Another opinion....
Mark J. Fowler | Okinawa, Japan | 11/22/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I surfed past this, one of my favorite Bluegrass CD's to find a single 3 star review complaining that this band lacks a "dirty sound" that is "essential" to Bluegrass.I'd be curious to know what "dirty sound" the reviewer means - but I'd say J.D. Crowe, Tony Rice, Bobby Hicks, Jerry Douglas and Doyle Lawson KNOW what is "essential" to Bluegrass, and they demonstrate this to great effect on these recordings. Where "The Bluegrass Albums" in volumes one and two were respectful of traditional Bluegrass - a la Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs, THIS Album wanted to be inclusive of the more modern "second generation" influences in both material and arrangements - for example adding the previously omitted Dobro with the unmatched voice of Jerry Douglas. Devil in Disguise starts off a FINE collection of tunes, that I would say include "Unfaithful One" and "Please Search Your Heart". (The 2nd time that Crowe and Lawson have recorded that particular tune.)All of the Bluegrass Albums (I mean these six recorded by this collection of musicians) are "Bluegrass 101" to modern bluegrass musicians. Volume six is all instrumental (after Tony Rice's damaged vocal chords couldn't allow for his previous fine singing), but it is also.... dare I say it.... "essential"."