Release Date: 04 June, 2002
Audio CD
Tracks
- Drag Him Down
- Bird In A House
- Like A Buddha
- Pack A Day
- Mountain Time
- Give That Boy A Hand
- Peace On Earth
- Walk On By
- Mighty River
- Lois Ann
- Came Up Smilin'
- Dandelion Wine
- Saddle Of The Sun
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Rating 5.0
Best Band You Have Never HeardOk, maybe you have heard of them and that's why you are here reading this, but if you are new to RailRoad Earth you have just found something that will inspire you like nothing before. This group of extremely talented musicians has grabbed everything that was good about root and bluegrass and combined it with the new musical influences from the past few decades. RRE is a timeless band that is a treat to listen to. They create music that could be the score for a movie about your life. If you are a hardcore Bluegrass fan this CD will delight you. If you are new to the genre then these guys are a perfect introduction into the great root sound that is growing in North America. Just a hair less exciting than the Black Bear SessionsWhat can one say about this CD. This band has the magic - the ability to pull so many varying aspects of music together that it should please everyone at the same time. I count it mainly towards Todd Sheaffer's incredible songwriting and his incredibly smooth voice. For example, Peace on Earth is a good song on this album, but he does not sing it and it shows. It is just not the same. Who else could come up with such an enchanting diddy - a song so simple yet so sweet like "Came Up Smilin'". I can listen to that song all day and smile from ear to ear each time.
I saw these guys yesterday and it was a riot to see Todd dressed as a cow with everyone wanting to pull on his utter! It was Halloween of course. The point is that they are better live and that is why I'll say the first album is just a fraction better for me. I agree with the above comment about this perhaps being rushed a hair and overproduced in a few small spots, but this nitpicking overall. This cd should be in every persons collection who has made so far as to be reading this review. This band will reach at least cult status if they never hit the mainstream. of course, I like having room to move when I see them live, so I could care less if they sell out MSG someday or not.pure smokin' honey heat moonshine harmonies!I was turned on to these guys at Telluride, where they absolutely turned it out in the Fly Me to The Moon Saloon one post-festival evening. I've seen them again since in San Francisco and they seemed to have gotten twice as nice! This band is really cruising right now -- churning out beautiful new material, blowing up show after show. I can agree with the other reviewers in that they are not easily classified into any single genre of music: rock, bluegrass, folk, whatever. Instead, they offer something that has such amazing range that it can touch many different styles and sounds at once -- watch how easily they segue into a New Orleans brass sound at the end of "Came Up Smilin." Bluegrass may or may not continue to attract mainstream attention but Railroad Earth will succeed either way because they offer something so incredibly unique and wonderful.
Prepare yourself for the unstoppable urge to leap around your living room until you crash through the coffee table . . . also, check out the Black Bear Sessions and Shaeffer's Solo Work.
Godspeed! |
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