Laps in Seven is the title of a 2006 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...

 artist Sam Bush

Sam Bush

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

, on the Sugar Hill  label.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. called the album "an eclectic stew, and he has no problem shifting from acoustic to electric, from vocals to instrumentals. Even with this open approach, Bush's music often expresses a "settled" quality that feels rather safe and lacking in soul... Despite these criticisms, Bush can't be accused of sleeping on the job. He always turns out a professional product that pleases fans, and in this fashion, Laps in Seven is no different."

Track listing

1. "The River's Gonna Run
   Buddy & Julie Miller
   Buddy & Julie Miller is a 2001 album by Buddy and Julie Miller. Prior to this recording the husband and wife singer-songwriters had each made appearances on the other's solo recordings, but this disc marked their first official release as a duo. The music has been described as more rock based than...
   
   " (Julie Miller
   Julie Miller
   Julie Miller is a songwriter, singer, and recording artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. She married Buddy Miller in 1981...
   
   ) - 4:01
2. "Bringing In The Georgia Mail" (Fred Rose
   Fred Rose (musician)
   Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...
   
   ) - 3:57
3. "The Dolphin Dance" (Sam Bush) - 3:14
4. "On The Road" (John Hartford
   John Hartford
   John Cowan Hartford was an American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore...
   
   ) - 5:00
5. "Ridin' That Bluegrass Train" (John Pennell, Sam Bush) - 3:46
6. "I Wanna Do Right" (Jeff Black, Sam Bush) - 4:34
7. "Where There's A Road" (Robbie Fulks
   Robbie Fulks
   Robbie Fulks is an American alternative country artist originally from Pennsylvania but who is a longtime Chicago, Illinois resident...
   
   ) - 3:53
8. "New Country" (Jean-Luc Ponty
   Jean-Luc Ponty
   Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
   
   ) - 4:09
9. "Ballad For A Soldier" (Leon Russell
   Leon Russell
   Claude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
   
   ) - 4:35
10. "River Take Me" (Darrell Scott
    Darrell Scott
    James Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott , the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in...
    
    ) - 7:11
11. "White Bird
    It's a Beautiful Day (album)
    It's a Beautiful Day is the self-titled debut album by San Francisco psychedelic band It's a Beautiful Day. This album's song "White Bird" was the band's biggest hit...
    
    " (David LaFlamme
    David LaFlamme
    David LaFlamme is a virtuoso violinist in both classical and rock music.David's mother was from a Mormon family in Salt Lake City, and when he was eight years old, the family moved there to be near her family...
    
    , Linda LaFlamme) - 6:00
12. "Laps In Seven" (Scott Vestal, Sam Bush, Byron House) - 5:00

Personnel

• Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
  Sam Bush is an American bluegrass mandolin player considered an originator of the Newgrass style.- History :...
  
   - mandolin, fiddle, guitar, vocals
• Keith Sewell - guitar
• Scott Vestal - banjo, banjo synthesizer
• Byron House - bass, vocals
• Chris Brown - drums

Additional personnel:

• Jean-Luc Ponty
  Jean-Luc Ponty
  Jean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
  
   - electric violin
• Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris
  Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
  
   - vocals
• Shaun Murphy
  Shaun Murphy (singer)
  Shaun Murphy is an American R&B singer songwriter, best known for her powerhouse singing style. Her recording career started in 1971 with Motown Records and continues to this day.-Biography:...
  
  - vocals
• Tim O'Brien - vocals
• Andrea Zonn - vocals