Good but not great...
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By trkcop
If you like your Bluegrass with a little Country flavor (Steel Guitars-Drums) you'll like this recording. This is an earlier version of the New South than the one that recorded the seminal ground breaking album; Rounder 0044 with Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs and Jerry Douglas. This lineup features Tony and brother Larry Rice. They do nice covers of several Flying Burrito Brothers/ Gram Parsons songs and of course the requisite Gordon Lightfoot material. Crowe's banjo is superb as usual. The only complaint for me was the overbearing steel guitar. Although tastefully used on a couple of tracks, I found that I was more annoying and clashed with the banjo, specifically on the faster numbers like "You Can Have Her". Overall the sound is good but a little rough around the edges, especially when compared to the later New South recordings. But this is still an enjoyable CD and one that I am glad is available again!!
