Blue Ribbon Waltz

Track Listings

 
1. I’M GOING BACK WHERE TIME STANDS STILL
2. HANG MY HAT #1
3. CAN WE GET ALONG WITH THIS?
4. CRY AWAY THE YEARS
5. DREAMING
6. YOU LEFT ME
7. KATIE DEAR
8. COLD FEET
9. LET US TRAVEL, TRAVEL ON
10. I’VE HAD A BIG TIME TODAY
11. I WAS LEFT BEHIND SWEETHEARTED DEAR
12. HANG MY HAT #2
13. BLUE RIBBON WALTZ

Editorial Reviews

Dave Higgs Bluegrass Breakdown - Nashville Public Radio WPLN 90.3 FM / 1430 AM Nashville, TN
"written some stellar material.. sing with a lot of swing, a lot of soul and a lot of class."

Product Description:
Blue Ribbon Waltz, the second album from The Hunger Mountain Boys, is now available! The project features nine new originals and a handful of old gems from the likes of Arthur Smith, The Louvin Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, and others in the early country style.

Blue Ribbon Waltz

Blue Ribbon Waltz,Hunger Mountain Boys,Old-Fi Records
Blue Ribbon Waltz
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A "blue ribbon" follow up.
Blue Ribbon Waltz
Hunger Mountain Boys
Manufacturer: Old-Fi Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0007QOMXI
Release Date: 2005-02-18

Tracks:

  1. IM GOING BACK WHERE TIME STANDS STILL
  2. HANG MY HAT #1
  3. CAN WE GET ALONG WITH THIS?
  4. CRY AWAY THE YEARS
  5. DREAMING
  6. YOU LEFT ME
  7. KATIE DEAR
  8. COLD FEET
  9. LET US TRAVEL, TRAVEL ON
  10. IVE HAD A BIG TIME TODAY
  11. I WAS LEFT BEHIND SWEETHEARTED DEAR
  12. HANG MY HAT #2
  13. BLUE RIBBON WALTZ

Album Description

Blue Ribbon Waltz, the second album from The Hunger Mountain Boys, is now available! The project features nine new originals and a handful of old gems from the likes of Arthur Smith, The Louvin Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys, and others in the early country style.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A "blue ribbon" follow up........2005-02-23

The award-winning Hunger Mountain Boys, the toast of the 2003 Mountain Stage songwriting competition for "Nashville Don't Touch My Country Music" (from the CD Fashioned in the Old Way) score again with the new CD Blue Ribbon Waltz. As with the first CD, Teddy Weber and Kip Beacco show an amazing knack for tight harmonies, spot-on arrangements, and period lyrics that hark uncannily back to the Louvins, the Blue Sky Boys, the Monroes, and other "real" country music from the pre-bluegrass era. What is most notable is how well Weber's and Beacco's original songs blend with the few cover songs--you get the feeling that these two somehow travelled several decades forward in a time machine.

The style and humor of the writing and singing might mask the skill of the instrumental work were it not as high as it is. Beacco saws his fiddle and thrashes the mandolin with a heavy but precise hand, capturing perfectly the sound and atmosphere of yesteryear; while Weber's guitar playing is rock solid, understated, and harmonically wise. Weber also picks the dobro on two cuts, channeling Bashful Brother Oswald as few of today's resophonic players do.

Not a weak cut on the whole record, and the dead-clear engineering and production (both courtesy of Off The Beat-n-Track studio) let these two fellers shine--and shine they do.

A "blue ribbon" effort on all fronts.

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