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Jonathan Edwards & the Seldom Scene - Blue Ridge Audio CD

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Jonathan Edwards & the Seldom Scene Band: Jonathan Edwards & the Seldom Scene
Title: Blue Ridge
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Release Date: 1993-10-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky 2: How Long Have I Been Waiting for You 3: Blue Ridge 4: Seven Daffodils 5: Sunshine 6: Back to Where I Don't Belong 7: If I Gave You 8: Honey, I Won't Be Around 9: Only a Hobo 10: God Gave You to Me 11: Little Hands 12: I Don't Believe I'll Stay Here Anymore 13: Don't Crawfish Me, Baby

Unsurpassed harmonies
The title track will make you wish you were born in West Virginia, and if you were, it will make you cry. Take 1 part Jonathan Edwards, songwriter, 1 part stellar musicianship by one of the tightest bluegrass bands EVER, and add 1 part John Duffey, the greatest tenor in bluegrass history, and you get this album. I was born in Chicago, and it makes me cry. Rough and Rocky, an old Flatt and Scruggs tune, is the best example ever of bluegrass harmonies, I played it 12 times in a row, and every time they rose together like a flock of birds in the final chorus, I got goosebumps everywhere. I still do. Duffey takes the lead on Sunshine, and as much as I adored hearing that song in its first run on my '64 Galaxy's radio, this version slays the old one. John Duffey is simply a God. Buy this, listen to it, and become a believer.


If you love bluegrass...you'll love this
Combining those things. I happen to be a big bluegrass and a slight Jonathan Edwards fan. . . makes for one of the most powerful and heartwarming CD's of bluegrass music you just might ever hear. There are reasons for its power, noted for their harmony, Seldom Scene keeps with that good standing providing the most incredible harmonies one can imagine. What makes it so unique is adding the mournful timbre of Jonathan. Musically this CD is tops, on a level with some of the best bluegrassers in the business. Not all songs are great, the remake of "Sunshine" (Edwards 60's tune) leaves something to be desired. However, that said, when you hear classic songs like 7 Daffodils, If I gave you and Little Hands, to name just a few, you are in serious bluegrass heaven. This is a must hear for anyone who likes bluegrass, Edwards, Seldom Scene or pure angelic harmonies.


a classic must have

this album with jonathon edwards is brillant in song selection
and hamonizing,a must have for any progressive bluegrass fan. I love the seldom scene,one of my favorite groups of all time.
ranks right up their with j. d. crowe and the new south.


Just a deep breath and a pause
There's not a lot out there to compete for style and staying power. The Seldom Scene is always prime bluegrass. Seldom Scene is one of those groups you listen to until you are sated, put the disk away, and one day find yourself digging around trying to find it. They'd probably never have topped Scenic Roots, which was a great, if it weren't for Jonathan Edwards finding his place among them for this one release. There's not a more haunting, lingering bluegrass recording anywhere than Jonathan Edwards and The Seldom Scene on Blue Ridge.


One of my lifetime favorites
I wore out my first copy (a tape from a long-lost lover), then the second tape (a copy of a friend's vinyl album). This album is one of my lifetime favorites. Now I've bought several CD's; one for me and several for the people I love. Time to pay the musicians back. .

If you like bluegrass and if you like impeccable harmonizing, get this album. I wish there were more by the same artists.

Peace Skye.


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