Like We Used to Be

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Like We Used to Be
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Studio album by The Seldom Scene
Released 1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass
Label Sugar Hill
Producer The Seldom Scene
The Seldom Scene chronology
Scenic Roots
(1990) Scenic Roots1990		 Like We Used to Be
(1994)		 Dream Scene
(1996) Dream Scene1996
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Like We Used to Be is an album by the progressive bluegrass Maryland band The Seldom Scene It's a group reunion with their original singer/guitarist, John Starling. He recorded only this album and decided to continue concentrating on his career as ear, nose & throat physician. [2] [3]

Maryland State of the United States of America

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after the English queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary.

The Seldom Scene American bluegrass band

The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Grandpa Get Your Guitar (McCullough, Jim Rushing) 02:54
  2. Let Me Be Your Friend (Carter Stanley) 02:45
  3. Like I Used to Do (Pat Alger, Tim O'Brien) 04:06
  4. Highway of Pain (Dauphin) 03:46
  5. Cheap Whiskey (Emory Gordy Jr., Jim Rushing) 03:46
  6. Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie) 03:26
  7. Almost Threw Your Love Away (Germino, Hylton) 03:56
  8. The Other Side of Town (Clark, Williams, Williams) 02:59
  9. She's More to Be Pitied (Rakes) 03:01
  10. Heaven's Green Fields (Jim Rushing, Shamblin) 02:49
  11. I've Come to Take You Home (Coleman, Duffey) 03:09
  12. I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers (Hayes) 03:04
  13. Some Morning Soon (Lynch, Lynch) 03:36

Personnel

John Starling is an American Bluegrass musician and composer, and a founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. He also had a medical profession as an otolaryngologist.

John Humbird Duffey, Jr. was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician.

Ben Eldridge, is a five-string banjo player and a founding member of the seminal bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. He also works as a mathematician.

with Pat McInerney - percussion, drums

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Album review on www.allmusic.com
  3. ↑ Album info on www.sugarhillrecords.com
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