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Posted by silviadreams on December 19, 2008
Randy Kohrs.
The brainchild of Jimmy Ross, the CD came about after a discussion between Ross, and Tim Scheerhorn at and IBMA tradeshow. Tim suggested they bring Kohrs onboard to engineer and produce. The resulting project includes nearly 50 musicians, a supporting a cast of bluegrass best, and 15 all-star resonator guitarists who all play Scheerhorn instruments.
Each track features a different resonator player, with only Kohrs and Tim Scheerhorn himself making more than one appearance. 17 tracks are presented in total, ranging from bluegrass numbers such as Wheel Hoss (performed by Rob Ickes) to Hot Toddys Snake Oiil (a dual track tune, rhe first tfack consishing og some funny banter in the studio).
If you like good acoustic music, especially of the resonator sort, this CD should be on your Christmas wish list. From beginning to end the recording quality and acoustic tones of the instruments met the expectations Ive come to have of a Randy Kohrs produced project. The purpose of the project is to showcase the Scheerhorn instruments, and it hits that mark with precision.
Some of the tracks have a more distinct sound to them, namely Rob Ickes Wheel Hoss, Andy Halls Fishtail, Jack Fergusons Carters Blues, and Jimmy Ross Turnaround. Other tracks take different directions.
One of the standouts to my ear was Primo Duetto for Reso and Viola by Billy Cardine.
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