Dry Branch Fire Squad, Hand Hewn - 49m 57s

Tracks & Durations

1. Angelina aker	2:46
2. I Saw a Man at the Close of Day	3:38
3. I Can Go to Them	2:30
4. Nazeer, Nazeer (Nazeer, Nazeer)	3:04
5. Atlanta Is Burning	4:09
6. Willye Brennan	5:28
7. While Roving on Last Winter's Night	3:21
8. Sailor's Return	4:01
9. Black Lung	2:33
10. The Cuckoo Is a Pretty Bird	3:24
11. Two Coats	3:43
12. Midnight, the Unconquered Outlaw	4:12
13. I'll Live Again	2:24
14. Papa's Billy Goat	2:29
15. Lonesome Road Blues	2:08

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Review

Though aficionados often draw a line between bluegrass and old-time music, a few contemporary artists persist in beautifully blurring that distinction. Led by mandolinist Ron Thomason, a singer in the Ralph Stanley tradition of quavering soulfulness, the Dry Branch Fire Squad bring a dignified, enduring sweetness to these mostly traditional songs. They keep the arrangements simple and crystalline, focusing on exhilarating harmonies rather than instrumental showboating (though the band gets a chance to stretch out on "Nazeer, Nazeer," a Thomason instrumental romp). The set's only drawback (minor to be sure) is that Suzanne Thomas, one of the finest singers in country music, contributes only one lead vocal. But to hear her sing the line "She never sings cuckoo till the fourth day of July" accompanied only by her frail banjo is to know what pure country music is all about. --Roy Kasten

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