Sam Bush - Glamour And Grits (1996)

Tracklist

01. Whayasay
02. Same Ol' River
03. All Night Radio
04. Stingray
05. The Ballad Of Spider John
06. Watson Allman
07. Is This Love
08. Brilliancy
09. Spooky Lane
10. Ol' Joe Clark
11. The Lord Came Unto Me
12. (One Night In Old) Galway

Sam Bush's newgrass mandolin playing is at its peak on the appropriately titled Glamour & Grits - solidly rooted with the traditional feel of the best contemporary bluegrass, but constantly pushing at the edges of composition and performance, giving each song a decidedly progressive feel. Surrounding himself with a blindingly talented list of supporting musicians (Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Al Kooper, among others), Bush still manages to maintain his own presence on the mandolin and even with his own pleasantly everyman vocals. The instrumentals nudge themselves slightly ahead of the vocal tracks, not because Bush is an unpleasant singer, but because the instrumental passages allow the players to focus on the inventive changes and nuanced picking that the players in this group do so well. Fans of his work with New Grass Revival and Strength in Numbers would be remiss in not picking this one up.

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