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There is a funny moment on The New Seldom Scene Album (1976) that will leave fans smirking: does John Starling really make a reference to cocaine on Greg "Fingers" Taylor's "Big Rig"? It sure sounds like it, though the official version of the lyric is "smokin'," not "snortin'." Perhaps it sounded more natural when Jimmy Buffett sang it on Havana Daydreamin', but one has to remember this all happened in the '70s (and if someone had been smoking, it probably wouldn't have been cigarettes). The Seldom Scene had always proven eclectic in their song choices, and The New Seldom Scene Album is no different. Here, the band has written several originals, borrowed a classic from the Stanley Brothers, and picked up one Herb Pedersen and two Rodney Crowell songs. But the album also finds the band in a restless mood, edging away from its original template on cuts like Pedersen's "Easy Ride from Good Times to the Blues." Mike Auldridge trades his Dobro for a pedal steel here and guest Mark Cuff adds drums. It's a strange mixture, much less integrated than similar experiments by the New Grass Revival, and the band quickly switches between this and a more traditional mode of playing. While there is much to admire about the album, and while cuts like "I Haven't Got the Right to Love You" and "Rebels You Rest" are as good as anything the band had ever recorded, it's easy to get the impression that the original lineup was running out of ideas. Still, even on an off day, the charge of listening to the Seldom Scene is closer to "snortin'" than "smokin'," regardless of the lyric sheet. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
Recorded at Bias Recording, Falls Church, Virginia in Spring 1976.
Personnel: Ben Eldridge (vocals, guitar, dobro, banjo); Mike Auldridge (vocals, guitar, dobro); John Duffy, John Duffey (vocals, guitar, mandolin); John Starling (vocals, guitar); Tom Gray, Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Markus Cuff (drums).
Recording information: Bias Recording, Falls Chruch, VA (1976).
Arrangers: John Duffey; John Starling; Tom Gray.
The Seldom Scene: John Duffey (vocals, guitar, mandolin); John Starling (vocals, guitar); Mike Auldridge (vocals, pedal steel guitar. dobro); Ben Eldridge (vocals, banjo, dobro); Tom Gray (vocals, bass).
Additional personnel: Linda Ronstadt (vocals); Mark Cuff (drums, percussion).
New Seldom Scene Album Music | List Price | $15.98 (You save $2.79) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Folk CDs, Country, Folk Music, Bluegrass | | Label | Rebel | | Orig Year | 1976 | | All Time Sales Rank |  84297  | | CD Universe Part number | 1002205 | | Catalog number | 111561 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 25, 1994 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | The Seldom Scene | | Engineer | Bill McElroy | | Personnel | Mike Auldridge - vocals, guitar, dobro
John Starling - vocals, guitar
Tom Gray
John Duffey - vocals, guitar, mandolin
Markus Cuff - drums
Ben Eldridge - vocals, guitar, dobro, banjo
Also: Linda Ronstadt, Linda Ronstadt, Mark Cuff |
New Seldom Scene Album Songs New Seldom Scene Album Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)  A classic
I actually bought this album (yes, album!)when it was new on the shelves in 1977, back when you could find records other than the Top 40 crap in record stores today. Back when record stores had records, not movies and games. But I digress.
The New Seldom Scene Album has remained one of my favourite records in my collection. Why? Because there is enough diversity in the writing, performance and instrumentation that it doesn't get typecast or mired in one genre (read: bluegrass). A few of the tracks have a touch of percussion. Linda Rhonstadt sings some harmony on a couple of tracks. There's a healthy dose of Rodney Crowell songwriting. Whatever it is that makes a record timeless, this record managed to captured it.
The late, great John Duffey figures prominently in the vocals but doesn't dominate. John Starling shares equal time and gives a great counterpoint to Duffey's stark tenor.
My favourite cuts include the Crowell-penned California Earthquake and the Louvin Brothers style duet Paradise Valley. But each song stands out as a unique story unto itself, no throw-aways here.
This was the first time I had heard Rodney Crowell's Song For A Life and, of course, I wasn't bowled over when Allan Jackson's version his the airwaves some 20 years after Seldom Scene recorded the tune.
But don't take my word for it. If you are into bluegrass or grassroots, folk or country, this album will appeal. And when you listen, give your head a shake and remember that it was recorded over 40 years ago. And watch out, you might still be enjoying it 40 years from now.
Submitted by Glen (Avondale, NS, Canada)
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