The Road I Traveled
Contact Information
Bob Phillips (910) 308-0113
cumberlandcountyline@gmail.com
Facebook.com/CCL.Bluegrass/
About "The Road I Traveled"
Written by band member Bob Phillips
Novelist and poet Don Williams Jr. said, “The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” That’s what this song is about: good decisions, bad decisions and walking that path to the end. If we could only go back and re-walk our paths, we would all make a different choice at some fork in the road. “No, you can never go back and change your yesterday.”
About the CD: "The Road I Traveled" is a collection of 6 originals* and 6 traditional classics: The Road I Traveled*, Spanish Grass, Poor Boy Blues*, You're The Girl Of My Dreams, Deep Water*, Red Clay Halo, House of Gold, Up And Down The Mountain, The Killin' Of Kelli Bordeaux*, Down By Mabry's Mill*, How Hank Felt*, Whiskey Before Breakfast
Recorded in 2019 and produced by Skip Cherryholmes (Sideline) at Old Stage Recording Studio in Garner, North Carolina. In addition to producing, Skip also contributed the guitar work on “Spanish Grass”. Other musicians helping to make this CD extra special were Gerald Bozarth, and two current members of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Matt Hooper and Randy Graham. Gerald contributed the banjo work for “The Road I Traveled” and “The Killin’ of Kelli Bordeaux”. Matt contributed the twin fiddle on several songs and the lead fiddle on “Up and Down the Mountain” and “How Hank Felt”. Randy (founding member of The Bluegrass Cardinals) contributed the tenor on “Up and Down the Mountain”.