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I purchased this for my husband, and we both love this CD.

We've seen Arlo in concert and this CD evokes those memories every time.

I'd recommend this for Arlo's fans and for those who love folk music!

This CD was supposed to come out in 2000 when it was recorded. The story goes that when Arlo reviewed the material he found that there were technical problems and all the recordings were unusable. He said the album would never be released. However, by 2008 technology had advanced to the point that the problems could be corrected and the album could be released.

I like Arlo Guthrie but I am a huge fan of The Dillards. This must have been a pretty quiet release because here it is 2011 and I just discovered it. This surprises me greatly for a couple reasons. The first, it is fantastic. It is essentially an album rooted in bluegrass so If you don't care for bluegrass you probably won't be crazy about it. However, if you like good Earthy acoustic music then it is exceptional in my opinion. The song choice is very cool, Arlo sounds great and The Dillards can't be beat which brings me to my second reason that I can't believe this album isn't a bigger deal. This, as far as I know, is the last recorded project that the original Dillards recorded. Since bassist Mitch Jayne passed away last year this will very likely be their final release. Not only that, but Doug Dillard is a phenomenal banjo player, and although he is a highly in demand session player he hardly seems to record these days.

The Dillards, for the newly acquainted are most widely known as the band that played the Darlins on The Andy Griffith show. However, there music and history goes much deeper than that with some of the earliest 'newgrass style music' and ties to The Byrds, Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers and many other country and rock bands.

What a treat to be able to hear a nearly lost recording of some old friends playing music that clearly means a lot to them.

The product was not shipped out within 24 hours and I did not receive it for Christmas. The quality of the product was excellent although it was listed as being shipped out within 24 hours "in time for Christmas."