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James Reams, Walter Hensley & The Barons of Bluegrass
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Out of 27 votes - Similar Artists: Bill Monroe, Johnny Paycheck, Ralph Stanley, Red Allen, Scotty Stoneman, Hank Williams
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I Love This Stuff!
21-Feb-2007 06:25:33 PM
Reviewer: proseandpoetry
This is great music! That song "We're The Kind Of People That Make The Jukebox Play" is just terrific! The McCouryesque singing voice and Hensley's Don Reno-style banjo licks on this number have me floating! "Working On A Building" is good too. There's wonderful instrumentals in it with that great mandolin (shades of Bill Monroe) and that wild fiddle. The other tune is OK. But these boys do great on traditional bluegrass!
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Great classic-style bluegrass but modern at the same time. Great pickin & singin
09-Feb-2007 06:02:16 PM
Reviewer: StepLansing
If Flatt and Scruggs and the Del McCoury Band got together, this is what they would sound like. The singer's voice sounds like a cross between Lester Flatt and Del McCoury. The band nails that classic bluegrass sound but also sounds contemporary at the same time. I like the three songs and all three I downloaded showed versatility in their ability to handle different kinds of songs but still stay within the bounds of the classic bluegrass style. These guys can really pick and sing. I never heard of Walter Hensley before but man can that guy pick a banjo. Where's he been all my life. I've heard James Reams on the radio but with his Barnstormers bluegrass band so this is a different band but I guess some of the same band members. I like the songs and the arrangements.
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