Time: 45:19
Size: 105.6 MB
Styles: Country blues, Contemporary Blues, Modern Blues, Swing
Released: 2001
Art: Front
1. It's A Banjo Playing (2:21)
2. Darker Shades Of Blue (3:20)
3. Gentle Graces (3:54)
4. There You Go Again (3:07)
5. Who Will Remember? (3:22)
6. Freight Train (3:31)
7. Telling A Stone (4:27)
8. Dreamers (3:49)
9. Defying Gravity (3:11)
10. Did Me In (2:45)
11. Summer Song (2:40)
12. Life's A Penny (2:47)
13. Country Mile (2:43)
14. Nothin' In Ramblin' (3:15)
Connie Townsend is a true West Virginia singer-songwriter. Born in the Ohio River Valley, she now makes her home on a ridge top in the Allegheny Highlands region of the state. The roots of her music are set in the rock and tangled with the roots of the hardwood forests of her home.
Connie's vocal work often evokes comparisons to Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch and a young Mother Maybelle Carter. Which would seem to say that she is a fine vocalist with a strongly rooted and mature presence. She delivers beautifully everything from funny little ditties to gritty blues to classic and alternative country. Her songs are a mix of covers and original work. Her style is her own. Her music has been aired on National Public Radio.
Connie's second album represents a significant step in developing her own style and substance as a performer. Ten of the fourteen cuts are original songs by Townsend and her partner Dave Parker. There is some world-class fiddling, funky resonator guitar, sweet, sweet harmonica, and concertina accompaniment on the disc.
Connie Townsend - guitar and vocals
Billy Ward - fiddle
Buddy Griffin - fiddle
Colleen Dugan - djembe
Dave Parker - guitar
Harvey Reid - dobro, guitar & harmony vocals
Jim Truman - resonator, guitar
Larry (The Iceman) Eisenberg - blues harp
Pete Tenney - concertina
Randy (The Armadillo) Tucker - bass, harmony vocals
Seth Maynard - mandolin, bass
Connie's vocal work often evokes comparisons to Emmylou Harris, Iris DeMent, Gillian Welch and a young Mother Maybelle Carter. Which would seem to say that she is a fine vocalist with a strongly rooted and mature presence. She delivers beautifully everything from funny little ditties to gritty blues to classic and alternative country. Her songs are a mix of covers and original work. Her style is her own. Her music has been aired on National Public Radio.
Connie's second album represents a significant step in developing her own style and substance as a performer. Ten of the fourteen cuts are original songs by Townsend and her partner Dave Parker. There is some world-class fiddling, funky resonator guitar, sweet, sweet harmonica, and concertina accompaniment on the disc.
Connie Townsend - guitar and vocals
Billy Ward - fiddle
Buddy Griffin - fiddle
Colleen Dugan - djembe
Dave Parker - guitar
Harvey Reid - dobro, guitar & harmony vocals
Jim Truman - resonator, guitar
Larry (The Iceman) Eisenberg - blues harp
Pete Tenney - concertina
Randy (The Armadillo) Tucker - bass, harmony vocals
Seth Maynard - mandolin, bass
Gentle Graces