Larry Sparks - The Last Suit You Wear

The Last Suit You Wear is a new collection from one-time Stanley Brothers guitarist Larry Sparks. The set is short on career nostalgia and heavy on new songs.

As always, there's room for powerful stories like Connie Leigh's moving Casualty Of War, Mark Brinkman's openng The Old Coal Mine, and a nod goes both to the singer's past (a remake of Goodbye, Little Darlin', which he first recorded some 35 years ago) and to his picking prowess, displayed on Sparks' own Latin-tinged Larro.

Sparks fulfills a long-held dream by bringing in the legendary Hargus 'Pig' Robbins to add piano to The Last Suit You Wear and two other tracks. Producer/mandolin player Don Rigsby thoughtfully blends members of the Lonesome Ramblers, including Sparks' son Dee, mandolinist Jackie Kincaid and youthful banjo picker Josh McMurray with a couple of inspired guest turns by J. D. Crowe and long-time friend and admirer Del McCoury.

• The Old Coal Mine
• Casualty Of War
• For Your Love
• Lazarus And The Rich Man
• I'm Country And Nothing More
• Pretty Girls
• The Last Suit You Wear
• Goodbye Little Darlin'
• Follow The Star
• Larro
• Hand In Hand
• Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore