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Untold Stories

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. . . "Untold Stories" represented the high water mark for one of the most popular bluegrass acts of the 1980's. Led by triple-threat front man Tim O'Brien, Hot Rize appealed to both traditional and progressive audiences, combining wonderful material and vocal harmony with the hot picking of O'Brien, banjo whiz Pete Wernick, and the late Charles Sawtelle, whose deep tone and unique guitar phrasing brought smiles to most everyone who ever heard him. My personal favorites on this effort are the title song (which was a hit for country star Kathy Matea), "Just Like You", and "Here Today and Gone Tommorrow", a jaunty reading of an old Delmore Brothers tune - but this is a strong outing by a terrific band at the height of its powers.

Hot Rize was one of the all time best bluegrass bands and this is another strong album from them

A lot of blue grass music sounds a bit pinched and medicinal to me. Not Hot Rize and this record has some lovely tunes including a favorite, "Don't make me Believe." They are all great musicians but I just love to hear Tim Obrien sing and play. In the jazz world you hear a lot of talk about whether someone swings or not. Tim swings and brings something a little extra to blue grass vocals.