Tony Ellis, Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me - 46m 30s

Tracks & Durations

1. My Long Journey Home	2:51
2. Will You Be Loving Another Man	3:15
3. Shortenin' Bread	1:28
4. Red Rocking Chair	2:38
5. Tragic Romance	3:32
6. The Old Cross Road	3:38
7. Sweet Sunny South	4:10
8. Turkey In The Straw	1:31
9. Nine Pound Hammer	2:48
10. Walking With You In My Dreams	2:29
11. My Cabib In Caroline	2:43
12. Cruel Willy	2:20
13. Poor Ellen Smith	2:43
14. There Is A Man Going Around Taking Names	3:24
15. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow	4:00
16. My Home Across The Blue Ridge Mountains	2:51

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Review

Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me, writes producer Stephen Wade, is an homage to a style, to a way of playing, and above all, to an awakening. Each of this albums four players has journeyed through bluegrass, mastered the form, and contributed to the idiom.

North Carolina banjoist Tony Ellis became enthralled with bluegrass in 1954, when he heard Bill Monroe on a local radio broadcast. He later recorded and toured with Monroe in the early 1960s. In the intervening years, Tony has remained active in music by performing and recording. Since playing with Monroe, Tonys music, much of it original, has included bluegrass, old-time and Celtic themes. His celebrated releases over the last 15 years have appeared on the Flying Fish, Arhoolie and County labels.

With Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me, Tony recreates the music that first inspired him more than 40 years ago. A hand-picked set of the musics front-line performers assist. Dudley Connell offers one of the most expressive lead voices in bluegrass. With the Johnson Mountain Boys, he was at the fore-front in the 1980s revival of traditional bluegrass. Today, he enjoys popularity as the lead singer of the Seldom Scene. Tom Gray rates as one of the most celebrated bass players in bluegrass. Taking his cues from early recordings that contained the bass work of the legendary George Shuffler, Tom excels with a driving, walking bass style. He won acclaim for this playing with extended stints with the Country Gentlemen and the Seldom Scene. Fiddler Les Woodie is counted among the tier of first generation bluegrass performers. A highlight of his career is his work with the Stanley Brothers, with whom he recorded for Columbia in the early 1950s. His fiddle intro to the mountain ! ballad I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow remains a classic to this day.

Sounds Like Bluegrass to Me not only draws songs from bluegrass early days, it captures the unmistakable feel of this classic form. During a playback of tracks in the studio, a casual observation by Dudley Connell succinctly described the proceedings when he observed, It sounds like bluegrass to me.

The CD is accompanied by a 20-page booklet which discusses the recording, the musicians and song histories. BAND_MEMBERS: Tony Ellis, Dudley Connell, Tom Gray, Lester Woodie

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