#vassarclements

[rowj]

Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns Pushing bluegrass to the limits in the home office today. #nowplaying #nowspinning #music #vinyl #record #NormanBlake #TutTaylor SamBush #ButchRobins #VassarClements #DavidHolland #JethroBurns #bluegrass #progressivebluegrass #vinyligclub #instavinyl #vinyljunkie #vinylcollection #recordcollector #week4vinyl #cyberman #bluebuddha

[somethingvinyl]

Speaking of genre-defining #bluegrass albums... John Hartford’s Aereo-Plain from 1971 is scrappy and rock-influenced, anchored by Hartford’s gorgeous baritone voice and solid songwriting. In his band for this one are Vassar Clements (probably better known for his fiddling on Nitty Gitty Dirt Band’s Will the Circle Be Unbroken) and Norman Blake (who collaborated with Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan and was all over the O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack, as was Hartford). #johnhartford #bluegrass #normanblake #vassarclements #vinyl #vinyladay #lp #vinyloftheday #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylcommunity #vinylcollective #instavinyl #vinylgram #recordcollector #nowspinning https://www.instagram.com/p/CNOYJEMsfBc/?igshid=84adqkh80pon

[altoecko]

Album on table! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpl3duuYs-aWBeUxExCk3I2YP59f5HEy3 https://open.spotify.com/album/2KevX3H03tViJ6r0eIj9wj?si=VlLj2ks1T1elgNn6m8popQ https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Auldridge-Dobro/release/2741508 #dobro #mikeauldridge #beneldridge #davidbromberg #vassarclements #doylelawson #steveburgh #billemerson #tomgray #johnduffy #bluegrass #countryguitar #country #music #instrumental #takomarecords #devirecords #facebookmarketplace #1972 #the70s #70s #vinyl #vinyligclub #vinylgram #vinyljunkie #vinylrecords #licoricepizza #instawax #instavinyl #nowspinning (at Peachtree Corners, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9mhDH8p32b/?igshid=1qqyfu8zl5zkc

[altoecko]

Album on table! https://youtu.be/Jm8pHzinKz4 #vassarclementsjohnhartforddaveholland #vassarclements #johnhartford #daveholland #bluegrass #music #rounderrecords #1984 #the80s #80s #markhoward #fun #vinyl #vinylgram #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylrecords #vinylshopping #licoricepizza #instawax #instavinyl #nowplaying #nowspinning #nospotify (at Peachtree Corners, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4_tVBeJPMT/?igshid=uscaxf36pa8s

[oilofdog]

#Bluegrass Tonight on #OILOFDOG with #GaryStorm on #LKCB streaming at www.lkcb.ca at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. #DoyleLawsonAndQuicksilver #FlattAndScruggs #BillMonroe #OsborneBrothers #HotRize #VassarClements #Folk #GreatMusicians #Music #Records #Radio #Vinyl #cat #kitty

[larkin1967]

Old & In The Way (#1975) #vinyl #vinyligclub #vinylcollection #oldandintheway #jerrygarcia #peterrowan #vassarclements #davidgrisman #johnkahn

[oilofdog]

#Bluegrass Tonight on #OilOfDog with #GaryStorm on #LKCB streaming at www.lkcb.ca Saturday night at 8:00 PM Eastern Time. #DoyleLawsonAndQuicksilver #FlattAndScruggs #LesterFlatt #EarleScruggs #HotRize #VassarClements #BillMonroe #OsborneBrothers #Folk #FolkMusic #Acoustic #AcousticGuitar #Music #Radio #Records #Vinyl #cat #kitty

[krispyweiss]

Rewind: Darrell Scott - Family Tree (1999)

Family Tree takes a few listens to grow on you.

Darrell Scott’s 1999 sophomore album finds the songwriter extraordinaire and multi-instrumentalist celebrating - and occasionally bemoaning - the simple things in life.

Bookended with renditions of “My Father’s House,” a classic tale of not understanding your parents until it’s too late, the album finds Scott struggling as an arranger, which leads to some clunky musical moments, even as he offers up 11 (mostly) strong original tracks and covers of Steely Dan’s “Any World (That I’m Welcome To)” and the traditional “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?“ The latter, a medley with “When There’s No One Around,” is rendered as a celebratory hootenanny even as the narrator sing’s of Mother’s painful death.

Staying mostly in the folksy, singer-songwriter vein, Scott goes ga-ga over his young daughter (“Mahala”), eulogizes a golden-hearted hooker who killed herself (“Rhonda’s Last Ride”) and recounts a spate of failed relationships (“I Never Had a Sister”).

Scott breaks out of this mold with the bluesy stomp of the title track, in which he and vocalist Jonell Mosser, who possesses a warm rasp that’s full of fun, shrug at the news of another unexpected pregnancy.

C'mon baby, baby let’s go/where we’ll get the money, honey, I don’t know/one more baby’s alright by me/just add another limb to the family tree.

This is the kind of song that makes Scott such an intriguing artist and that makes it possible to forgive him for maudlin, ham-fisted cuts like “She Sews the World with Love” and “Lazarus Dies Again,” which are as corny as their titles suggest.

Family Tree boasts an impressive roster of guest musicians including Leland Sklar, Sam Bush and Vassar Clements. But most impressive is Scott’s instrumental prowess - he plays banjo, Dobro, mandolin, pedal steel, piano and other implements of conduction - and his powerful tenor, which makes even the weakest tracks worth the listen.

Grade card: Darrell Scott - Family Tree - B-