Larry Sparks - Bound To Ride: The Best of Larry Sparks (2008)
BAND/ARTIST: Larry Sparks
- Title: Bound To Ride: The Best of Larry Sparks
- Year Of Release: 2008
- Label: Rebel Records Llc
- Genre: Bluegrass, Country
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 00:44:59
- Total Size: 256 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Tennessee 1949
02. Colleen Malone
03. John Deere Tractor
04. A Face In The Crowd
05. I'd Like To Be A Train
06. Smoky Mountain Memories
07. You Ain't Lived
08. Blue Ridge Cabin Home
09. You Could Have Called
10. I'm Bound To Ride
11. Don't Neglect The Rose
12. Imitation Of The Blues
13. Just Lovin' You
14. Blue Virginia Blues
As a bluegrass performer, Larry Sparks has always been easy to like. Perhaps it has something to do with his distinct vocal style, or perhaps his speedy fingerpicking, or perhaps his choice of material. It could even have something to do with his ability to bridge the old and the new without seemingly to sacrifice either. Best of Larry Sparks: Bound to Ride offers a good overview of his work, drawing form a wide range of material, from 1975's Sparklin' Bluegrass to 2003's The Coldest Part of Winter. It is interesting, with all of this material side by side, to compare Sparks' work from 1975-1976 with everything after 1980. When listening to "You Could Have Called" from 1976, Sparks handles the song well, though his vocal is higher (more nasal) than his later material. In a sense, he is still finding his voice here, a voice that would emerge strongly on 1980's John Deere Tractor. The title cut from that album, written by Lawrence Hammond, remains one of Sparks', and contemporary bluegrass', finest moments. Here, Sparks easily evokes the disappearance of clean country living in both words and music, evocatively underpinning his vocals with Tommy Boyd's dobro. "John Deere Tractor" is joined by many other fine cuts, making Bound to Ride a good intro to Sparks' rich songbook.
01. Tennessee 1949
02. Colleen Malone
03. John Deere Tractor
04. A Face In The Crowd
05. I'd Like To Be A Train
06. Smoky Mountain Memories
07. You Ain't Lived
08. Blue Ridge Cabin Home
09. You Could Have Called
10. I'm Bound To Ride
11. Don't Neglect The Rose
12. Imitation Of The Blues
13. Just Lovin' You
14. Blue Virginia Blues
As a bluegrass performer, Larry Sparks has always been easy to like. Perhaps it has something to do with his distinct vocal style, or perhaps his speedy fingerpicking, or perhaps his choice of material. It could even have something to do with his ability to bridge the old and the new without seemingly to sacrifice either. Best of Larry Sparks: Bound to Ride offers a good overview of his work, drawing form a wide range of material, from 1975's Sparklin' Bluegrass to 2003's The Coldest Part of Winter. It is interesting, with all of this material side by side, to compare Sparks' work from 1975-1976 with everything after 1980. When listening to "You Could Have Called" from 1976, Sparks handles the song well, though his vocal is higher (more nasal) than his later material. In a sense, he is still finding his voice here, a voice that would emerge strongly on 1980's John Deere Tractor. The title cut from that album, written by Lawrence Hammond, remains one of Sparks', and contemporary bluegrass', finest moments. Here, Sparks easily evokes the disappearance of clean country living in both words and music, evocatively underpinning his vocals with Tommy Boyd's dobro. "John Deere Tractor" is joined by many other fine cuts, making Bound to Ride a good intro to Sparks' rich songbook.
Blues | Country | Folk | FLAC / APE
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