Best of the Sugar Hill Years

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Best of the Sugar Hill Years
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedMarch 13, 2007
Genre Progressive bluegrass, country
Label Sugar Hill
Producer Jerry Douglas, Tut Taylor
Jerry Douglas chronology
The Best Kept Secret
(2005)
Best of the Sugar Hill Years
(2007)
Glide
(2008)
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Best of the Sugar Hill Years is a compilation album by dobro player Jerry Douglas, released in 2007 (see 2007 in music). It contains music recorded while Douglas was on the Sugar Hill label.

Track listing

  1. "The Wild Rumpus" (Jerry Douglas) – 4:03
  2. "Takarasaka" (Douglas) – 3:51
  3. "Senia's Lament" (Douglas) – 5:27
  4. "We Hide and Seek" (Douglas) – 6:32
  5. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 4:02
  6. "A New Day Medley" (Douglas) – 5:49
  7. "Cave Bop" (Douglas) – 3:21
  8. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) – 3:10
  9. "Birdland" (Joe Zawinul) – 5:25
  10. "Monkey Let the Hogs Out" (Douglas) – 1:04
  11. "Ride the Wild Turkey" (Darol Anger) – 3:12
  12. "A Tribute to Peader O'Donnell" (Dónal Lunny) – 3:13
  13. "Things in Life" (Don Stover) – 3:05
  14. "Like It Is" (Erroll Garner) – 3:42
  15. "In the Sweet By and By" (Traditional) – 2:02

Personnel

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