Bobby's New Solo Project is Here!
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We are very proud to present to you the latest project from Bobby Anderson, entitled Slightly Bent. This CD is mostly instrumental, featuring Bobby's versatility, skill and artistry on the 5-string banjo. This is not your typical bluegrass album, but something very special that is sure to endure for many years to come. If you want to experience the many different avenues of music that are created when this instrument is played by a true master, look no further. You have found it.
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Track Listing
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Musicians Performing with Bobby on Slightly Bent:
Mandolin: Jim Turpin
Fiddle: Marjorie Hill and Pam Crowhurst
Bass: Phil Preston, Jim Fox and Cas Haskell
Guitar: Gene Burns (rhythm), Tom Dudley (lead), Chuck Wagner (rhythm and lead) and Gary Spence (rhythm and lead)
Banjo: Seth "Little Earl" Rhinehart - 2nd banjo on New Point Special
Vocals: Jim Turpin and April Smith on Carolina Waltz
Recorded and engineered by Eddie Swann, Regal Media Studios, Mills River, NC
http://www.regalmedia.net
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If you'd like to order your copy of Slightly Bent, click the PayPal button at the right. The CD is $15 + $3 shipping.
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Track Listing
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| 1. Ridge Runner | Ridge Runner is a hot bluegrass instrumental written by Bobby Anderson. His selection of chord changes is what makes this one really jump out at you.
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| 2. Who's That Knockin' At My Door? | Who's That Knockin' At My Door? is a deep, rootsy song penned by Pat Enright, who is a long-time member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band. Pat was ill with a fever one night and went to bed early. When he awoke the next morning, he found this song in his own handwriting next to the bed and didn't remember writing it!
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| 3. Down The Road | Down The Road was written and originally recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. Through the years, many bands have recorded the song, and most of them stick pretty close to the Flatt and Scruggs style. Bobby Anderson has taken some liberties with this one and developed an arrangement that departs from the Flatt and Scruggs version, incorporating a banjo technique he terms "frailing".
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| 4. Steam Powered Aereo Plane | John Hartford gave the world many great songs before his death in 2001, and Steam Powered Aereo Plane is certainly one of them. Chuck Wagner has had a strong admiration for John's work for many years, and does a great job preserving John's easy-going lead vocal style on this cut.
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| 5. Steamrollin' Blues | When Bobby Anderson gets a little quiet time to himself, you never know what's going to happen. He wrote this swinging, bluesy tune while sitting around one quiet afternoon. We worked it up, threw in some backup vocals and here it is! You'll want to put your dancing shoes on for this one.
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| 6. Hit Me Again | Written by Jim Turpin, Hit Me Again is a tribute to the Father of Bluegrass Music, Bill Monroe. Mr. Monroe's first band after parting with his brother Charlie was named the Blue Grass Boys, in honor of his home state of Kentucky. As his type of music crossed too many boundaries to be categorized, it was given a genre of its own and aptly named "Bluegrass" after his band. This song is somewhat of a history lesson in bluegrass music.
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| 7. Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams wrote many great songs during his short life, and it seemed everything he wrote became a hit. Your Cheatin' Heart was a sad, lonely song that Hank crooned night after night on the road, and one of his most well-known pieces of music. As a banjo player with a different outlook on life, Bobby Anderson thought it would be fun to "grassitize" this one and put a different spin on it. We hope Hank doesn't mind.
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| 8. Darling Corey | Bluegrass music is full of songs about all sorts of bad things like drinking and killing, but when you put a good upbeat tempo with the words, it doesn't seem so bad. Darling Corey is a very old song that bounces along while telling a story of some outlaws making illegal whiskey and getting killed. You gotta have at least one of these songs to be bluegrass!
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| 9. Blue Mountain Girl | Another Bobby Anderson original, Blue Mountain Girl is a story told from the viewpoint of a lonely man whose true love left with another man. He just wants her to come back home to the Smoky Mountains.
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| 10. Florida Blues | Pam Crowhurst's fiddle playing really shines on Florida Blues. We're not sure who wrote this one, since there aren't any copyright records for it, but Pam was inspired by the Vassar Clements version. She slowed it down and "bluesed it up" a little to come up with this arrangement that really swings.
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| 11. Carolina Waltz | At many of our shows, someone will come up and ask for a waltz. Usually it's "Tennessee Waltz" or "Kentucky Waltz", as these are very popular bluegrass waltzes. Bobby Anderson figured it was time someone from North Carolina wrote a waltz for our state, so he came up with "Carolina Waltz". The tune was so good that Jim Turpin decided it deserved some words and he wrote a simple verse and chorus. Jim's sister, April Smith, joins us on this track to enhance this great tune with some wonderful female harmony.
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| 12. Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone | Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone is a classic traditional bluegrass song written by Lester Flatt. Jimmy Martin performed this song regularly throughout his career, as well as many other acts. It is a popular old standard you're likely to hear anywhere bluegrass is played.
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| 13. Evangelina | An unlikely song for a bluegrass band, Evangelina was written by truck stop favorite Hoyt Axton and Ken Higginbotham. This one has a unique Mexican flare, and Bobby lays down some banjo licks that will have you looking for your lost shaker of salt. (You Jimmy Buffet fans will know what I mean when you hear it!) We wore our sombreros in the studio when we recorded this one.
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| 14. Ready To Go Home | It seems we can't cut a CD without a Hank Williams gospel song on it. We recorded A House Of Gold on Carolina Calling, and on Hit Me Again we've included Ready To Go Home. I don't think Hank knew he was writing bluegrass, but we're sure glad we figured it out. Hold on to your hat when you hear the ending!
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If you'd like to order your copy of Hit Me Again, click the PayPal button at the right. The CD is $15 + $3 shipping.
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Track Listing
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If you'd like to order your copy of Carolina Calling, click the PayPal button at the right. The CD is $15 + $3 shipping.
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Blue Ridge Music
828 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
phone (828) 277-5588 / fax (828) 277-5598
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