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Posted By: Joe Offer
02-Mar-11 - 12:44 AM
Thread Name: Review: Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol III
Subject: RE: Review: Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol III
I don't like Volume III as well as I like the other two. Volum III sounds like it was recorded in the studio, instead of in a more informal and congenial situation. To me, this album just doesn't sound as "personal" as the other two.
You can find a track listing and links to lyrics here (click)

Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. III
Capitol Records
2002

Nominated for two Grammys

Once again, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band draws an assembly of deities and wannabes around the campfire. Some of these are familiar, though veterans from the first volume have grown scarce: Doc Watson plays "I Am a Pilgrim" as a tribute to the late Merle Travis, who cut the same tune on the 1972 Circle session. Jimmy Martin returns too, his galloping, almost-reckless delivery undimmed by the years. From the 1989 sequel comes Johnny Cash, whose "Tears in the Holston River" eulogizes Maybelle Carter, his mother-in-law and the soul of the first Circle. New faces take the place of those who have departed: Willie Nelson is a logical addition. Emmylou Harris assumes her place in this pantheon, her voice breaking hearts even in harmony with Matraca Berg on "Oh, Cumberland." No performance stands out more than that of Taj Mahal, whose presence has a demographic significance and whose rollicking rendition of "Fishin' Blues nearly steals the show.
Robert L. Doerschuk, All-Music Guide

Track Listing (choose a title below for lyrics):
  1. Take Me In Your Lifeboat with Del McCoury
  2. Milk Cow Blues with Doc Watson / Josh Graves
  3. I Find Jesus
  4. Hold Whatcha Got With Jimmy Martin
  5. Mama's Opry With Iris DeMent
  6. Diamonds in the Rough with Cash, June Carter
  7. Lonesome River with Sam Bush
  8. Some Dark Holler with Dwight Yoakam
  9. The Lowlands with Jaimie Hanna
  10. Love, Please Come Home with Del McCoury
  11. Goodnight Irene with Willie Nelson
  12. I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome
  13. I'll Be Faithful To You with Emmylou Harris
  14. Tears in the Holston River with Johnny Cash
  15. Fishin' Blues with Taj Mahal
  16. Save It, Save It with Jimmy Martin
  17. Wheels with Dwight Yoakam
  18. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms with Willie Nelson
  19. Oh Cumberland with Matraca Berg
  20. I Am a Pilgrim with Doc Watson
  21. Sallie Ann with Earl Scruggs
  22. Catfish John with Alison Krauss
  23. Roll The Stone Away
  24. All Prayed Up with Vince Gill
  25. Return to Dismal Swamp II with Jerry Douglas and Tony Rice
  26. There Is A Time with Rodney Dillard
  27. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Glory, Glory) with Taj Mahal
  28. Farther Along

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