, unabashedly hillbilly delivery has hints of Molly O'Day's old Depression-era recordings, but also, in an interesting way, of the more contemporary sound of Jimmy Martin, who also melded the bluesiness of country with the propulsive acoustic style adopted by the bluegrass crowd. Country Gentlemen co-founder Bill Emerson contributes solid banjo picking on both albums, anchoring the band, and adding a muscular oompf that helps boost the energy level. The rugged vocals and primitive sound mix might not appeal to everyone, but I think this is an album well worth picking up, particularly for the West's ability to bring out the lyrics in each and every song. Recommended!