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Contact Info:

Ben Levinson
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Album Description:

In our alternative universe, the Stones hitch a wagon, trek up north a bit and, instead of maracas and slide guitar, pick up mandolin and banjo and just flat out git it! Mr. Richards and Co. traveled close to the Appalachian range on the song "Country Honk" from the Let It Bleed album. We wanted them to complete the journey, and the music contained on this C.D. is our version of that hypothetical hayride.

The small difference ‘tween the blues and bluegrass is not just etymological, my friend. Tempo’s aside, the two genres have much in common as expressions of the difficulty and sadness, and sometimes, the joyfulness of the life of the downtrodden. When the Stones discovered the gutbucket blues of the swamp in ’68 with their mud encrusted masterpiece "Beggar’s Banquet", they were just a country road away from the release you hold in your hand. Roll, banjos, roll!

Musicians:

Bryan Clark - Guitar, Dobro
Loren Ellis - Mandolin, Banjo
Ben Levine - Acoustic Bass
Mike Drake - fiddle on 'Angie'

Vocal breakdown:
Bryan: lead vox on "Brown Sugar", "Jumpin Jack Flash", "Sympathy for the Devil", "Tumblin Dice".
Ben: lead vox on "Honky Tonk Women", It's all over now", "Under my thumb".
Loren: lead vox on: "Angie", "Wild Horses", "You can't always get what you want".

Track List:

1. Sympathy For The Devil – 4.39
2. Brown Sugar – 4.06
3. Its All Over Now – 2.24
4. Jumping Jack Flash – 3.07
5. Under My Thumb – 4.19
6. Wild Horses – 4.49
7. Tumbling Dice – 3.38
8. Angie – 4.18
9. Honky Tonk Women – 3.06
10. You Can’t Always Get What You Want – 6.16