Chatham County Line - Speed Of The Whippoorwill

Like Civil War re-enactors (or historical interpreters, as they prefer to be called), the members of Chatham County Line are iconoclastic stalwarts who refuse to bow down to the perpetual tugging of modernity. Electric guitars? Ha. Breathable fabrics? Surely, you jest. With their third album, Speed of the Whippoorwill, the members of Chatham County Line cement their place as bluegrass heroes in the making.

Speed of the Whippoorwill signals a distinct sonic maturation for Chatham County Line. Dave Wilson's once amorphous strumming is much more pronounced, giving his acoustic guitar an entirely new timbre. John Teer's mandolin playing has become more reserved, as he distances himself from the frenetic picking of 2005's Route 23 for the percussive 'clucking' of the clawhammer style. He also relinquishes the mandolin for his trusty fiddle more than ever. Bassist Greg Readling adds an entirely new amplified (gasp!) dimension to the band with his crackerjack pedal steel. And Chandler Holt's banjo playing is more varied than before, because he vacillates between strumming and flat-picking. ~ Full Review at prefixMag

Track Listing :

• Company Blues
• Rock Pile
• Speed of the Whippoorwill
• They were Just Children
• By the Riverside
• Day I Die
• Savoy Special
• Confederate Soldier
• Waiting Paradise
• Coming Home
• Lonesome in Caroline
• All the Ladies in the Town
• Come Back to Me

Find out more at the Chatham County Line Website