Name: Common Ground
Brand: Sugar Hill
SKU: 61366
Price: 7.53 SGD
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Common Ground

By Blueridge

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Format

CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

22 June 1999

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EAN

0015891389523

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Producer

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Sugar Hill

Dimensions

12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Performer Notes

Blueridge: Wayne Winkle (vocals, guitar); Terry Baucom (vocals, banjo); Alan Bibey (vocals, mandolin); Randy Graham (vocals, bass).
Additonal personnel: Ronnie Stewart, Tim Smith (fiddle); Tim Austin (bass).
Recorded at Doobie Shea, Boones Mill, Virginia.
All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
Back in the 1970s and '80s, "progressive" bluegrass more often than not meant three things: an electric bass, lots of melodic Trischka/Keith-style banjo, and cover versions of rock & roll songs like "Lay Down Sally" or, in one embarrassing case, "Why Must I Be a Teenager in Love?." These days there's a new breed of progressive bluegrass players on the scene, of which Blueridge is a good example. The group's sound is deeply rooted in traditional bluegrass, with rich four-part harmonies and a relatively straight-ahead playing style. But with Common Ground, the group presents a program consisting entirely of newly written songs -- no "Uncle Pen," no "Flint Hill Special." That's unusual even for most newgrass bands. And the songs themselves often depart considerably from the three-chord orthodoxy of traditional bluegrass, as on the fairly sophisticated "Talk It Out" and the complicated arrangement of "Appalachian Queen," a train song that incorporates elements of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" but demonstrates an innovative approach to solo placement. The singing is consistently excellent, as are the songs. Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (12/99-1/00, p.81) - "...aims toward the modern aspects of the bluegrass genre and on the whole are successful..."