Choice Picks

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Listening to Choice Picks makes one wish for days as a gambler, one who bet in 1990 that Alison Krauss would hit it big. That year, Krauss was crowned with an International Bluegrass Music Award as Female Vocalist of the Year, but it took five more years and three more female vocalist awards before she became an international star. These 20 tunes chronicle and celebrate the IBMA's first decade, but Choice Picks is no mere vanity project. It serves as an aural landscape portrait of bluegrass in the 1990s, a decade that not only sent Krauss and her contemporary leanings to the pop charts but also wooed Ricky Skaggs and his stanch traditionalism back to the fold in 1998, the year he was awarded both Album (Bluegrass Rules!) and Instrumental Group of the Year. So it's apropos that Skaggs's roaring "Get Up John" and Krauss's vulnerable "I've Got that Old Feeling" are present here, and it's equally apt that Hot Rize's sweet vocal harmonies are here on 1991's Song of the Year, "Colleen Malone," and that Del McCoury, whose band amassed a record 23 awards, is here churning through "Cheek to Cheek with the Blues." True bluegrass enthusiasts might well have all these tracks on the original albums, but for the generalist--or those in search of a primer--Choice Picks is exactly what its title says. --Andy Bartlett

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Choice Picks The Rembrandts Manufacturer: Fuel 2000 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lost Together The Rembrandts Major Lodge Victory ASIN: B000BLI3XE Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

1. Just the Way It Is, Baby
2. Someone
3. Show Me Your Love
4. Burning Timber
5. Johnny Have You Seen Her?
6. Maybe Tomorrow
7. Chase the Clouds Away
8. Rollin' Down the Hill
9. I'll Be There for You
10. Don't Hide Your Love
11. Drowning in Your Tears
12. This House Is Not a Home
13. Lost Together
14. Don't Give Me Up

Average customer rating: Bluegrass at it's best Great Sampler! The name says it all Way To Go!

Choice Picks Various Artists Manufacturer: Sugarhill [Country] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003W8BI Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Shoulder To Shoulder - Jerry Douglas
2. Cheek To Cheek With The Blues - Del McCoury
3. Blue Train - Nashville Bluegrass Band
4. Colleen Malone - Hot Rize
5. Mama's Hand - Lynn Morris
6. I've Got That Old Feeling - Alison Krauss
7. Cold Virginia Night - Ronnie Bowman
8. Get Up John - Ricky Skaggs
9. Travelin' This Lonesome Road - Todd Phillips
10. Little Mountain Church - Quicksilver
11. Hobo Blues - The Lonesome River Band
12. One Tear - The Bluegrass Album Band
13. Who Will Watch The Home Place - Laurie Lewis
14. Lonesome Pine - Blue Highway
15. Big Sandy River - Scott Vestal
16. Peewee & Fern - Claire Lynch
17. Lonesome Old Home - Longview
18. Across The Miles - IIIrd Tyme Out
19. Lonesome Standard Time - Glen Duncan
20. High Lonesome Sound - Vince Gill

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Listening to Choice Picks makes one wish for days as a gambler, one who bet in 1990 that Alison Krauss would hit it big. That year, Krauss was crowned with an International Bluegrass Music Award as Female Vocalist of the Year, but it took five more years and three more female vocalist awards before she became an international star. These 20 tunes chronicle and celebrate the IBMA's first decade, but Choice Picks is no mere vanity project. It serves as an aural landscape portrait of bluegrass in the 1990s, a decade that not only sent Krauss and her contemporary leanings to the pop charts but also wooed Ricky Skaggs and his stanch traditionalism back to the fold in 1998, the year he was awarded both Album (Bluegrass Rules!) and Instrumental Group of the Year. So it's apropos that Skaggs's roaring "Get Up John" and Krauss's vulnerable "I've Got that Old Feeling" are present here, and it's equally apt that Hot Rize's sweet vocal harmonies are here on 1991's Song of the Year, "Colleen Malone," and that Del McCoury, whose band amassed a record 23 awards, is here churning through "Cheek to Cheek with the Blues." True bluegrass enthusiasts might well have all these tracks on the original albums, but for the generalist--or those in search of a primer--Choice Picks is exactly what its title says. --Andy Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Bluegrass at it's best.......2004-10-22

I bought this CD on a whim about the time it first came out and it quickly evolved to become among my favorite. Can't even begin to tell you how great this is but with all these talented people how could you go wrong. Good starter CD if you have just started listening to bluegrass. You won't go wrong.

Great Sampler!.......2000-06-26

This CD has some really great cuts on it. My favorite is "Colleen Malone" by Hot Rize, but there are many other stand-outs. Unlike a lot of collections of various artists, there are no real dogs on the CD. I discovered several groups that were new to me, and I plan to purchase several CD's I wouldn't have even known about, thanks to CHOICE PICKS.

The name says it all.......2000-06-02

I picked up this CD today and have listened to it and already it is one of my favorites. You just can't go wrong with 20 award winning songs/artists/bands. If you are new to bluegrass, this is an excellent introduction. I am usually very vocal in my opinions about what is real bluegrass and what is not. Folks, this is pure, beautiful bluegrass by some of the best performers of the 90's. You must get this CD!

Way To Go!.......2000-04-07

In the past bluegrass has gotten a bad rap for being out of tune and whiney. Well here's the real world of bluegrass, fine tuned, melodic, singable and soul stirring. These songs showcase some of the top Bluegrass artists of our time, Tim O'Brien singing Colleen Malone will have you joining in before it's over. Jerry Douglas will have your toes tapping and your heart dancing with the first cut,Shoulder to Shoulder. This is a real get down the road CD. It's one of my favorites for a long drive. I highly recommend Choice Picks for those who are thinking that they'd like to check out what Bluegrass music is and for those who are alreadly into it up to their guitar necks.

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