Made up of selections off five excellent Rebel albums, this is one of the finest and most poer-packed collections of hard, traditional bluegrass that you will ever find. It's a great program that nicely mixes his slower, emotion-charged ballads withequally powerful up tempo pieces. Evans is superb on the bluegrass standards like WILD BILL JONES,ANOTHER NIGHT and YOU WON'T BE SATISFIED THAT WAY, but on his own songs which make up 2/3 of the 17 cuts here, he may be even better. His ONE LOAF OF BREAD,BE PROUD OF THE GREY IN YOUR HAIR, and PLAY ME A SONG,LITTLE BLIND BOY are alone worth the price of the disc. Also his distinctive treatment of Woody Guthrie's PASTURES OF PLENTY is a spine-chilling masterpiece that may be the best cut of all. Evans is no slouch as a banjo player, but his voice is one of the treasures of modern day bluegrass.
