Product DescriptionRICKEY WASSON has spent the past 10 years as a member of J.D. Crowe & The New South, playing guitar and singing lead vocals. Rickey sang lead vocals on the J.D. Crowe & The New South hit single Lefty s Old Guitar which was Song of the Year (SPBGMA), 2008 Grammy ® Nominated , 2007 IBMA Album of the Year and #1 Song & Album on the Bluegrass Unlimited Charts
RICKEY S powerful vocals have placed him in an elite group of today s top bluegrass singers and landed him in one of today s top bluegrass groups.
Prior to joining J.D. Crowe & The New South in 1998, Rickey filled in briefly in Alison Krauss band, was a founding member of the well respected bluegrass group Southern Blend in 1984, and has been playing bluegrass ever since he was 4 years old. Rickey says, I never knew there was any other kind of music until I was 10.
LOSIN IN LAS VEGAS , the Merle Haggard classic from his 5:01 Blues album, is the first single from RICKEY WASSON S debut solo album FROM THE HEART & SOUL and features band and label mate Dwight McCall on harmony vocals. The album also includes bluegrass veteran guests J.D. Crowe, Don Rigsby, Sonya & Ben Isaacs, Randy Kohrs, Adam Steffey, Ron Stewart, and Harold Nixon.
FROM THE HEART & SOUL has several original tunes featuring Wasson s Touched By The Masters Hand which he says I wrote it to give praise for what God has done for me , Bill Castle s song A Place With No Yesterdays , Larry Johnson s Billy G. Salvation , Herman Isaacs Don t Wait Up , as well as many bluegrass classics such as Roll On Buddy , I ll Go Steppin Too , Dark Hollow , Get In Line Brother , etc.
With such a deep tradition in bluegrass, RICKEY WASSON delivers a very powerful debut album filled with solid bluegrass music from a new generation artist that will appeal to all ages. In a word, Rickey's material is "GREAT" says Terry Herd from the Bluegrass Radio Network... It's as good as it gets in the traditional bluegrass camp, from a voice of the "New South" that bluegrass fans can never seem to get enough of...It's a rock solid winner.
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1