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    09/12/2006 | Sugarhill 

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    All Music Guide Review

    With over 25 years of quality music in the can, it's certainly not too soon for Sugar Hill Records to take a look back with their box set Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective. Founder and label head Barry Poss' love for quality, roots-based music has garnered his label a whole mess of respect (and 12 Grammy Awards), and his impeccable taste continues to add a mark of quality to any band he picks up. As sprawling and diverse as this four-disc collection is, it's pretty cohesive (Poss' good judgment at work). From the plaintive early work of Ricky Skaggs to the charming, shambling rent-party that is the Gourds, Sugar Hill Records: A Retrospective covers a ton of ground, yet it does so within logical (if loosely set) parameters. The bottom line is, it's quite a spread -- but it's all quality. No one can deny the importance of such iconic roots artists as Doc Watson and Dolly Parton, and most will agree that new-guard artists like Robert Earl Keen, Jr., James McMurtry, Townes Van Zandt, and Rodney Crowell have earned the right to share disc space with those legends. There are many classics to be found here, as well as many classics-in-the-making, but there is also plenty of just plain fun to be found -- check out the (almost) original New South's "Freeborn Man," Terry Allen's "Gone to Texas," and go a round or two with the Bad Livers or the Gourds -- it's a good time! Whether you're old hat with this stuff or just now discovering the joys of roots-based music, there's hardly a collection that rivals this Sugar Hill box in terms of depth and variety. The 80-page booklet ought to be able to get anyone up to speed on the back stories of the artists featured here, and the bonus DVD will further enlighten the curious with interviews and video performances. Highly recommended. ~ J. Scott McClintock, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • Could You Love Me One More Time
  • Skaggs, Ricky
  • 3:02
  • 2
  • Mis'ry River
  • 2:50
  • 3
  • Long Time Gone
  • Starling, John
  • 3:38
  • 4
  • Moonshiner
  • Rowan, Peter
  • 3:02
  • 5
  • Hey Porter
  • Stuart, Marty
  • 2:58
  • 6
  • Little Rock Getaway
  • Auldridge, Mike
  • 1:51
  • 7
  • One More Love Song
  • New Grass Revival
  • 3:21
  • 8
  • Church Street Blues
  • Rice, Tony
  • 3:06
  • 9
  • One Way Track
  • Creek, Boone
  • 2:43
  • 10
  • Why You Been Gone So Long
  • Hillman, Chris
  • 3:11
  • 11
  • Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
  • Hot Rize
  • 2:46
  • 12
  • You Touched Me & Made Me Live Again
  • Murphy, Jimmy
  • 2:21
  • 13
  • Come and Sit by the River
  • Country Gentlemen
  • 3:32
  • 14
  • Ranger's Command
  • Hillmen
  • 3:07
  • 15
  • Greenville Trestle High
  • Watson, Doc
  • 3:26
  • 16
  • More Pretty Girls Than One
  • White, Buck
  • 2:17
  • 17
  • High on a Hilltop
  • Osborne Brothers
  • 3:20
  • 18
  • Forked Deer
  • Berline-Crary-Hickman
  • 4:02
  • 19
  • Bury Me Beneath the Willow
  • 2:42
  • 20
  • Don't This Road Look Rough & Rocky
  • 3:34
  • 21
  • On the Sea of Life
  • 2:05
  • 22 (2)
  • Freeborn Man
  • (Almost) Original New South
  • 3:09
  • 23 (2)
  • If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'
  • Knuckles, Red & The Trailblazers
  • 2:24
  • 24 (2)
  • Father I Stretch My Hand
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band
  • 2:23
  • 25 (2)
  • High Hill
  • Uncle Walt's Band
  • 2:55
  • 26 (2)
  • The Bigger the Fool
  • Lonesome Standard Time
  • 2:47
  • 27 (2)
  • I'm Not Over You
  • Jackson, Carl
  • 3:08
  • 28 (2)
  • Señor
  • OBrien, Tim
  • 4:01
  • 29 (2)
  • Satan's Jeweled Crown
  • 3:25
  • 30 (2)
  • Whiskey 'Fore Breakfast/Sailor's Bonnet
  • Cross, Mike
  • 2:48
  • 31 (2)
  • Mariano
  • Keen, Robert Earl
  • 3:31
  • 32 (2)
  • Rock Bottom Blues
  • Nashville Bluegrass Band
  • 2:55
  • 33 (2)
  • At My Window
  • VanZandt, Townes
  • 4:08
  • 34 (2)
  • Nobody Knows But Me
  • Watson, Doc
  • 3:42
  • 35 (2)
  • One Rose/Hot Buttered Rum
  • Red Clay Ramblers
  • 6:13
  • 36 (2)
  • Train of Life
  • Blue Rose
  • 2:54
  • 37 (2)
  • Mother I'm Lonely
  • Kukuruza
  • 3:49
  • 38 (2)
  • Unwed Fathers
  • O'Brien, Tim & Molly
  • 4:01
  • 39 (2)
  • Pig in a Pen
  • Old & In The Way
  • 2:51
  • 40 (2)
  • Trail of Tears
  • 4:30
  • 41 (2)
  • Lord I've Been a Hard Working Pilgrim
  • 2:08
  • 42 (3)
  • When You Go Walking
  • Lonesome River Band
  • 3:31
  • 43 (3)
  • All Night Radio
  • Bush, Sam
  • 4:39
  • 44 (3)
  • Can't You Hear Me Calling
  • McCoury, Del
  • 4:09
  • 45 (3)
  • Rolling & Rambling (The Death of Hank Williams)
  • Williams, Robin & Linda
  • 3:37
  • 46 (3)
  • Dry Run Creek
  • Seldom Scene
  • 2:36
  • 47 (3)
  • Shadow Ridge
  • Thile, Chris
  • 2:43
  • 48 (3)
  • Let's Shake Loose
  • Brother Boys
  • 3:03
  • 49 (3)
  • Way Long Timey Ago
  • 2:40
  • 50 (3)
  • For All I Know
  • McMurtry, James
  • 3:55
  • 51 (3)
  • Tree King Creek
  • Psychograss
  • 4:10
  • 52 (3)
  • Out in the Parking Lot
  • Clark, Guy
  • 5:08
  • 53 (3)
  • You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
  • Scott, Darrell
  • 5:01
  • 54 (3)
  • Gone to Texas
  • Allen, Terry
  • 6:22
  • 55 (3)
  • Big Bug Shuffle
  • 3:42
  • 56 (3)
  • The Hills That I Call Home
  • Front Range
  • 3:27
  • 57 (3)
  • Sally Goodin
  • 4:59
  • 58 (3)
  • Bad Case of the Blues
  • Laurel Canyon Ramblers
  • 2:26
  • 59 (3)
  • Dark End of the Street
  • Cowan, John
  • 3:30
  • 60 (3)
  • Let Me Be Your Friend
  • Seldom Scene
  • 2:46
  • 61 (3)
  • Merry Christmas from the Family
  • Keen, Robert Earl
  • 4:45
  • 62 (4)
  • I Walk the Line (Revisited)
  • Crowell, Rodney
  • 3:51
  • 63 (4)
  • House of Tom Bombadil
  • Nickel Creek
  • 3:45
  • 64 (4)
  • I Won't Be There
  • Rigsby, Don
  • 2:47
  • 65 (4)
  • Dear Sarah
  • Miller, Scott
  • 3:01
  • 66 (4)
  • Bound to Ride
  • Mills, Jim
  • 2:02
  • 67 (4)
  • My Girlish Days
  • OBrien, Mollie
  • 2:40
  • 68 (4)
  • Man I'm Trying to Be
  • Bowman, Ronnie
  • 3:08
  • 69 (4)
  • The Ant and the Ant
  • Watkins, Sean
  • 4:03
  • 70 (4)
  • I've Got a Mule to Ride
  • Nevins, Tara
  • 2:31
  • 71 (4)
  • Levee Town
  • Landreth, Sonny
  • 6:28
  • 72 (4)
  • Bluegrass in the Backwoods
  • Haynie, Aubrey
  • 3:22
  • 73 (4)
  • Club Manhattan
  • Winchester, Jesse
  • 3:44
  • 74 (4)
  • Little Martha
  • Douglas, Jerry
  • 3:42
  • 75 (4)
  • Yonder
  • Donna The Buffalo
  • 3:59
  • 76 (4)
  • Whisper in My Ear
  • Gibson Brothers
  • 3:51
  • 77 (4)
  • Hallelujah Shine
  • Gourds
  • 3:34
  • 78 (4)
  • Chickenshift
  • Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth"
  • 3:15
  • 79 (4)
  • Lumpy Beanpole & Dirt
  • Bad Livers
  • 5:18
  • 80 (4)
  • Decision at Gladys Fork
  • Sutton, Bryan
  • 3:46
  • 81 (4)
  • I'm Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open
  • Parton, Dolly
  • 3:04
  • 82 (5)
  • Bonus Material (DVD)(*)

  • Credits

    • Lloyd Maines
    • Percussion, Pedal Steel, Guitar (Baritone), Slide Guitar, Harmony Vocals
    • Tim O'Brien
    • Fiddle, Harmony Vocals, Arranger, Vocals, Mandolin
    • Herb Pedersen
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar (Rhythm), Harmony Vocals, Banjo
    • Barry Poss
    • Producer, Liner Notes, Photo Courtesy, Photography, Executive Producer
    • Darrell Scott
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Weissenborn, Harmony Vocals, Vocals, Dobro, Banjo
    • Pat Buchanan
    • Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Slide Guitar
    • Nick Forster
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Arranger, Bass, Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Guitar
    • Sam Bush
    • Fiddle, Harmony Vocals, Vocals, Mandolin
    • Emmylou Harris
    • Guitar (Rhythm), Author, Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Tenor (Vocal)
    • Mike Auldridge
    • Dobro, Guitar (Resonator), Hi String Guitar, Author, Baritone (Vocal)
    • Del McCoury
    • Guitar, Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Tenor (Vocal)
    • Ricky Skaggs
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Fiddle, Mandolin, Arranger, Tenor (Vocal), Vocals
    • John Starling
    • Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Baritone (Vocal), Vocals


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