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For his first solo album, fiddler Jim Van Cleve called on the talents of his bandmates in Mountain Heart along with an impressive array of high-powered helpers (including guitarist Bryan Sutton, banjo picker Ron Stewart, and singers Sonya Isaacs and Ronnie Bowman) to realize a pleasingly personal vision of modern bluegrass music. Some of his moves are predictable: there are jazzy, new acoustic-style instrumentals like "Grey Afternoon" and "Fall Creek Falls," most of which are nice enough but have a tendency to sacrifice vitality in the interest of fancy chord changes, and there's also the requisite number of old-school barnburners like "Train 45" and Bill Monroe's rollicking "Wheel Hoss." In between, though, there are some surprises: "Nature of the Beast" is jazzy in a more original way and employs subtle touches of dubwise production, while "Scars" is a flat-out pop song, a quiet and regretful number featuring stellar vocals by Sonya Isaacs. What's interesting is that the album's two most effective tracks are also among the most mainstream: a gorgeous, chugging version of Flatt & Scruggs' "We Can't Be Darlings Anymore," and a swaggering country original titled "Way It Always Seems to Go." Very nice.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ronnie Bowman, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - steve gulley, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Watts Wharton III, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - steve gulley, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Weisberger, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Lester Flatt, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Weisberger, ComposerLyricist - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Partin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
John Paul White, ComposerLyricist - Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve McEwan, ComposerLyricist - Sonya Isaacs, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Ruby Rakes, Composer - Ron Stewart, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Akers, Keyboards, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Bryan Sutton, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Abernathy, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - steve gulley, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - David Hall, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Moore, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Ickes, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Quinn, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clay Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Steffey, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Vancleve, Producer, Violin, Vocals, Fiddle, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
Album review
For his first solo album, fiddler Jim Van Cleve called on the talents of his bandmates in Mountain Heart along with an impressive array of high-powered helpers (including guitarist Bryan Sutton, banjo picker Ron Stewart, and singers Sonya Isaacs and Ronnie Bowman) to realize a pleasingly personal vision of modern bluegrass music. Some of his moves are predictable: there are jazzy, new acoustic-style instrumentals like "Grey Afternoon" and "Fall Creek Falls," most of which are nice enough but have a tendency to sacrifice vitality in the interest of fancy chord changes, and there's also the requisite number of old-school barnburners like "Train 45" and Bill Monroe's rollicking "Wheel Hoss." In between, though, there are some surprises: "Nature of the Beast" is jazzy in a more original way and employs subtle touches of dubwise production, while "Scars" is a flat-out pop song, a quiet and regretful number featuring stellar vocals by Sonya Isaacs. What's interesting is that the album's two most effective tracks are also among the most mainstream: a gorgeous, chugging version of Flatt & Scruggs' "We Can't Be Darlings Anymore," and a swaggering country original titled "Way It Always Seems to Go." Very nice.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:45
- Main artists: Jim Vancleve
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rural Rhythm
- Genre: Country
© 2006 Green Hill Productions ℗ 2006 Green Hill Productions
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