High Country Snows

Dan Fogelberg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000261V
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,105 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mountain Pass

2. Sutter's Mill

3. Wolf Creek [Instrumental]

4. High Country Snows

5. The Outlaw

6. Shallow Rivers

7. Go Down Easy

8. Wandering Shepherd

9. Think of What You've Done

10. The Higher You Climb

Editorial Reviews

11 tracks Produced by Dan Fogelberg

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock star delivers brilliant traditional country, August 8, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Country Snows (Audio CD)

When singers record an album in a different style of music to what is normal for them, the results are not always great. A closer analysis shows that those doing it for artistic reasons are much more successful than those doing it for commercial or egotistical reasons. Dan recorded this album for artistic reasons. He always loved traditional music and he'd written some songs that didn't fit his normal pop-rock style, so the time came to make an acoustic country album. Nobody could accuse Dan of doing it for commercial reasons - I understand that this was the least successful album he ever recorded. Well, I did my bit, as I bought it on vinyl and again on CD.

Dan obtained the services of the best musicians around at the time - Herb Pedersen (banjo, harmony vocals), Ricky Skaggs (harmony vocals), David Grisman (mandolin, mandola), Chris Hillman (mandolins, harmony vocals), Al Perkins (pedal steel guitar), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Russ Kunkel (drums), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Emory Gordy (bass), Jim Buchanan (fiddle), David Briggs (piano), Vince Gill (harmony vocals), Michael Hanna (synthesiser) and Doc Watson (acoustic guitar). Of course, some of these appear on many tracks, while some only appear once, but fans of bluegrass and country music who take an interest in the musicians will recognize many of these names.

Dan wrote most of the songs - and they are brilliant, but among the covers are Down the road (Flatt and Scruggs) and Think of what you've done (Carter Stanley). I cannot speak for Dan's regular fans (who should hear some of it before buying), but I can say that this is an album that will be appreciated by fans of traditional country music.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bravo, October 23, 2000

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homefree (Mass) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Country Snows (Audio CD)

This album is a one off recording of bluegrass tunes recorded by Dan and some of his friends (David Grisman, and Doc Watson) to name a few. I remember getting this album and wanting to stick my thumb out and hitch a ride to the Telluride bluegrass festival the first time I heard it. I was never much of a bluegrass fan, but after this I realized that I had been missing something big.

I do not have the room to write about every track here, but I will say that `Sutters Mill', `Go down easy', and the title track are the best of a pretty good bunch of songs. If you are looking for an album to get aquainted with Fogelberg with, I recommend Home free. But once you familiarize yourself with his sound, give this a listen. It will blow your socks off.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is There Nothing He CAN'T Do?, November 16, 2001

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C. Kuschel-Toerber "Christian Kuschel" (Frankfurt, Hessen) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Country Snows (Audio CD)

A daring release back in 1985, indeed. After a string of charting rock/pop singles and albums, Dan Fogelberg followed his own ideas (probably much to the dismay of his label SONY) once again and recorded a fine, intimate album full of swinging bluegrass music. With a stellar bunch of musicians supporting him (Doc Watson or Herb Pedersen), Dan performs a few standards and a lot of original songs - sizzling instrumentals, moody ballads, haunting vocals... great stuff!

Having been an independent artist for the past few years, Dan Fogelberg goes on releasing some of the best music available on CD or tape. He plays a fantastic blues guitar (listen to his 2000 release "Something Old..."), records a truly unique Christmas album based on renaissance music (1999), records another fine jazzy album with flutist Tim Weisberg (1995's No Resemblance Whatsoever") - is there nothing Dan Fogelberg can't do to perfection?