''Three August Nights'' is a live album by the
progressive bluegrass
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Like mainstream country music, it lar ...
band
Northern Lights. After the departure of Jake Armerding, the band plays as a quartet with guest fiddler
Vassar Clements
Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and ...
. This would be the last album for Taylor Armerding, the only founding member remaining in the group.
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Track listing
# Goodbye Old Pal (Monroe) 2:37
# Midnight Moonlight (P.Rowan) 7:43
# John Hardy (trad.) 3:58
# Hold Whatcha Got (J.Martin) 2:48
# Dixie Breakdown (Lunceford, Reno) 3:03
# Kinfolks in Carolina (Travis) 3:06
# Rainmaker (Nicholson, P.Rowan) 5:46
# Northern Rail (T.Armerding) 4:56
# Wild Horses (Jagger, Richards) 4:31
# Got the Spirit (T.Armerding) 4:07
# Can't Buy Your Way (T.Armerding) 5:18
# Heartache Tonight (Frey, Henley, Souther) 3:32
# Dueling Banjos (Smith, Weissberg) 3:14
# T For Texas (Rodgers) 5:01
Personnel
* Taylor Armerding - mandolin, guitar, vocals
* Chris Miles - bass, vocals
* Bill Henry - vocals, guitar
* Mike Kropp - banjo, guitar
with
Vassar Clements
Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and ...
- violin
References
External links
Official site
{{Bluegrass music
Northern Lights (bluegrass band) albums
2000 live albums