Chatham County Line, Route 23 - 41m 56s

Tracks & Durations

1. Nowhere to Sleep	2:43
2. Dark Clouds	3:37
3. Route 23	3:43
4. Louisiana Freight Train	5:03
5. Gunfight in Durango	2:15
6. Engine 709	2:31
7. Parlour Light	3:17
8. Arms of the Law	3:11
9. Sun Up	1:37
10. Take Heed	3:21
11. Rumination	2:20
12. Make Some Pay	2:17
13. Saro Jane	3:56
14. Born to be with you	1:57

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Review

Though there are no brothers by birth in this North Carolina bluegrass group, the imprint of the Louvins, the Stanleys, and even the Everlys in their harmonies suggests the reedy strength of blood ties. The quartet began as a side project for some members of Tift Merritt's band, who subsequently decided to devote their full creative energies to this acoustic offshoot. With songs of fishin' holes ("Make Some Pay") and old-time religion ("Take Heed"), the material of frontman/guitarist Dave Wilson evokes a rural South steeped in nostalgia. Yet there's a timelessness in the balladry of "Dark Clouds," "Louisiana Freight Train," and "Saro Jane," while the threat of the superhighway on the title track suggests a past that can never be recaptured. Best of all is "Arms of the Law," a cry-in-your-beer lament with a deadpan drollery ("You're in the arms of another/And I'm in the arms of the law") that's difficult to resist. A pair of instrumentals ("Gunfight in Durango" and "Sun Up") spotlight the lively interplay of John Teer on mandolin and fiddle, Chandler Holt on banjo, and Greg Readling on bass and pedal steel, while a bluegrass revival of the pop oldie "Born to Be with You" brings the band's second release to a rousing finale. --Don McLeese

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