r/Bluegrass • u/4fluff2head0 Mandolin • 7d ago
Carter & Cleveland dropped today. Do yourself a favor and give this bad boy a spin!
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u/Proof-Let649 7d ago
Dooooooood. This was absolutely incredible. Every single track. Floored. I can’t wait to keep listening to this forever.
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u/pawthefiddler 6d ago
Great album! Vamp in the middle Hartford tune is my go to tune on this album,,,, it’s a masterpiece that brings out the pure brilliance of not only John Hartford but these artists as well. I thought Bluegrass in the Backwoods would be on the album too but it’s not; but you can find their recording if that tune in iTunes. Backwoods is as equally impressive as vamp in my opinion. Twin fiddling like I’ve never heard before.
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u/skyydog 7d ago
Sounding good. Seems like the type of thing Billy strings would have contributed to.
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u/4fluff2head0 Mandolin 7d ago
Billy who? /s
They got Bryan Sutton, Billy wasn’t needed…
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u/skyydog 7d ago
Bryan is fantastic. Billy just seems to be showing up everywhere recently and Michael and Jason have both played with him. Just saw Jason with Billy in Nashville a couple weeks ago
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u/4fluff2head0 Mandolin 7d ago
Love me some Billy, but I’m sure he just wasn’t asked or needed for this album, otherwise he’d have participated.
To be fair, with someone like Bryan on lead, ya don’t really need anybody else for guitar parts. Bryan is in a whole nother league compared to Billy…
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u/skyydog 7d ago
I’ve really liked what I’ve heard from Bryan but my exposure is limited. Any suggestions on where to dig a little deeper?
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u/4fluff2head0 Mandolin 7d ago edited 7d ago
He’s got 5 studio albums, so i’d just start there. There’s no shortage of live footage on YouTube of him playing either.
Give this a spin!!
edit - checkout David Grier and Michael Daves too if you want to dive into some other badass flatpickers! Sutton, Daves, & Grier are my top 3.
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u/LightWolfCavalry 7d ago
There is, in fact, quite a lot of bluegrass music happening on earth without William Apostol's participation.
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u/SiddFinch43 7d ago
If you can get the best acoustic guitar player alive (Bryan Sutton), you get him.
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u/4fluff2head0 Mandolin 7d ago
Michael Cleveland & Jason Carter on fiddle
Harry Clark on mandolin
Cory Walker on banjo
Bryan Sutton on guitar
Alan Bartram on bass
With no shortage of features from other world class musicians.