Best of New Grass Revival
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Best of New Grass Revival is the title of a 1994 compilation album by progressive bluegrass
band New Grass Revival
. The cuts feature the 1981-1989 lineup of the band. A second compilation was released in 2005 under the title Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival
featuring this lineup as well as earlier band members.
Progressive bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass is one of two major subgenres of bluegrass music. It is also known as newgrass, a term attributed to New Grass Revival member Ebo Walker. Musicians and bands John Hartford, New Grass Revival, J.D. Crowe and the New South, The Dillards, Boone Creek, Country Gazette, and the...
band New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival
New Grass Revival was an American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1971, and composed of Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Ebo Walker, Curtis Burch, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Béla Fleck and Pat Flynn. They were active between 1971 and 1989, releasing more than twenty albums as well as six singles....
. The cuts feature the 1981-1989 lineup of the band. A second compilation was released in 2005 under the title Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival
Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival
Grass Roots: The Best of the New Grass Revival is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 2005.[]-Track listing:# Great Balls of Fire ) 2:07# Prince of Peace 5:27...
featuring this lineup as well as earlier band members.
Track listing
- "Love Someone Like Me" (Dunn, Foster) – 2:41
- "Sweet Release" (Flynn) – 4:22
- "In the Middle of the Night" (Flynn) – 4:27
- "Saw You Runnin'" (Moore) – 3:10
- "Revival" (Rowan) – 3:51
- "Hold to a Dream" (O´Brien) – 3:36
- "Can't Stop Now" (Nicholson, Waldman) – 3:58
- "Metric Lips" (Fleck) – 4:35
- "Unconditional Love" (Cook, Nicholson) – 3:22
- "Friday Night in America" (Flynn, Smith) – 3:55
- "You Plant Your Fields" (Lowery, Waldman) – 3:11
- "Let's Make a Baby King" (Winchester) – 3:30
- "Do What You Gotta Do" (Flynn) – 3:30
- "Let Me Be Your Man" (Ritchey) – 3:05
- "Callin' Baton Rouge" (Linde) – 2:39
- "Big Foot" (Fleck) – 7:54
- "Angel Eyes" (Hiatt, Koller) – 4:29
- "I'm Down" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:10
Personnel
- John CowanJohn CowanJohn Cowan is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival...
- bass guitar, vocals - Béla FleckBéla FleckBéla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...
- banjo, vocals - Pat Flynn - guitar, vocals
- Sam BushSam BushSam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
- fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals