Longview, High Lonesome - 45m 54s

Tracks & Durations

1. Windy Mountain	2:53
2. High Lonesome	4:04
3. Leavin' Tennessee	2:55
4. Listen to My Hammer Ring	3:38
5. I'll Love You 'Til the Day I Die	2:51
6. Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight)	4:30
7. I'm Going Home Again	2:22
8. Just Wondering Why	4:04
9. Voice of My Savior	3:05
10. Little Annie	3:17
11. Where the Dim Lights Are the Dimmest	2:58
12. He'll Save Your Soul Yet	3:04
13. Does It Have to End This Way?	2:16
14. Ballad of Maudie Dawson	3:52

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Review

The acclaimed 1997 Longview debut was probably intended to be a one-time-only, lightning-in-a-bottle bluegrass vocal summit. Two and a half years later, the sextet tries to recapture the magic and succeeds beyond all expectations. What's most amazing about these 14 performances is the way the voices seamlessly mesh despite the sporadic nature of the band. This set focuses on second-generation masters such as Larry Sparks and Jimmy Martin as well as more-obscure but highly talented regional figures, but there are notable exceptions: the title track comes from the 1991 Randy Travis album of the same name and features exquisitely aching vocals from James King (lead), Dudley Connell, and Don Rigsby. Joe Mullins's high tenor hair-raisingly soars over Connell's lead on A.P. Carter's "Little Annie." And on the Stanley Brothers' "Angels Are Singing"--the actual spark that ignited the Longview fire at an impromptu 1994 jam--King, Connell, and Rigsby turn in the kind of passionate performance that must have touched them so that very first time. With Glen Duncan's fiddles and Mullins's banjo leading the way, the sublime harmonies offer just the right balance of exuberance, emotion, and taste. --Marc Greilsamer

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