DUDLEY CONNELL & DON RIGSBY
Meet Me By The Moonlight (Sugar Hill)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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Best known for their work in bands that tread the progressive edge of bluegrass music, Dudley Connell (Seldom Scene) and Don Rigsby (Lonesome River Band) team up on Meet Me By The Moonlight for a 12 track set of the straight stuff. Like the traditional work they have done as part of Longview, this album looks back to the bluegrass sounds of the 40s and 50s. Seven of the tracks are traditional tunes, part of the oral tradition of Appalachia that gave birth to the original bluegrass repertoire. There are old hymns and heartbreak ballads, presented with straight ahead picking and high lonesome harmonies.

With everyone looking for the "next thing" in bluegrass, there aren't many artists presenting genuinely traditional sounds in authentically performed styles. There aren't any that do it better.

Track List:

Meet Me By The Moonlight * Orphan Girl * I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled * Oh Lovin' Babe * Jealous Lover * Good-Bye Maggie * Short Life Of Trouble * Dark And Thorny * Rollin' On * Dying Boy's Prayer * Our Darlin's Gone * Old Ship Of Zion

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