Search - Boone Creek :: One Way Track

A super-fun newgrass classic

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 02/11/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Dig those '70s aviator glasses and that shaggy, shoulder-length hair! Dobro whiz Jerry Douglas and future country star Ricky Skaggs join on this near-perfect, traditionally-oriented newgrass album. The picking is magnificent, the group singing is warm and impasssioned, the choice of material is rich in history and harmony and shows the group's mastery of and devotion to old-school classics, particularly catchy old gospel tunes. The album falls apart just a little at the end, when a few live performances show the band's more indulgent side -- a jazzy instrumental jam, a couple of tunes with more raggedy edges -- but on the whole, this is a very impressive and fun album, one of the best ever from this late 1970s scene. Of a piece with album's like Tony Rice's "Manzanita," J.D. Crowe's "My Home Ain't In The Hall of Fame," or the fab Bluegrass Album Band albums of the early '80s. Highly recommended!"