Bluegrass Reunion

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Bluegrass Reunion
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Studio album by
Released1991
Recorded1991
Genre Bluegrass
Length46:52
Label Rounder
Producer David Grisman
David Grisman chronology
Dawg '90
(1990)
Bluegrass Reunion
(1991)
Jerry Garcia / David Grisman
(1991)
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Bluegrass Reunion is an album by American musician David Grisman released in 1991. For this album of traditional bluegrass, he put together five musicians with whom he cooperated before in some way, especially guitarist Red Allen, who provides his tenor voice for this album. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Back Up and Push" (theme) – 0:50
  2. "She's No Angel" (trad.) – 2:21
  3. "I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out Of Jail" (Davis, Taylor) – 3:25
  4. "The Fields Have Turned Brown" (Stanley) – 4:42
  5. "To Love and Live Together" – 2:323
  6. "I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome" – 3:35
  7. "Pidgeon [ sic ] Roost" – 2:14
  8. "Down Where the River Bends" – 3:58
  9. "Love Please Come Home" (Jackson) – 2:22
  10. "Letter From My Darlin" – 3:27
  11. "Is This My Destiny?" (Carter) – 3:03
  12. "Ashes of Love" – 2:18
  13. "Is it Too Late Now?" – 3:39
  14. "Little Maggie" – 3:00
  15. "Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?" – 4:48
  16. "Back Up and Push" (theme) – 0:38 [3]

Personnel

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References

  1. Planer, Lindsay. "Bluegrass Reunion". AllMusic. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  2. Bluegrass Reunion. Acoustic Disc. Accessed March 31, 2012.
  3. CMT: David Grisman. CMT. Accessed March 31, 2012.