''Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 — California Connection'' is a third album by bluegrass supergroup,

Bluegrass Album Band Bluegrass Album Band was a bluegrass supergroup, founded by Tony Rice and J. D. Crowe in 1980. Originally, there was no intention to build a permanent group and the main reason for the collaboration was to record a solo album for Tony Rice. They ...

, released in 1983. Dobroist

Jerry Douglas Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. Career In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he has ...

is added to the line-up and the band includes some more country-rock to the mix, but the most part of the album consists of classics by Bill Monroe,

Lester Flatt Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 – May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs. Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, ...

and

Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-fin ...

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Track listing

# "Devil In Disguise" ( Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons) 3:20 # "Letter From My Darling" (Bill Monroe) 3:00 # "A Hundred Years From Now" (Lester Flatt) 2:15 # "Unfaithful One" (Sid Campbell) 2:56 # "Down The Road" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) 2:15 # "I'd Rather Be Alone" (Lester Flatt) 3:07 # "Big Spike Hammer" (Pete Goble, Bobby Osborne) 3:00 # "Please Search Your Heart" (Pete Goble, Doyle Lawson) 2:29 # "Hey Lonesome" (Sam Humphrey,

Jimmy Martin James Henry Martin (August 10, 1927 – May 14, 2005) was an American bluegrass musician, known as the "King of Bluegrass". Early years Martin was born in Sneedville, Tennessee, United States, and was raised in the hard farming life of rural ...

) 2:05 # "I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darlin'" (Lester Flatt) 2:33 # "Wall Around Your Heart" (Don Reno, Red Smiley, Buddy Smith) 2:42 # "Come Back Darling" (Lester Flatt) 2:25

Personnel

* Tony Rice - guitar, vocals * J.D. Crowe - banjo, vocals *

Doyle Lawson Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Lawson was inducted into ...

- mandolin, vocals *

Bobby Hicks Bobby Hicks (born July 21, 1933) is a Grammy Awardbr>winningAmerican bluegrass fiddler and a professional musician with more than fifty years of experience. Career Hicks was born in Newton, North Carolina and learned to play the fiddle before ...

- fiddle *

- Dobro, vocals * Todd Philips - bass

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection 1983 albums Rounder Records albums