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Note: Flatpicking Bluegrass is now Available for download at the iTunes Store and at Amazon.com. Open the iTunes Store page, or go to the Amazon.com web site, and search on "Flatpicking Bluegrass" to download.
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Flatpicking Bluegrass 
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Flatpicking Bluegrass
Hard core traditional bluegrass combined with the best singers and guitar players in the business! An awesome combination!
Flatpicking Bluegrass highlights lead guitar work on standard bluegrass vocal tunes. Each song on the CD features a full bluegrass band. While the band remains the same for each tune, the guitar player/lead singer changes. The guitar players/lead singers who are featured on this CD include some of the finest in bluegrass:
Josh Williams, Tim Stafford, Kenny Smith, John Chapman, Brad Davis, Tim May, Richard Bennett, Jim Hurst, Chris Jones, Jeff White, Stephen Mougin, and Jim Nunally
The back up band includes Shad Cobb on fiddle, Charlie Chadwick on bass, Chris Joslin on Dobro and banjo, and Dave Harvey on mandolin. Tim May and Brad Davis provide harmony vocals on most tunes, although others, such as Wil Maring, Amanda Smith, Alan O'Bryant, Jason and Jeremy Chapman, Jana Mougin, and Patty Mitchell also sing harmony on select tunes. If you love traditional bluegrass and flatpicking, you will love this CD!
The guitar's role in bluegrass is continuously evolving. At first the guitar player sang and played rhythm. Later, thanks to flatpicking heroes like George Shuffler, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Tony Rice, and Dan Crary, the guitar began to gain a lead voice in bluegrass. While many still think of "flatpicking" the guitar as taking solos on fiddle tunes, the flatpickers on this recording are here to show you that the guitar also has something to say on traditional bluegrass vocal tunes.
Song List
1. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains - Stephen Mougin
2. East Virginia Blues - John Chapman
3. Six White Horses - Jeff White
4. When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall - Jim Hurst
5. Long Journey Home - Josh Williams
6. I'll Stay Around - Tim Stafford
7. Banks of the Ohio - Brad Davis
8. Why Don't You Tell Me So - Richard Bennett
9. In The Pines - Chris Jones
10. Teardrops in My Eyes - Jim Nunally
11. Gone Home - Tim May
12. Air Mail Special On The Fly - Kenny Smith