Track Listing

1. Little Rabbit
2. Ragtime Annie
3. Have You Ever Been To England
4. High Dad In The Morning
5. Lonnie And Maybelle
6. Red Haired Boy
7. Clinch Mountain Backstep
8. Have You Ever Seen The Devil Uncle Joe
9. Cascade
10. Old Joe Clark
11. Lonesome Road Blues

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154224 in Music
• Released on: 2010-12-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

From Amazon.com
Dedication, precision, and grace can happily coexist with frivolity and creativity, as flat-picking guitarist David Grier has proved often in the past. Combining incredible technique, masterful timing, plenty of soul, and sheer enjoyment is what Grier does best--Hootenanny, the debut release on his own Dreadnought Recordings, continues this trend. Along with kindred spirits Tim O'Brien (mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, the occasional off-beat vocal) and Dirk Powell (banjo, fiddle, accordion, bass), Grier invests a wide range of traditional and original material with a distinct old-time flair. The pared-down arrangements give Grier ample space to make his statements, whether with lighting-quick but unhurried leads or with nifty supporting passages. Speedy fiddle tunes accompany down-home blues, winsome ballads, and vibrant reels and rags. As usual, he makes the decades-old sound refreshingly new, and his remarkable guitar work seems to only improve with time, the function of a man who rarely takes the instrument off his neck. --Marc Greilsamer