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Like bebop and Dixieland, bluegrass often functions as repertory music. Straight-ahead jazz is full of artists who insist on playing the same beaten-to-death standards over and over, and there are many bluegrass musicians who have a similar mindset -- only they'll give you yet another version of "Rocky Top" instead of yet another version of "Giant Steps." But Tony Ellis was never the sort of bluegrass musician who had a "warhorses only" policy. He's a prolific composer -- in addition to being an excellent banjo player/fiddler -- and he does almost all of the writing on Farewell My Home. The only song on this 23-track CD that Ellis didn't write is the traditional hymn "Come Thy Fount of Every Blessing; the other 22 tracks are all Ellis originals. Produced by Stephen Wade in 1991, Farewell My Home finds Ellis forming a duo with his son, Bill Ellis (who is heard on acoustic guitar). And this father-and-son team enjoys a strong rapport on tunes that range from fast and exuberant ("Wild Fox," "T Model Ford," "Red Dog") to contemplative and wistful ("Kate, Bride of Matt," "Straw Dolls"). One of the CD's most lyrical offerings is the title track, which Ellis wrote in memory of America's early Irish immigrants as well as those who starved during Ireland's tragic potato famine. The piece has a strong Irish/Celtic flavor, which makes perfect sense because bluegrass (like country and Anglo-American folk) is a descendent of the jigs, reels, and airs that Irish and Scottish immigrants brought with them when they moved to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. From the exhilarating to the reflective, Farewell My Home paints a consistently attractive picture of both Ellis the musician and Ellis the composer. ~ Alex Henderson
Composer: Tony Ellis .
Personnel: Tony Ellis (vocals, banjo, fiddle); William Lee Ellis (guitar, 12-string guitar).
Audio Mixers: Larry MacBride; Stephen Wade; Tony Ellis .
Liner Note Author: Stephen Wade.
Recording information: Marimac Recordings, Inc., Crown Point, IN (02/1991).
Photographer: Louise Adkins.
Arranger: Tony Ellis . Farewell My Home Music | List Price | $34.99 (You save $5.90) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Folk CDs, Country, Soundtrack Collections, Bluegrass | | Label | Flying Fish | | Orig Year | 1991 | | All Time Sales Rank |  167564  | | CD Universe Part number | 1025091 | | Catalog number | 847066 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 07, 1993 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Stephen Wade | | Engineer | Larry McBride; Stephen Wade; Tony Ellis | | Recording Time | 46 minutes | | Personnel | Tony Ellis - vocals, banjo, fiddle
William Lee Ellis - guitar, 12-string guitar
Tony Ellis - vocals, banjo, fiddle
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Tony Ellis Farewell My Home Songs | 1. | Rain on the Water | |
| 2. | Merrywang | |
| 3. | T Model Ford | |
| 4. | Harford's Waltz | |
| 5. | Farewell My Home | |
| 6. | Montana March | |
| 7. | Wild Fox | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Cherry Blossom Waltz | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Red Dog | |
| 10. | Kate, Bride of Matt | |
| 11. | Snow Camp | |
| 12. | Wind Chimes and Nursery Rhymes | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Going to the County Fair | |
| 14. | Straw Dolls | |
| 15. | Wade's Dixieliner Special Railroad Blues #9 | |
| 16. | My Mama Loves Me | |
| 17. | Uncle Shorty | |
| 18. | Johnny Come-a-Running | |
| 19. | Trail of Tears | |
| 20. | Dawson George | |
| 21. | One Horned Goat | |
| 22. | Hangman's Song, The | |
| 23. | Come Thy Fount of Every Blessing | |
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