Rambler's Blues

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When the Desert Rose Band finally called it quits, banjoist Herb Pedersen and bassist Bill Bryson decided to return to their first love, bluegrass. They recruited their old pals, guitarist Billy Ray Lathum and mandolinist Kenny Blackwell, and named their new band the Laurel Canyon Ramblers, after the most Applachian-sounding place-name in L.A. The new group's debut album, Rambler's Blues, preserves the songwriting craft and spirited rhythms of the Desert Rose Band but does so in the context of a drummer-less bluegrass quartet. In fact, the Laurel Canyon Ramblers remake "Love Reunited," a Top 10 country hit for the Desert Rose Band in '87, as an uptempo bluegrass number. The pop hook is given new life by the mandolin rhythm, the fiddle fills (by guest Byron Berline), and the vocal harmonies. Chris Hillman wrote that song and most of the other Desert Rose material, leaving Pedersen and Bryson with precious few chances to showcase their own material. Their five contributions to Rambler's Blues indicate that they, too, know how to pen a catchy country-pop song and their emergence as strong songwriters is the best thing about the Laurel Canyon Ramblers. Pedersen's title tune is a contagious, uptempo ode to restlessness, and Bryson's "Crossroads Bar" is a twangy warning about the temptations of the honky-tonk life. The album is filled out by a pair of Osborne Brothers chestnuts and three bluegrass-gospel hymns. --Geoffrey Himes

Rambler's Blues,Laurel Canyon Ramblers,Sugarhill [Country],Bluegrass,Country,Pop

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Deep Ellum Rambler Smokey Hogg Manufacturer: Ace Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Texas Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Texas Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Icky Thump ASIN: B000056OZ6 Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

1. Too Many Drivers (AKA Little Car Blues)
2. Country Gal
3. Skinny Leg's Woman
4. Unemployment Blues
5. Wood & Jackson Blues
6. Bad Life Blues
7. Suitcase Blues (AKA Low Down Blues)
8. Hard Time Blues
9. When The Ball Drops
10. Who's Heah
11. Going Home Blues
12. Clean Woman Blues
13. Black Horse Blues (AKA Black Mare)
14. Jivin' Little Woman
15. Look In Your Eyes Pretty Mama
16. Little School Girl
17. Golden Diamond Blues
18. My Christmas Baby
19. Oh, Woman, Oh Woman
20. (I Wonder) Where Did My Boogie Go
21. Long Tall Mama
22. My Train Is Coming
23. You Gonna Look Like A Monkey (Solo Version)
24. Believe I'll Go Down On That M & KT Line
25. Brown Skin Woman (False Start & Chat)
26. Brown Skin Woman
27. You've Been Gone So Long

Product Description

1. Too Many Drivers (aka Little Car Blues)
2. Country Gal
3. Skinny Leg'd Woman
4. Unemployment Blues
5. Wood & Jackson Blues
6. Bad Life Blues
7. Suitcase Blues (aka Low Down Blues)
8. Hard Time Blue
9. When The Drop Falls
10. Who's Heah
11. Going Home Blues
12. Clean Woman Blues
13. Black Horse Blues (aka Black Mare)
14. Jivin' Little Woman
15. Look In Your Eyes Pretty Mama
16. Little School Girl
17. Golden Diamond Blues
18. My Christmas Baby
19. Oh Woman, Oh Woman
20. (I Wonder) Where Did My Boogie Go
21. Long Tall Mama
22. My Train Is Coming
23. You Gonna Look Like A Monkey (solo version)
24. Believe I'll Go Down On That M & KT Line
25. Brown Skin Woman
26. Brown Skin Woman
27. You've Been Gone So Long

Format: CD

Average customer rating: What's Not to Like

Rambler's Blues Laurel Canyon Ramblers Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue Rambler 2 Back on the Street Again Slidin' Home ASIN: B000000F40 Release Date: 1995-04-18

Tracks:

1. Rambler's Blues
2. Crossroads Bar
3. To A Heart Always True
4. This Heart Of Mine (Can Never Say Goodbye)
5. Yellowhead
6. He Said If I Be Lifted Up
7. She's No Angel
8. Jordan
9. Love Reunited
10. Flatland Ramble
11. Jesus Savior, Pilot Me
12. Roll On

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When the Desert Rose Band finally called it quits, banjoist Herb Pedersen and bassist Bill Bryson decided to return to their first love, bluegrass. They recruited their old pals, guitarist Billy Ray Lathum and mandolinist Kenny Blackwell, and named their new band the Laurel Canyon Ramblers, after the most Applachian-sounding place-name in L.A. The new group's debut album, Rambler's Blues, preserves the songwriting craft and spirited rhythms of the Desert Rose Band but does so in the context of a drummer-less bluegrass quartet. In fact, the Laurel Canyon Ramblers remake "Love Reunited," a Top 10 country hit for the Desert Rose Band in '87, as an uptempo bluegrass number. The pop hook is given new life by the mandolin rhythm, the fiddle fills (by guest Byron Berline), and the vocal harmonies. Chris Hillman wrote that song and most of the other Desert Rose material, leaving Pedersen and Bryson with precious few chances to showcase their own material. Their five contributions to Rambler's Blues indicate that they, too, know how to pen a catchy country-pop song and their emergence as strong songwriters is the best thing about the Laurel Canyon Ramblers. Pedersen's title tune is a contagious, uptempo ode to restlessness, and Bryson's "Crossroads Bar" is a twangy warning about the temptations of the honky-tonk life. The album is filled out by a pair of Osborne Brothers chestnuts and three bluegrass-gospel hymns. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

What's Not to Like.......2000-09-10

If you like bluegrass, don't wait to buy this cd, these guys, starting with Herb Pederson, rank among the best there are, arguably, outside the Del McCoury Band. Good "west coast" bluegrass. Thanks guys, for keeping it going.

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Midnight Rambler Louisiana Red Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music New Orleans Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ASIN: B000008HWW Release Date: 1992-03-24

Tracks:

1. Whole World
2. Had a Date With Barbara Last Night
3. First Degree
4. Sweet Blood Call
5. I Was Out Walking
6. Thirty Dirty Women
7. King Bee
8. Death of Ealase
9. Who Been Fooling You
10. Going Home
11. Too Poor to Die
12. Standing at Your Door
13. I Been Down So Long
14. Turkey Killer
15. Walk All over Georgia
16. Look at the Children Run
17. Recreation Blues
18. Midnight Rambler
19. When My Mama Was Living

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Rambler's Blues Lonnie Johnson Manufacturer: Our World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006LA1S Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

1. I Did All I Could
2. What A Real Women
3. Falling Rain Blues
4. Mean Old Bad Bug Blues
5. Jersey Belle Blues
6. Crowing Rooster
7. Rambler's Blue
8. Let All Married Women Alone
9. Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp
10. I'm Just Dumb
11. Get Yourself Together
12. In Love Again
13. What A Woman
14. Swing Out Rhythm
15. Blue Ghost Blues
16. Somebody's Got To Go

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The Midnight Rambler Louisiana Red Manufacturer: Charly UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music New Orleans Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000024IMY Release Date: 1999-07-01

Tracks:

1. Whole World
2. Had a Date With Barbara Last Night
3. First Degree
4. Sweet Blood Call
5. I Was Out Walking
6. Thirty Dirty Women
7. King Bee
8. Death of Ealase
9. Who Been Fooling You
10. Going Home
11. Too Poor to Die
12. Standing at Your Door
13. I Been Down So Long
14. Turkey Killer
15. Walk All over Georgia
16. Look at the Children Run
17. Recreation Blues
18. Midnight Rambler
19. When My Mama Was Living

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Deep Ellum Rambler Smokey Hogg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002XN80E

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