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Scene It All

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This long awaited CD was well worth waiting for. Anyone who likes bluegrass music will love this CD and I highly recommend it. I have listened to it everyday for a month and will never tire of it. The mix of songs is excellent, from "in your face" to sweet to sad to rock and roll bluegrass. The harmonies are so close that they blend as one. I place it among my favorites.

The last thing that I would have expected is that the Seldom Scene would be even better after losing a musician, singer, and personality of John Duffey's caliber. Yet that is the case. Lou Reid and Dudley Connell's singing is exceptionally fine, the harmonies are wonderful, and the picking is great. From Ben Eldridge's opening roll on "Rollin' and Tumblin'" to the final notes of "Nadine" (and the trailing practice version of "From This Moment On") this CD breaks new ground and sets the highest standard for invention and musicianship.

You'd be hard pressed to find a richer, sweeter Bluegrass sound than the warm melodies and tight harmonies so artfully presented on this exceptional CD. I speak from experience: somehow, these talented guys manage to win over not only the hard-core Bluegrass twangers, but the cautious Bluegrass neophytes and uninitiated as well. The Seldom Scene is a near perfect combination of outstanding musicians singing songs with simple but compelling lyrics to music that is just plain pretty. If you only have a dollop of country in you, you need this album.

I bought this CDfor the song on it From This Moment On I think this is the prettest song I have ever heard<just about worn it out>I am a Blue Grass fan and have see the Seldom Scene in person.My wife thinks Dudley Connell is the best Blue Grass singer ever.I really enjoyed the CD.

Having enjoyed listening to these guys a bunch of times in the DC area over the last twenty years, I was curious to hear them now with so much change in personnel. Oh my...they sound GREAT! Definitely one of my favorite CD's. This may be one of the best iterations of a band which has held itself together so well in spite of the transitions. If you like bluegrass, you gotta have it! Thank you Ben Eldridge, and BRAVO Seldom Scene!!!