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McPEAK BROTHERS - YESTERYEARS: THE BEST OF THE McPEAK BROTHERS (REB-7521), 2011

Musicians
Dewey McPeak: Banjo, Vocals
Larry McPeak: Bass, Vocals
Mike McPeak: Guitar, Vocals
Jim Buchanan: Fiddle
Gene Elders: Fiddle
Jerry Douglas: Dobro
Jeff Midkiff: Mandolin
Ricky Skaggs: Mandolin, Second Fiddle on track 9
Ricky Simpkins: Mandolin, Second Fiddle on tracks 6 & 7
Paul Gazell: Harmonica on track 4

Production Credits
Produced by David Freeman
Remastered By David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO


Nothing beats good family harmony singing in bluegrass, and the McPeak Brothers were recognized as one of the top singing groups of the 1970s and 80s. Between 1977 and 1983, the Virginia-based brothers recorded three LPs for the jointly owned County and Rebel labels, showing off a stellar trio sound that made even Sonny Osborne take notice and made an instant impression on the bluegrass music world. With an imaginative choice of songs and perfect accompaniment that included work by a great fiddler (Jim Buchanan) and picking by Ricky Skaggs and Jerry Douglas (in the very early stages of their amazing careers), the group put down over a dozen songs that have become much played and copied classics like “Lost River,” “Shelly’s Winter Love,” “Simon Crutchfield’s Grave,” “The Last Time” and Louisa Branscomb’s fine “Steel Rails—essentially every cut here is a treasure.