Steep Canyon Rangers
An extensive tour of major venues in the fall of 2008 backing comedian/banjoist Steve Martin gave the Steep Canyon Rangers, who had been performing and recording traditional bluegrass for nearly a decade beforehand, their first taste of wide exposure. That exposure enabled them to do something rare—gain a younger audience while still playing hard edged traditional bluegrass. This CD features some of their best work, blending that driving mountain sound with enough pop influence to retain a large audience among diehard bluegrass fans and folks new to the genre alike. Highlights of this fine record include 'Turn Up The Bottle,' 'There Ain't No Easy Street,' 'The Mountain's Gonna Sing,' 'Have Mercy,' and a neat a cappella treatment of Leadbelly’s old 'Sylvie.'
An extensive tour of major venues in the fall of 2008 backing comedian/banjoist Steve Martin gave the Steep Canyon Rangers, who had been performing and recording traditional bluegrass for nearly a decade beforehand, their first taste of wide exposure. That exposure enabled them to do something rare—gain a younger audience while still playing hard edged traditional bluegrass. This CD features some of their best work, blending that driving mountain sound with enough pop influence to retain a large audience among diehard bluegrass fans and folks new to the genre alike. Highlights of this fine record include 'Turn Up The Bottle,' 'There Ain't No Easy Street,' 'The Mountain's Gonna Sing,' 'Have Mercy,' and a neat a cappella treatment of Leadbelly’s old 'Sylvie.'