Name: Brand New Strings
Brand: Skaggs Family Records
SKU: 669276
Price: 19.97 USD
Availability: InStock

Brand New Strings

Rating

Album: Brand New Strings
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sally Jo	More Info...	0:04
2)	Sis Draper	More Info...	0:03
3)	1st Corinthians 1:18 (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:03
4)	Enjoy the Ride	More Info...	0:03
5)	Lonesome and Dry As a Bone	More Info...	0:03
6)	Brand New Strings	More Info...	0:03
7)	Spread a Little Love Around	More Info...	0:02
8)	Appalachian Joy (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:03
9)	If I Had It All Again To Do	More Info...	0:03
10)	Love Does It Every Time	More Info...	0:03
11)	Why Did I Wait So Long?	More Info...	0:03
12)	My Father's Son	More Info...	0:03
13)	Monroe Dancin (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:03

Album: Brand New Strings
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Sally Jo	More Info...	0:04
2)	Sis Draper	More Info...	0:03
3)	1st Corinthians 1:18 (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:03
4)	Enjoy the Ride	More Info...	0:03
5)	Lonesome and Dry As a Bone	More Info...	0:03
6)	Brand New Strings	More Info...	0:03
7)	Spread a Little Love Around	More Info...	0:02
8)	Appalachian Joy (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:03
9)	If I Had It All Again To Do	More Info...	0:03
10)	Love Does It Every Time	More Info...	0:03
11)	Why Did I Wait So Long?	More Info...	0:03
12)	My Father's Son	More Info...	0:03
13)	Monroe Dancin (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:03

Tracks

Performer Notes

Personnel: Ricky Skaggs (vocals, guitar, claw hammer banjo, mandolin); Cody Kilby, Bryan Sutton (guitar); Johnny Hyland (electric guitar); Jim Mills (banjo); Mike Snyder (claw hammer banjo); Molly Skaggs (dulcimer); Andy Leftwich (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Jeff Taylor, Tim Laure (accordion); Mark Fain (bass instrument); Sam Bacco (spoons, percussion, bells); Keith Sewell, Paul Brewster, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Sharon White (background vocals).
Given his instrumental virtuosity, superb taste in personnel and songs, and his consistently excellent discography, it seems almost impossible for Ricky Skaggs to make a bad album. BRAND NEW STRINGS does nothing to shake that standard. With Kentucky Thunder, Skaggs's fiery, spot-on backing band, the singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist mixes traditional and progressive tendencies on this album, reeling off dizzying musical feats, while keeping the whole as cool and down-home as a glass of lemonade in the summer.
Skaggs's easy tenor singing leads the way on most tunes, but it is his blistering mandolin playing and Kentucky Thunder's fiddle-and-guitar work that really take the spotlight. The opener, "Sally Jo," has a classic blues-drenched bluegrass quality, and the slower-tempoed "Lonesome and Dry as a Bone" is infused with a plaintive, yearning feel. Skaggs has a soft spot for reflective songs with positive messages, as on the narrative ballad "Love Does It Every Time," but he never fails to bring back a propulsive energy, as with the breathless title track. BRAND NEW STRINGS is another impressive notch in the belt of contemporary bluegrass's leading light.

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (p.53) - "You'd be hard-pressed to name a more consistent, creative performer. BRAND NEW STRINGS is brimming with faith, family, and fun."