Product DescriptionCLASSIC BLUEGRASS HITS by TODAY S HITMAKERS at a HIT PRICE...
BLUEGRASS SMASH HITS, Volume 1 is the first title from an exciting NEW SERIES from Rural Rhythm Records, who have become the leader in Classic Bluegrass Collections over the years. Produced by Grammy Nominated JIM VAN CLEVE, master fiddler and Super Bluegrass Group member of MOUNTAIN HEART, this album is filled with 16 BIG HITS performed by some of the brightest young stars in Bluegrass today!
Recorded like many of the Classic Bluegrass Hit Albums during the Golden Age of Bluegrass, BLUEGRASS SMASH HITS was recorded without any fancy overdubs or studio tricks, just pure organic and true bluegrass performances with traditional arrangements honoring and paying tribute to the legendary Bluegrass groups of the past.
Created over a year ago, THE MASHVILLE BRIGADE have been performing at the world famous Station Inn in Nashville on a regular basis, and this gathering has been a wonderful vehicle for this group of musicians, and their friends, to come and play live when they are home and not touring with their major Bluegrass bands.
The star studded line-up performing on BLUEGRASS SMASH HITS, Volume 1 are; Jim Van Cleve (Mountain Heart), Aaron McDaris (The Grascals), Darrell Webb (Rhonda Vincent & The Rage), Ashby Frank (Special Consensus) and Randy Barnes (NewFound Road).
MASHVILLE BRIGADE Spawned by a long string of backstage and picking party encounters, the Mashville Brigade (Ashby Frank, Randy Barnes, Aaron McDaris, Jim Van Cleve, and Darrell Webb) are young but seasoned members and/or veterans of top-notch bluegrass bands such as Mountain Heart, Infamous Stringdusters, Grascals, Rhonda Vincent, Wildfire and Marty Raybon s Full Circle. To this newly hatched side project, they bring first-rate chops, a thorough grounding in the canon and, as the name suggests, a dash of brash, postmodern attitude." - Jon Weisberger Nashville Scene
BLUEGRASS SMASH HITS, Volume 1 is a FRESH NEW SPIN on some of the most popular ALL-TIME CLASSIC BLUEGRASS STANDARDS which have been FAN FAVORITES for many decades !
Track Listings (16) - Disc #1