Dave Evans
Pretty Green Hills
Rebel Records

BY ROBERT STEELMAN

 

A quick check of the track list on this project will reveal some pretty familiar tunes, but don’t be fooled into thinking these are just rehashed versions of the same old standards. In Dave Evans’ hands these cuts become fresh again. Songs like East Virginia Blues, which gets a minor facelift, takes on new life among others in this collection. Apart from the traditional and more familiar fare, there is the Dixie and Tom T. Hall-penned title cut and The Year That Clayton Delaney Died from Tom T.’s country collection. Fiddle enthusiasts will be pleased with the presence of Bobby Hicks on most of these cuts. The Evans-Hicks version of Soldier’s Joy is just about as good as it gets. Also participating are Bo Isaac/vocals; Mike Garris/bass; Merl Johnson/guitar/fiddle/mandolin/bass; Randy Thomas/guitar and mandolin; and Dave Minor/Dobro. BMP


 

May/June 2007 Issue
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