UPDATE 10/23: the link above goes to CDBaby who is out of stock (I don't think they were when I posted this last night) but you can go there to listen to samples and when you decide to order you can go to County Sales who appear to have it in stock.
The band features twin fiddles, fretless banjo, and at various times bass, guitar, and banjo-uke. It's all great but, oh...that fretless banjo. Andy Norcross is the banjo player, and he's really something. Don't get me wrong: the whole band is great but Andy's banjo playing is really out of this world. Fans of super-plunky fretless banjo, take note: this CD is a must-have and will probably be on the top of your pile for the next year or two. Oh yeah, and Andy's a banjo maker too, and if this CD is any evidence he's really nailed that funky, plunky tone. They're a young band, and they have a ton of energy...the energy you heard from the great Georgia stingbands of yore, and from revival bands like Highwoods, but which I find missing from some of the more "polite" contemporary old-time recordings.
It's also a particularly well-recorded CD, recorded and mastered by bassist Joseph "joebass" DeJarnette. It was recorded outdoors, right after the Mount Airy festival a couple years back, and I'm assuming without any overdubs or other funny business.
Anyway, I could write a lot more...about the wonderful twin fiddling, the great tune selection and the wonderful sonic "openness" of the recording, but I won't do this CD justice. I highly recommend all fans of old-time music add this to their collection.
John
