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Troublesome Hollow-The Sign Shop Project
Record Label:  Fat Dog Records
UPC Code: 195269215316 
Release Date:  January 13, 2023
Producer- Tim White
Executive Producer- David “Cigar Man” Johnson
Engineer-Jeremiah Nave
Jeremiah Nave Studios-Madison, TN
Mixing-Jeremiah Nave
Mastering-Wesley Easter-Eastwood Studios, Cana, VA
Front Cover photo & Graphics- Susi Lawson Other Photos & Graphics-Richard Mink

 
Musicians and Vocals Troublesome for all tracks of "The Sign Shop Project+

Donnie Ollis (Guitar & Vocals)
Garry Ollis (Bass & Vocals)
Tim White (Banjo, Guitar. Jaw Harp & Vocals)
Steve Thomas (Mandolin & Fiddle)
Jeremiah Nave (Percussion)

TRACKS 

1. Trouble in the Holler (Jazzed Up Radio Version) / Donnie Ollis / Fat Dog Music, BMI, ISRC QZWL92200001

2.  Letter From My Darlin’ / Bill Monroe / BMG Publishing, Warner Chappell, ASCAP,  ISRC QZWL92200002

3.  Every Man for Himself / Garry Ollis / Fat Dog Music, BMI,  ISRC QZWL92200003  

4. I Just Think I’ll Go Away / Carter Stanley / Fort Knox Music, Inc, BMI  co @ Round Hill Music, BMI / Trio Music Company BMI  co@           BMG Bumble Bee, BMI / Sony ATV Acuff Rose Music, GEMA,  ISRC QZWL92200004   

5.  Arnold / Tim White / Fat Dog Music, BMI,  ISRC QZWL92200005

6.  The Dancer / Written by Sam Bush and Steven F. Brines / Barren County Music, BMI,  ISRC QZWL92200006

7.  Heart of Stone- Donnie Ollis / Fat Dog Music, BMI,  ISRC QZWL92200007

8.  Cold, Icy Fingers / Written by John Lair / Hill and Range Songs, Inc., BMI,  ISRC QZWL92200008

9. Chalk Up Another One / H. Winston and Wilmer Neal / EMI Music Publishing, ASCAP / Song Music Company, BMI,  
ISRC QZWL92200009

10. Bald / Tim White / Fat Dog Music, BMI,ISRC QZWL92200010

11. Rock Island Line / Clarence Wilson / Huddie Ledbetter, Beechwood Music Corp., BMI/ Lonnie Donegan / Hollis Music Inc. / Trio Essex Music Group, BMI, ISRC QZWL92200011

12. Little Liza Jane / Countess Ada de Lachau (Ada Louise Metz) / Published by Sherman, Clay & Co (c)1916 Public Domain 
ISRC QZWL92200012  

13.  Walkin’ Down the Line / Bob Dylan / Walkin’ Down the Line” o/b/o Bob Dylan via Universal Tunes (SESAC).,ISRC QZWL92200013

14. Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Wallace Willis/ Public Domain, ISRC QZWL92200014

15. Jessee Girl / Donnie Ollis / Tim White/ Fat Dog Music, BMI, ISRC QZWL92200015

16. What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ ‘Round ?/ Travis Lewis (Michael Martin Murphey), ASCAP /Boomer Clarke (Owens Boomer Castleman),BMI / Publisher © Screen Gems / Emi Music Inc.,  ISRC QZWL92200016

17. Trouble in the Holler / Jazzed Up Radio Version- Donnie Ollis / Fat Dog Music, BMI,  ISRC QZWL92200017

ABOUT 

Tennessee-based bluegrass band Troublesome Hollow has been performing since the mid-1970s as a bluegrass, newgrass, and Americana musical group. Their live shows have always offered traditional and newgrass music and witty humor. The band members are close friends and have been creating music together for almost 50 years. Although through the years, there have been some personnel changes, the three perennial core members (Tim White, Donnie Ollis, and Garry Ollis) all appear in this new release, "The Sign Shop Project."  

The Sign Shop Project showcases the original band members' talents - Tim White on banjo, guitar, jaw harp, and vocals, Donnie Ollis on Guitar and vocals, and Donnie's younger brother Garry Ollis on upright bass and vocals.  

The music on "The Sign Shop Project" was recorded on-site at Tim White Sign Company's location in Blountville, TN. Over the years, Donnie and Garry Ollis have worked and hung out at Tim White's Sign Shop so it was more than appropriate to record at the location where most of the band's rehearsals happened each week. Jeremiah Nave, originally from East Tennessee (Elizabethton), brought remote equipment from his studios in Madison, TN, and recorded initial cuts at the sign shop in Blountville. Later the band traveled to Madison, TN, to finish adding tracks. A long-time friend and recording artist, Steve Thomas, added mandolin and fiddle to the mix on several songs. The songs include old-time favorites, bluegrass tunes, and originals written by all three band members. This release is fun, rich in tradition, and fresh with original songs.  

The Troublesome Hollow band was formed in Hickory Tree, Tennessee. More than forty years ago and recorded five albums between 1979 and 1989. Through most of these years, the band centered on the brother duo of Donnie and Garry Ollis and banjo picker Tim White. The early years of the band also included the dynamic singing of the late Ron Greene and the bass playing of Rick Moore.  

During those early years (1970 -'80's) the band explored the "edges" of bluegrass music, playing many standard tunes in the traditional way and experimenting with the "Newgrass" sound. They performed together until 1998 when the band members went their separate ways. Although the band members always continued to be friends, they did not pick music together from 1998 until early 2015 when Donny Ollis asked his brother Garry and Tim White to get together for some 'fun picking.' It didn't take too many get-togethers to re-kindle the old flame for Troublesome Hollow. Although almost 20 years had passed, the music returned to the band members with fond memories.  

Tim White also hosts 'Song of The Mountains' at the Lincoln Theater in Marion, Virginia, broadcast throughout the United States on Public Television. 

www.troublesomehollow.com
www.timwhitesigns.com
www.timwhiteentertainment.com