''Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5 - —Sweet Sunny South'' is a fifth 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 1989. Violinist
Vassar Clements is on this album replacing
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 ...
, and bass duties are taken over by Mark Schatz (instead of
Todd Philips, who otherwise plays on all
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 ...
albums.
Track listing
# "Rock Hearts" (Bill Otis) 2:37
# "Big Black Train" (Stanley Johnson, George Sherry) 3:01
# "Thinking About You" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) 3:18
# "Out In The Cold World" (Traditional) 3:09
# "On The Old Kentucky Shore" (Bill Monroe) 3:52
# "Preaching, Praying, Singing" (E.C. McCarty) 2:33
# "Someone Took My Place With You" (Lester Flatt, Tom Gurney, Earl Scruggs) 2:47
# "Foggy Mountain Rock" (Louise Certain, Lester Flatt, Josh Graves) 3:58
# "My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains" (Traditional) 2:42
# "Along About Daybreak" (Bill Monroe) 3:49
# "Sweet Sunny South "(Traditional) 3:27
Personnel
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Tony Rice - guitar, vocals
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J.D. Crowe - banjo, lead guitar track 6,vocals
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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
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Vassar Clements - fiddle
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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 ...
- Dobro, vocals
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Mark Schatz
Mark Schatz (born April 23, 1955) is an American bassist, banjoist, mandolinist, guitarist, clogger, and hambone performer who has recorded on albums for and toured with artists including Bela Fleck, Nickel Creek, Jerry Douglas, Maura O'C ...
- bass
References
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1989 albums
Rounder Records albums