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Live on WRIR - 12/30/17

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1.	Liza Jane 02:44	info	buy track
2.	Walking In My Sleep 03:57		buy track
3.	Rapid Roy 03:18	info	buy track
4.	Hell Up Coal Holler 02:39		buy track
5.	Wild Horse Kicking Out The Wilderness 03:18		buy track
6.	Yonder Comes a Sucker 03:28		buy track
7.	Hard Times A'Coming 03:29		buy track
8.	Don't Worry About The Poor 03:38		buy track

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As a band we are often spread to the 4 corners of the Earth these days. No longer all residing in Richmond or as unencumbered by obligations as we used to be, getting all 5 members in the same place for any amount of time is like spying the ever elusive squonk or snark!

December 30th, 2017 was one of these blue moon moments. We were all in our hometown of Richmond, VA to play a pre-New Year's gig, and we decided to commemorate the occasion with a live set on WRIR (www.wrir.org), the "Tower of Low-Power" in Richmond, VA. The result: 8 hard hitting tracks that we feel capture well the combination of instrumentality and looseness that has been our trademark sound since 2002.

The tracks:

1. Liza Jane (2:44) - from the great Don Stover. Ben and Josh like to send each other aspirational tracks from time to time, and this song came from one of those messages. Straight up bluegrass banjo with a couple of interesting rolls and chordal moments that give it the edge for which we are always looking.

2. Walking in My Sleep (3:57) - a song so ubiquitous, it could come from any number of sources. This one cites Arthur Smith's Bluebird recording from 1937, featuring two uncredited Delmore Brothers! We grass it up on this one.

3. Rapid Roy (3:18) - Ed's always good for a funky cover song. Jake, Josh, and Ed have been playing this clever and wordy Jim Croce song from 1972's You Don't Mess Around With Jim for a few months now. Great to have it realized with the full band.

4. Hell Up Coal Holler (2:39) - Hard to know where we picked this one up from. Ed Haley recorded it, but I believe our reference is our good pal and sometime collaborator Lars Prillaman (who you can hear fiddling on Feel and Grandad's Favorite). We like starting shows with this tune - it's hard hitting, fun to play, and allows us to tread that line between old time and bluegrass.

5. Wild Horse Kicking Out The Wilderness (3:18) - AKA Old Grey Mule. Josh basically ripped off the A-section for "Took My Mule To The Bonfire" that we recorded live in 2012. This version comes from Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers, with lyrical assistance from Jonny Hardy of Old Blind Dogs, who informed us one late evening that the name of his band came from a verse in this song ("Old blind dog stole all the sausages . . .").

6. Yonder Comes a Sucker (3:28) - we recorded this Jim Reeves song on Leftovers and it remains a favorite to play. Hard to get better than bitter lyrics with a little swing.

7. Hard Times A Comin' (3:29) - File this under "some things never change." Riley Puckett recorded this for Columbia in 1930, but our primary reference comes from a version we heard sung by Ferd Moyse and Matt Morelock in downtown Knoxville as part of a "Ferd's Friday" radio broadcast that also featured The Hackensaw Boys and us. Somehow, these lyrics seem even more applicable to today.

8. Don't Worry About The Poor (3:38) - another in the "as true today as it was back when" category, we wrote this song for a now long forgotten US president, but have been dusting it off recently for our current . . . leader.

Recorded live at WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio, Richmond, VA. WRIR is managed entirely by volunteers and funded by its listeners. To learn more about independent radio in Richmond, visit www.wrir.org.

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released January 8, 2018

Recorded live at WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio, Richmond, VA. WRIR is managed entirely by volunteers and funded by its listeners. To learn more about independent radio in Richmond, visit www.wrir.org.

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