Tennessee Mountain Home: 23 Bluegrass Gems [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Spec. Mkt. UK
• ASIN: B000066BXM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,961 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Roses In The Snow - Emmylou Harris

2. Im On My Way Home Again - The Everly Brothers

3. Duelling Banjos - Eric Weissberg And Steve Mandel

4. Somebody Touched Me - The Dillards

5. My Tennessee Mountain Home - Maria Muldaur

6. Babys In Black - Charles River Valley Boys

7. Travelers Lantern - Dwight Yoakam

8. My Dixie Darlin - Carlene Carter

9. What Am I Doin Hangin Round - Michael Martin Murphey

10. My Blue Tears - Linda Ronstadt

11. Late Last Night My Willie Came Home - John Hartford

12. Gold Rush - Mark O Connor

13. Ive Just Seen A Face - The Forester Sisters

14. Drunkards Dream -- Gene Parsons

15. Cry Cry Darlin - Ricky Skaggs

16. Stop In The Road - John Anderson

17. Weary Heart - Delia Bell

18. Lonesome Ruben - Randy And Earl Scruggs

19. Love Of A Lifetime - The Cox Family

20. Dark Hollow - Muleskinner

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Import exclusive compilation featuring 23 bluegrass gems, 'Roses In The Snow' Emmylou Harris, 'I'm On My Way Home Again' Everly Brothers, 'Dueling Banjos' Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell, 'Somebody Touched Me' Dillards, 'My Tennessee Mountain Home' Maria Muldaur, 'Baby's In Black' Charles River Valley Boys, 'Traveller's Lantern' Dwight Yoakam, 'My Dixie Darlin'' Carlene Carter, 'What Am I Doin' Hangin' Round' Michael Martin Murphey, 'My Blue Tears' Linda Ronstadt, 'Late Last Night My Willie Came Home' John Hartford, 'Gold Rush' Mark O'Connor, 'I've Just Seen A Face' Forrester Sisters, 'Drunkard's Dream' Gene Parsons, 'Cry Cry Darlin'' Ricky Skaggs, 'Stop In The Road' John Anderson, 'Weary Heart' Delia Bell, 'Lonesome Ruben' Randy Scruggs, 'Love Of A Lifetime' Cox Family, 'Dark Hollow' Muleskinner, 'Mountain Memories' McCarters, 'Catalog Dreams' Joni Harms & 'Diamonds In The Rough' John Prine.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Warners UK bluegrass compilation, August 2, 2002

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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: Tennessee Mountain Home: 23 Bluegrass Gems (Audio CD)

British compilations of country music have greatly improved in recent years. Now, following the success of O brother, we have this amazing collection of 23 bluegrass gems culled from the Warners archive. You might look through the list of artists and think that some of them aren't bluegrass, but all the tracks included here qualify. In some cases, the chosen track may be the only piece of bluegrass they ever recorded, but if that gets the music to a wider audience, the bluegrass specialists will reap the rewards eventually - and some of them (including Ricky Skaggs, Delia Bell, the Cox family, Randy and Earl Scruggs) are included here.

I was already familiar with several of these tracks, though I suspect that for most people who buy this in Britain, every track will be new. Of those that I already knew, there are two tracks that stand out - Maria Muldaur's cover of My Tennessee Mountain Home (which first appeared on her self-titled album featuring Midnight at the oasis, and which is the best cover of a Dolly song I've yet heard - I can't quite admit that it beats Dolly's own version) and Carlene Carter's cover of My Dixie Darling (which first appeared on her I fell in love album, one of my all-time favorite albums).

Dolly appears on this CD, with Emmylou, as backup singer on Linda Ronstadt's cover of another Dolly song, My blue tears (which first appeared on Linda's Get closer album).

The CD begins in impressive fashion with Emmylous's Roses in the snow, continuing with a lesser-known gem by the Everly Brothers followed by Duelling Banjos, one of the most famous bluegrass tunes of all time - this time by the original hitmakers.

Not only are there two Dolly covers, but there are also two Beatles covers. The Charles River Valley Boys recorded a whole album of Beatles covers in the mid-sixties. I own this, and I would probably have chosen a different song to Baby's in black for this collection, but their album (titled Beatle country) is still available from Amazon. The other cover is the Forester sisters' version of I've just seen a face (which the CRVB also covered).

There is some terrific music here which is ideal as an introduction to bluegrass, but a great addition to even the largest bluegrass collection. How many of these tracks do YOU have?