The scene was familiar. All too familiar. We were playing at the Bannock County Bluegrass Festival in Pocatello, Idaho. It was a pretty short set—45 minutes—and we had played well. Off to the left of the stage we’d set up this little card table and piled it high with copies of our first CD, “Autumn Blues.†Then we stuck Rob’s girlfriend Debi and Ron’s wife Kerry behind it and instructed them to peddle our masterpiece to anyone who came within 20 yards of the display.
Sure enough, after we’d finished our set and were walking past the table on our way to Ron’s pickup, a line began forming at the card table. This little blue-haired lady walked up to the table. “These the guys that were just playing?†She asked.
Debi nodded. The woman picked up a CD and flipped it over. “This the stuff they were playing?â€
Debi paused, because this is a difficult question to answer. “Autumn Blues†was a recording of all original tunes. But when we play live, we tend to mix our originals with more traditional tunes. So if you interpret the woman’s question to mean, “are these the songs they were playing,†then the answer would be “no.â€
Fortunately, there’s a second way to interpret the question: “is this the same sort of music they were playing?†But this is also a tricky question. Yes, “Autumn Blues†was bluegrass, but we’d recorded it four years before, at a time when we’d all logged more hours wood shedding than performing. And as most musicians will tell you, jamming with J.D. Crowe and Sam Bush on your walkman is one thing; playing live in front of an audience is quite another. So in the four years since we’d recorded “Autumn Blues,†our playing had changed in at least two ways. First of all, it had become tighter; because we were all comfortable with each other, we could lock in together as a solid unit of musicians. Second, it was looser; our increased comfort meant we could branch out and take chances, play music that wasn’t just technically correct, but also emotionally engaging.
Debi looked at Kerry and winced. The little blue-haired lady frowned, set our CD back on the card table, and wandered off to buy a corndog. Scenes like this can only happen about a hundred times before you decide to rethink your strategy. Thus, the CD you are contemplating buying is our attempt to capture the sound we’ve developed over the last few years. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed playing them.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.deadlineridge.com
Track List:
1. Weary Day
2. Think of What You've Done
3. Head Over Heels
4. Sally Goodin'
5. You Don't Know My Mind
6. This Heart of Mine
7. Somehow Tonight
8. Whistle Cry
9. The Gold Rush
10. A Little At a Time
11. Last Goodbye
12. White Freightliner Blues
Other Genres:
Sure enough, after we’d finished our set and were walking past the table on our way to Ron’s pickup, a line began forming at the card table. This little blue-haired lady walked up to the table. “These the guys that were just playing?†She asked.
Debi nodded. The woman picked up a CD and flipped it over. “This the stuff they were playing?â€
Debi paused, because this is a difficult question to answer. “Autumn Blues†was a recording of all original tunes. But when we play live, we tend to mix our originals with more traditional tunes. So if you interpret the woman’s question to mean, “are these the songs they were playing,†then the answer would be “no.â€
Fortunately, there’s a second way to interpret the question: “is this the same sort of music they were playing?†But this is also a tricky question. Yes, “Autumn Blues†was bluegrass, but we’d recorded it four years before, at a time when we’d all logged more hours wood shedding than performing. And as most musicians will tell you, jamming with J.D. Crowe and Sam Bush on your walkman is one thing; playing live in front of an audience is quite another. So in the four years since we’d recorded “Autumn Blues,†our playing had changed in at least two ways. First of all, it had become tighter; because we were all comfortable with each other, we could lock in together as a solid unit of musicians. Second, it was looser; our increased comfort meant we could branch out and take chances, play music that wasn’t just technically correct, but also emotionally engaging.
Debi looked at Kerry and winced. The little blue-haired lady frowned, set our CD back on the card table, and wandered off to buy a corndog. Scenes like this can only happen about a hundred times before you decide to rethink your strategy. Thus, the CD you are contemplating buying is our attempt to capture the sound we’ve developed over the last few years. We hope you enjoy listening to them as much as we enjoyed playing them.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.deadlineridge.com
Track List:
1. Weary Day
2. Think of What You've Done
3. Head Over Heels
4. Sally Goodin'
5. You Don't Know My Mind
6. This Heart of Mine
7. Somehow Tonight
8. Whistle Cry
9. The Gold Rush
10. A Little At a Time
11. Last Goodbye
12. White Freightliner Blues
Other Genres:
- COUNTRY: Bluegrass
- COUNTRY: Traditional Country
- TYPE: ACOUSTIC