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Circles Around Me
''Circles Around Me'' is an album by American bluegrass mandolin player Sam Bush, released through Sugar Hill Records in October 2009. Reception The album earned Bush a Grammy Award nomination for Best Bluegrass Album. In his Allmusic review, music critic William Ruhlman wrote that the album "makes a good demonstration of Sam Bush's continuing mastery of the mandolin and his own niche in the bluegrass scene." Track listing #"Circles Around Me" ( Jeff Black, Sam Bush) – 3:55 #"Diamond Joe" (Traditional) – 3:40 #"You Left Me Alone" (Tom Gray, Jerry Stuart) – 3:07 #"The Old North Woods" (Bush) – 4:10 #"Roll on Buddy, Roll On" (Teddy Wilburn, Doyle Wilburn) – 2:41 #"The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" (Bush, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson) – 4:45 #"Blue Mountain" (Bush) – 6:09 #"Out on the Ocean" (Pete Kuykendall) – 2:54 #"Gold Heart Locket" (Black) – 4:17 #"Junior Heywood" (Bush, Edgar Meyer) – 6:36 #"Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 3:52 #"Apple B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Bush
Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. History Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Bush was exposed to country and bluegrass music at an early age through his father Charlie's record collection, and later by the Flatt & Scruggs television show. Buying his first mandolin at the age of 11, his musical interest was further piqued when he attended the inaugural Roanoke, VA Bluegrass Festival in 1965. As a teen, Bush took first place three times in the junior division of the National Oldtime Fiddler's Contest in Weiser, ID. He joined guitarist Wayne Stewart, his mentor and music teacher during Sam's teen years, and banjoist Alan Munde (later of Country Gazette) and the three recorded an instrumental album, Poor Richard's Almanac, in 1969. In the spring of 1970, Bush attended the Fiddl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
