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Artist : The Steeldrivers

Album: The Steeldrivers

Label: Rounder / Pgd

Release: January 15, 2008

Price: $13.99

Sales Rank: 963

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Album Tracks

1 Blue Side of the Mountain
2 Drinkin' Dark Whiskey
3 Midnight Train to Memphis
4 Midnight Tears - Steeldrivers, Salley, Jerry
5 If You Can't Be Good, Be Gone
6 If It Hadn't Been for Love
7 Hear the Willow Cry - Steeldrivers, Stapleton, Chris
8 Sticks That Made Thunder
9 East Kentucky Home
10 To Be with You Again
11 Heaven Sent - Steeldrivers, Stapleton, Chris

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Simply great!

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I first heard this group on one of the late-night TV shows and immediately went in search of their album. Since I still have not made the switch to downloading music, I am usually happy to get one or two good songs on an album by an artist that I like. I got way more than expected on this album and eagerly await the Steeldrivers' next effort.

Awesome

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Not exactly traditional bluegrass, but just plain great. If you are a mountain heart, cadillac sky, or o.c.m.s. fan you will enjoy.

World of Shadows

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Steeldrivers' sound has the raw alt country flavor rolled in bluegrass. The songwriting on the disc is consistently strong as Mike Henderson's mandolin, Tammy Rogers' fiddle & Richard Bailey's banjo give the music a cohesive style. From the opener "Blue Side of the Mountain" to the closer, this is a strong set. "Blue Side of the Mountain" has a howl like a vintage recording by The Band with Chris Stapleton's vocals moody & desperate, "I'm going back to a world of shadows, Got to find peace before I lose my mind, on the blue side of the mountain where the sun don't ever shine." "Heaven Sent" has a lovely melody with Rogers' fiddle lifting the arrangement, "I move around a lot these days, honky tonks, the Broadway plays, the same that I've always done, but I'm older now, I get tired some." "Drinkin' Dark Whiskey" is a honky-tonk drinking song that was recorded by Gary Allan on his CD See If I Care. "Midnight Train to Memphis" has a stop-start chorus and growls relentlessly. "Midnight Tears" slows the pace with a sorrowful tale. The track had previously been recorded by David Peterson & 1946. Darrel Worley recorded "If It Hadn't Been for Love" on his self-titled CD Darryl Worley, which was my favorite song off that set. Steeldrivers' intense harmonies nail the track as a classic lament, "Never would've gone to that side of town if it hadn't been for love. Never would've took a mind to track her down if it hadn't been for love. Never would've loaded up a 44, put myself behind a jailhouse door, if it hadn't been for love." "Sticks That Made Thunder" floats on a lovely melody with a haunting tale, "When the light came again, there was death on the wind as the buzzards made way for the worms; And the little white trees bend in the breeze for the ones that will never return." "The Steeldrivers" is an excellent set for those who love that Americana sound and new bluegrass. Bravo!

Lets go Drinking

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I'm new to Bluegrass. Just moved from the city to West Virginia, so the music is everywhere. Not much of a country music fan, but I have to say that the steeldrivers had me from the first song. Powerful soulful singing with a very tight music. The entire cd is right on the money. Since the Steeldrivers I have looking into and listened to over 50 bluegrass cd's and have been to 6-7 festivals with multiple bands at each. For my money this CD is one of the best on the market, and absolutely the best band to see live. It was an honor.

Just plain unbelievable...

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I wish I could put my finger on it, it's not bluegrass, not americana, not blues, not rock, not country, you know what I don't care I just love it. There is something very special about these guys. I've never heard anything quite like it. If you're on the fence about buying this cd, just do it.

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