Dan Paisley - The Room Over Mine - Music & Performance - CD

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Very few bluegrass musicians get to enjoy the kind of apprenticeship that Dan Paisley experienced as he was coming up: 32 years as a sideman to his father, the legendary Bob Paisley. After the elder Paisley's passing in 2004, his son and the remaining bandmembers eventually decided to carry on both the band's activities and its name. This album is the second recorded product of that decision, and it does indeed continue the tradition of straight-ahead, hard-edged traditional bluegrass that was Bob Paisley's strength. Dan Paisley's voice is suitably reedy and high-pitched, but it also has a graininess and lower-frequency resonance that sets it apart somewhat from the bluegrass mainstream. The songs are, for the most part, well-selected: after a slightly disastrous opening (Chris Stuart's tear-jerking "Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away" is shameless even by bluegrass standards), the program settles into a pleasing groove, and includes such fine selections as Little Jimmy Dickens' regretful "Another Bridge to Burn," the band's own adaptation of the string band classic "Sally Ann," and the Porter Wagoner composition "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name" (notice the way the walking bassline powers that song forward without making it sound any less like bluegrass). Everything is played with fire and conviction. Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi

Performer	Dan Paisley
Music genre	Country
Media format	CD
Original release date	2008
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away, The Convict and the Rose, I'm Leaving Detroit, I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name, A Memory of You, Sweet Potato Rag, I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When, Another Bridge to Burn, Raisin' Cane in Texas, The Room Over Mine, Backstep Sally Ann, At the End of a Long Lonely Day, Drowning Sailor
Record label	Rounder
Track name	Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away, The Convict And The Rose, I'm Leaving Detroit, I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name, A Memory Of You, Sweet Potato Rag, I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When, Another Bridge To Burn, Raisin' Cane In Texas, The Room Over Mine, Backstep Sally Ann, At The End Of A Long Lonely Day, Drowning Sailor
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N