Live at the Ragged Edge [Live]

Product Description
Tom Adams has been one of the most respected bluegrass banjoists for a generation, adding his talents to The Johnson Mountain Boys, The Lynn Morris Band, and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Michael Cleveland is one of the finest young fiddlers on the scene (and has already won the IBMA Fiddler of the Year award twice). Together they took over the intimate Ragged Edge music club for an unforgettable evening of virtuoso bluegrass duets. "This is the best seat in the house for what will be considered one of the greatest bluegrass performances of our time. Michael and Tom have delivered an amazing recording and a really good time. What I would've given to have been there." -Alison Krauss

Live at the Ragged Edge,Tom Adams,Michael Cleveland,Rounder Select,Bluegrass,Contemporary Bluegrass,Country,Neo-Traditional Folk,Old-Timey,Pop,Progressive Bluegrass

Average customer rating: Bluegrass Absolutely excellent Old Time-Bluegrass Pickin' and Fiddlin' A playful live set by two bluegrass virtuosi

Live at the Ragged Edge Tom Adams , and Michael Cleveland Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Let 'er Go, Boys Flame Keeper Adams County Banjo Right Hand Man Waterloo, Tennessee ASIN: B0001LYGZ8 Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. Welcome
2. The Fiddle And The Banjo
3. Dear Old Dixie
4. Dance Around Molly
5. Box Elder Beetles
6. Cripple Creek
7. Liberty
8. Shady Grove
9. Fire Ball Mail
10. Back Up And Push
11. John Hardy
12. Sitting On Top Of The World
13. North Carolina Breakdown
14. Ginny Whitt's
15. Whistling Rufus
16. Funky Mountain Special
17. John Henry
18. Ricestrow
19. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
20. I Saw The Light/I'll Fly Away
21. Little Maggie
22. Sally Goodin
23. Black Mountain Rag

Album Description

Tom Adams has been one of the most respected bluegrass banjoists for a generation, adding his talents to The Johnson Mountain Boys, The Lynn Morris Band, and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage. Michael Cleveland is one of the finest young fiddlers on the scene (and has already won the IBMA Fiddler of the Year award twice). Together they took over the intimate Ragged Edge music club for an unforgettable evening of virtuoso bluegrass duets. "This is the best seat in the house for what will be considered one of the greatest bluegrass performances of our time. Michael and Tom have delivered an amazing recording and a really good time. What I would've given to have been there." -Alison Krauss

Customer Reviews:

Bluegrass.......2006-11-11

If you're looking up this album, you know who they are. The thing that is so exceptional and hasn't been mentioned here is this: the level of improvisation on this album is absolutely spectacular. Most bluegrass albums recorded in the studio have instrumental fireworks carefully thought out beforehand. On this live album Cleveland and Adams throw breaks back and forth with each one spiraling closer and closer to the edge of control; these guys don't know what the next lick to come from their fingers will be any more than you do. At the finest moments this album accomplishes the rare feat of having the player become invisible, an unconscious conduit for the music flowing from some unknown source, through the fingers and out into the air. A fantastic recording. If only more bluegrass recordings followed this aesthetic . . .

Absolutely excellent Old Time-Bluegrass Pickin' and Fiddlin'.......2006-01-02

Tom Adams and Michael Cleveland are veteran masters of Banjo and Fiddle. If you are a veteran Old Time-Bluegrass listener or album collector, this is a must have gem of a CD. If you are a veteran musician with this music, you will appreciate playing along if you can keep pace as they fly through the songs. This is toe tappin' and foot stompin' American music at its best. It's a whole bunch of music through most of the CD from just two wonderfully gifted musicians.

A playful live set by two bluegrass virtuosi.......2004-07-02

Banjo plunker Tom Adams is a veteran player who's been in quite a few high-powered bluegrass bands, including gigs with Jimmy Martin, Rhonda Vincent and the Johnson Mountain Boys, while fiddler Michael Cleveland is best known for his work with Dale Ann Bradley and Rhonda Vincent. Here they team up on a lively, often dazzling set of mostly-instrumental duets, zipping their way through around two dozen tunes, most of 'em played at a lightning pace on fiddle and banjo. The vocal material is nice, too -- in fact, an album highlight comes when Tom Adams flubs the lyrics on "Shady Grove," and improvises with the inspired line, "Blah, blah, blah..." Nice to sometimes see a few cracks in the super-musicianship of the bluegrass upper crust.

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2. Man in the Moon
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4. Morning Sun
5. Old Home Town
6. Old Loves Never Die
7. Once a Day: The Best of Connie Smith
8. Our Religion
9. Pickin' and Grinnin': The Best of Andy Griffith [Original recording remastered]
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