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I Live For Him
We officially released our first all-gospel CD, I Live For Him, on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010. We are extremely excited about this new project, and we hope you'll enjoy it.
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Track Listing
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| 1. Doubting Thomas | Doubting Thomas kicks off the CD right, with an upbeat, toe-tapping tempo. Jim started writing this one on a Sunday morning while getting ready for church, and rushed home afterward to finish it. It has become a crowd favorite at all of our shows. Clap along with us at the end!
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| 2. I Live For Him | I Live For Him has a very inspiring message, which is why we chose it as the title track of the CD. Bobby had begun writing this song and called Jim over one Saturday afternoon to help him finish it. Once we brought it to the band and rehearsed it a few times, Gene added one of his colorful chords (a G minor) and the song was complete.
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| 3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken | We perform Will The Circle Be Unbroken at almost every show we do. Lynda Davis, one of our area's most gifted gospel singers usually joins us on stage, so we asked her to join us on the CD as well. As you'll hear, her voice, combined with Gene's, just makes this great song even better.
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| 4. Jesus Made The Wine | We learned Jesus Made The Wine for a wedding back in 2004 and we liked it so much we kept it. It is performed a capella, and we really had a lot of fun with this one in the studio.
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| 5. Follow Me | Follow Me is a song that was written by our dear friend, pastor and fellow musician Dwayne Durham of Appalachian Fire. We have played this song with him on many occasions and he graciously allowed us to record it on this CD. It's a great song with a very touching message.
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| 6. Amazing Grace / Peace In The Valley | We couldn't resist the opportunity to include at least one instrumental on this CD, and it doesn't get any better than a medley of Amazing Grace and Peace In The Valley played by our wonderful fiddle player, Marjorie. This one is simply beautiful.
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| 7. Man In The Middle | When we heard the Hot Rize version of Man In The Middle (a.k.a. Three Men On A Mountain), we knew it would be a great gospel song to add to our list. We get lots of requests for this one everywhere we play.
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| 8. Place No Wreath | We learned Place No Wreath last year and performed it first at a memorial service for one of our closest bluegrass family members who was called home. Gene really sets a mood with this one, accompanied only by guitar, mandolin and bass.
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| 9. This Little Light Of Mine | Bobby learned This Little Light Of Mine when he was a kid, as many of you probably did. As we've been known to do, we have kicked it up several notches and made a great spritual bluegrass song out of it.
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| 10. Don't Be Ashamed To Claim the Savior | We are blessed to be able to attend church with Mr. Will Buchanan, who wrote Don't Be Ashamed To Claim The Savior. At 87 years young, Mr. Buchanan writes some wonderful gospel songs and it was a treat to perform one of his on this CD and have him come in and sing it with us as well!
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| 11. Take Your Shoes Off Moses | Take Your Shoes Off Moses has been one of our favorite bluegrass gospel songs since we first put the band together. We have done this one for years and it's always a crowd-pleaser. If your foot doesn't tap during this one, you need to check your pulse.
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| 12. Life Is A Gift | You never know where or when the Lord will send you a gift. Jim was vistiting someone's house and saw a refrigerator magnet that read "Life is God's gift to us; what we do with it is our gift to him." Jim knew immediately that this would make a great song and God enabled him to pen Life Is A Gift. We got together and arranged the music one night, bringing this wonderful message to life.
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| 13. When My Time Comes To Go | As the appropriate bookend to Doubting Thomas, Molly O'Day's When My Time Comes To Go is a rousing bluegrass gospel extravaganza! This great song will leave you feeling happy, upbeat and ready to go!
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If you'd like to order your copy of I Live For Him, click the PayPal button at the right. The CD is $15 + $3 shipping.
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Bobby's New Solo Project is Here!
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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You can also buy our CD's at
Blue Ridge Music
828 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
phone (828) 277-5588 / fax (828) 277-5598
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