INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BLUEGRASS
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH BLUEGRASS - LP

SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS

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UPC: 093074023815
Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
Format: LP
Release Date: May 3, 2024
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During the middle decades of the 20th century, the factories of southwestern Ohio drew hundreds of thousands of migrants from Appalachia, including innumerable musicians. Industrial Strength Bluegrass celebrates the music that these migrants made and loved, and explores a pivotal moment in the history of bluegrass and country music at large. Produced by beloved performer and radio personality Joe Mullins, the collection features a stellar lineup of bluegrass stalwarts including Rhonda Vincent, Bobby Osborne, and Mullins himself, taking on tunes that have echoed across Ohio for decades. This group of some of the biggest names in bluegrass today pays tribute to the jubilant highs and lonesome lows of life amongst the factories and warehouses, reflecting the region's rich culture and resilient people.

1. Readin', Rightin', Route 23

2. Are You Missing Me

3. 20/20 Vision

4. You'll Never Be the Same

5. Baby Blue Eyes

6. When He Blessed My Soul

7. Barefoot Nellie

8. Once More

9. Mountain Strings

10. Stonewall

11. Suzanne

12. The Singer

13. Larry Sparks Medley: Dark Hollow/A Face in the Crowd/These Old Blues

14. 99 Years Is Almost for Life

15. Garden Tomb

16. He's Everything to Me

17. From Life's Other Side

18. I'm Bound to Ride

19. Stone Walls ; Steel Bars

20. Shakin' the Grate

21. Family Reunion

22. The Rolling Mills of Middletown

23. We'll Head Back to Harlan