Ms. Branscomb is known as the writer of STEEL RAILS as well as other songs that have found their way onto Bluegrass albums over the years --she was also a full time member of an early (1970s?) North Carolina band called Boot Hill. This new album presents 13 original songs by Ms. Branscomb, but they are sung by others, not by her. Contributing lead vocals here are Claire Lynch, Dale Ann Bradley, and Cheryl and Sharon White, Steve Gulley, and Josh Williams among others, and some of those joining on harmony parts are Gulley, the Whites, Bradley, and Alison Krauss while instrumental accompaniment includes picking by Stuart Duncan, Alan Bibey, Rob Ickes and Missy Raines. An interesting and successful project.
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