Listen to the Music

3 Fox Drive | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 9, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B0009YA45S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,606 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Listen To The Music

2. This Little House Of Mine

3. Slow Me Down

4. Short Walk To The Moon

5. Cold At the Bottom Of Your Heart

6. Man Behind The Wall

7. Here Comes That Feeling Again

8. An Eye For An Eye

9. It Always Rains When I'm Lonesome

10. Between

Editorial Reviews

12 track CD. 11. Red Rose Bouquet 12. Some Old Side Road. Full title of track 10 is Between Me and Jolene.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Next BIG Thing In Bluegrass", November 21, 2005

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Mark J. Fowler "Let's Play Two!" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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More than a decade ago the Fox siblings, Brother Joel and Sisters Kim and Barb, were a talented family Bluegrass band from not-exactly-obvious location of upstate New York. With "3 Fox Drive" they announce their readiness to take their place among the very elite groups in Bluegrass and Americana. Like genre-blurring Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek, 3 Fox Drive begins rooted in Bluegrass and expands those boundaries to something more...

This recording demonstrates awesome talent. "Awesome" is not a word I throw around lightly under any circumstances, and I use it even more rarely when I speak of music. For someone privileged enough to have grown up seeing Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs live many times, and having seen Nickel Creek live only last night, my Bluegrass perspective covers the entire history and breadth of the music. I played the Mrs. "Listen to the Music" last night, and she was equally awestruck. This band has a sound that can just knock you down. They could easily appear on a bill with Alison Krauss, but they could just as easily appear with Rascal Flatts, and hard-core "Country" fans would come away from the experience buzzing about the talented Foxes.

Okay, enough generalities. Joel Fox plays banjo, and his playing has long been a centerpiece of the Foxes instrumentally. Randy Kohrs joins the effort on dobro, and he blends his pyrotechnic abilities seamlessly into the total band sound. (I highly recommend Randy's solo CDs as well as his collaborative work with everyone from Scott Vestal's All-Star "Bluegrass" instrumental collections to Dolly Parton. But I digress.) Megan Lynch adds some searing fiddle work, sounding like a cross between Stuart Duncan and Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins. With mandolin work reminiscent of Adam Steffy's recordings with Mountain Heart and Alison Krauss, Jim Reed completes the instrumental virtuosity of 3 Fox Drive.

That's not even the best part. Where the Foxes really shine is their vocals. It is clichéd to say that they have that "family harmony" sound. Think of The Whites. Think of The Cox Family. Now turn it up 3 notches. Kim Fox plays guitar and writes more than half of the material for the band. Her songs aren't just good. They aren't just award-winning. Kim Fox writes ballads that paint vivid portraits of men and women, loves lost, dreams chased, the special bond between sisters. Her songs cut you not just to the bone - they get down inside your marrow and resonate in that way that makes you not just happy, but downright proud to be alive. Kim does a fair amount of the lead vocals, and she sings with this throaty voice that reminded the Mrs. of Wynona - "just better", the Mrs. Said. Sister Barb does the bulk of the rest of the lead vocals and provides a soaring harmony on the Fox choruses. Joel sings a razor-sharp baritone in the Fox trio and the cumulative effect is "best in the business."

Their songs don't just reach out and grab you. They reach for you and pull you in close for a hug. Opening with the Doobie Brothers' hit "Listen to the Music", this album doesn't slow down. There is not a bad cut on the disc. Not even a mediocre one. If someone asks you "what's the `next big thing' in Bluegrass", or maybe even mainstream Country (as the better Bluegrass acts cross over in popularity, and this one seems destined to) - the best answer I know of right now is "3 Fox Drive". Get it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic harmonies, great song writing, October 9, 2005

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Richard M Estel (Fresno, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This is modern bluegrass, not progressive, but modern in terms of a generally smooth sound. Kim, Barb & Joel, the three Foxes who form the core of the group, harmonize in that breathtaking way that seems possible only with siblings. I've seen this group live four times, and their current line-up is especially solid. Kim Fox is an amazing and gifted song writer, and you cannot go wrong with this CD.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't get any better than this!, September 25, 2005

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T. Roth (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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Wow, the vocals are spectacular and the musicianship in this band is hard to beat. This is a must have CD for contemporary Bluegrass lovers.