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Like many of the modern bluegrass masters who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, Sam Bush is a multi-instrumentalist who excels no matter which style he is playing. These 1984 sessions feature the leader in a variety of contexts. He plays fiddle in a traditional duet of Bill Monroe's "Big Mon" with banjo picker Courtney Johnson, then switches to mandolin and singing lead in "Last Letter Home," backed by guitarist Norman Blake and cellist Nancy Blake with bassist John Cowan's harmony vocal and Dobro player Curtis Burch. Perhaps the most fun track is his interpretation of the unjustly overlooked mandolinist Dave Apollon's "Russian Rag"; Bush overdubs himself on mandolins, mandolas, and bass, accompanied by Mike Marshall's multiple mandolins, mandocellos, and guitar. His mandolin duet of the standard "Broadway" with Jethro Burns (a brilliant instrumentalist best known for his work as a part of the country music comedy duo Homer & Jethro) is a meeting between two masters of the instrument. Bush also includes a few originals, with banjo star Béla Fleck added for his progressive "Crooked Smile."
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
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Bill Monroe, ComposerLyricist - Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Fiddle, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Courtney johnson, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Blake, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Blake, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - J H Brown, ComposerLyricist - David McDade, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Burch, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - John Crowan, Bass Guitar, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Fiddle, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Blake, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy Blake, Cello, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Marshall, Guitar, Mandolin, Mandocello, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Mandola, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Apollon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Norman Blake, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Fiddle, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cowan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Roady, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Lowell George, ComposerLyricist - Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Cowan, Bass Guitar, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John Logan, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
BELA FLECK, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cowan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
William Woode, ComposerLyricist - Teddy McRae, ComposerLyricist - Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jethro Burns, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Wilber Bird, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - John Cowan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Richard Adler , Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Bush, Producer, Mandolin, Fiddle, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Cowan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Roady, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Flynn, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Like many of the modern bluegrass masters who came of age in the 1960s and 1970s, Sam Bush is a multi-instrumentalist who excels no matter which style he is playing. These 1984 sessions feature the leader in a variety of contexts. He plays fiddle in a traditional duet of Bill Monroe's "Big Mon" with banjo picker Courtney Johnson, then switches to mandolin and singing lead in "Last Letter Home," backed by guitarist Norman Blake and cellist Nancy Blake with bassist John Cowan's harmony vocal and Dobro player Curtis Burch. Perhaps the most fun track is his interpretation of the unjustly overlooked mandolinist Dave Apollon's "Russian Rag"; Bush overdubs himself on mandolins, mandolas, and bass, accompanied by Mike Marshall's multiple mandolins, mandocellos, and guitar. His mandolin duet of the standard "Broadway" with Jethro Burns (a brilliant instrumentalist best known for his work as a part of the country music comedy duo Homer & Jethro) is a meeting between two masters of the instrument. Bush also includes a few originals, with banjo star Béla Fleck added for his progressive "Crooked Smile."
© Ken Dryden /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:04
- Main artists: Sam Bush
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1987 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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