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Hold to a Dream is an album by the progressive bluegrass

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....

, released in 1987. The lead-off single "Unconditional Love" reached number 44 on the Billboard

Billboard charts

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In 1988, "Can't Stop Now" reached number 45.

Hold to a Dream was remastered and reissued on CD

Compact Disc

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, on February 20, 2001 on the Southern Music label.

Track listing

"Hold to a Dream" (O'Brien) – 3:38
"One Way Street" (O'Brien) – 2:50
"Can't Stop Now" (Gary Nicholson, Wendy Waldman) – 4:01
"I'll Take Tomorrow" (Pat Flynn) – 2:56
"Before the Heartache Rolls In" (Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd) – 5:23
"Looking Past You" (Flynn) – 2:57
"How About You" (Jesse Winchester
Jesse Winchester
Jesse Winchester is a musician and songwriter who was born and raised in the southern United States. To avoid the Vietnam War draft he moved to Canada in 1967, which is where and when he began his career as a solo artist. His highest charting recordings were of his own tunes, "Yankee Lady" in 1970...

) – 4:26
"Metric Lips" (Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
Béla 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...

) – 4:37
"I Can Talk to You" (Flynn) – 3:22
"Unconditional Love" (Don Cook, Gary Nicholson) – 3:21

Personnel

Sam Bush
Sam Bush
Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...

- guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Pat Flynn - guitar, vocals
Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
Béla 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
John Cowan
John Cowan
John 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...

- vocals, bass

Additional musicians:

Eddie Bayers – drums
Bob Mater – drums
Tom Roady – percussion

Production notes

Garth Fundis
Garth Fundis
Garth Fundis is an American country music record producer. Active since the 1970s, Fundis has produced albums for several country artists, including Alabama, Don Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, and Keith Whitley. Fundis has also served as a judge on the Colgate Country Showdown.-References:...

– producer
Denny Purcell – mastering
Bil VornDick – engineer
Caroline Greyshock – photography
Henry Marquez – art direction

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