Flat City Nights

One Riot One Ranger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hayden's Ferry
• ASIN: B00005YQS3
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #864,127 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. South Bound Train

2. I Didn't Know

3. Cool Water

4. Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

5. Cheap and on the Fly

6. On the Right Track Now

7. You Know Who You Are

8. I Dreamed About a Country Song

9. Flat City Blues

10. McLeod's Reel

11. Stewart Ross

12. Weary Lonesome Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Innovative "rangerized" bluegrass and Americana, April 13, 2002

By 

J. Ross "a-music_fan" (Roseburg, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flat City Nights (Audio CD)

One Riot One Ranger is Paul Brown, Mark Gaskill, Pete Remenyi, Chas Williams, and Mark Wyatt. Based in Columbus, Ohio, this band is equally at ease with classic bluegrass tunes like Jim & Jesse's "South Bound Train" and the Delmore Brothers' "Weary Lonesome Blues," as they are with the Hollies' "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress" and Bob Nolan's "Cool Water." Their original tunes are also strong enjoyable offerings, emphasizing Gaskill's and Williams' songwriting skills, and the band's ability to blend storytelling and musicianship. Williams' "I Dreamed About a Country Song" and "Cheap and On the Fly" shows that he can write new country music, as well as bluegrass ("Flat City Blues"). Gaskill, Williams and Wyatt each handle lead vocals in their own unique ways. Gaskill has a pleasing baritone voice on his self-penned and folk-flavored "I Didn't Know" and "You Know Who You Are" and "Stewart Ross." With Flat City Nights (their third release in the last six years), 1R1R innovatively rangerize bluegrass without losing respect for the music's roots. This eclectic release spans a broad chasm from bluegrass to alt-country, folk to Americana. Hard-driving banjoplayer Paul Brown is a fairly recent and welcome new addition to the group, and he also contributes fiddle or dobro on six of the cuts. Inspired by a fictional drive-in movie, Flat City Nights also offer a cute CD booklet that folds out into a full-color movie poster.
--by Joe Ross, moderator/reviewer for "Nwbluegrass"