Artiste: Ralph Lewis, Marty Lewis, Don Lewis
Album: Return to Cold Mountain (songs inspired by the film)
Spotlight Track: Whoopie Liza Jane
Label: Compendia
Written by Ralph Lewis Lewol Music (BMI)
Vocals & Guitar: Ralph Lewis
Guitar: Marty Lewis
Fiddle: Dom Lewis
Engineered and mixed by Bil VornDick
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Compendia Music Studios
This album compilation has got to be country music at it’s deepest. An album of 12 songs to ensure everyone has a fair chance of enjoying real traditional bluegrass sounds. I highly recommend to folks out there who are tired of the overplayed Dolly Parton and Clint Black styles. This soundtrack is as purist as it gets.
I have to warn you that this album ain’t for the faint hearted and meant only for country purists. This week’s spotlight track titled “Whoopie Liza Jane” is pretty deep and stomping, just like when you are vibin’ to a Masters At Work set, but only this time, your grooves are slowed down by half with the sound of killer banjoes, peaking violins and crackling vocals. (Check out the vocals by Ralph…U’ld know what I mean.)
The music is set in Civil War era North Carolina and is produced by acoustic music guru Bil VornDick (a kind of PHOTEK but in the country genre, hell what a name!!) Bil compiled this set of traditional music as a touchstone and assembled players from the region of North Carolina. Bil claims that the rugged mountains (Cold Mountain, high up in the hard-to-reach Appalachians) gave him the inspiration to preserve antique British folk songs in a purer state than he could find back home in his home country.
Finally, if you want to immerse yourself in country bliss and become a bluegrass honcho headz like Bil VornDick, here are some handy tips when u go to Mount Faber:
1) Purchase the novel by author Charles Frazier and go deep in the vibe.
2) Buy some Colonel Sanders original recipe chicken to chow down (same posse in the States but different gang)
3) Plug in your iPod and rave at the mountain.
Tangkap This!!!
-Marcel
