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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): - Take Me In Your Lifeboat with Del McCoury
- Milk Cow Blues with Doc Watson / Josh Graves
- I Find Jesus
- Hold Whatcha Got With Jimmy Martin
- Mama's Opry With Iris DeMent
- Diamonds in the Rough with Cash, June Carter
- Lonesome River with Sam Bush
- Some Dark Holler with Dwight Yoakam
- The Lowlands with Jaimie Hanna
- Love, Please Come Home with Del McCoury
- Goodnight Irene with Willie Nelson
- I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome
- I'll Be Faithful To You with Emmylou Harris
- Tears in the Holston River with Johnny Cash
- Fishin' Blues with Taj Mahal
- Save It, Save It with Jimmy Martin
- Wheels with Dwight Yoakam
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms with Willie Nelson
- Oh Cumberland with Matraca Berg
- I Am a Pilgrim with Doc Watson
- Sallie Ann with Earl Scruggs
- Catfish John with Alison Krauss
- Roll The Stone Away
- All Prayed Up with Vince Gill
- Return to Dismal Swamp II with Jerry Douglas and Tony Rice
- There Is A Time with Rodney Dillard
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Glory, Glory) with Taj Mahal
- Farther Along
Performers
Roy Acuff, Composer
Kokomo Arnold, Composer
Barry Bales, Bass (Upright)
Matraca Berg, Composer, Guitar, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Katherine Bomboy, Photography
James Brockman, Composer
Sam Bush, Mandolin, Vocals
Bob Carpenter, Accordion, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
A.P. Carter, Composer
Joanna Carter, Art Direction
Mother Maybelle Carter, Composer
Sara Carter, Composer
John Carter Cash, Engineer
Johnny Cash, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
June Carter Cash, Autoharp (Hammered), Vocals
M. Christian, Composer
Vassar Clements, Fiddle
Mike Compton, Mandolin
Dennis Crouch, Bass (Upright)
Iris DeMent, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Rodney Dillard, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Jerry Douglas, Dobro
Dan Dugmore, Dobro
Glen Duncan, Fiddle
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle
Pat Enright, Guitar, Vocals
Jimmie Fadden, Drum Programming, Drums (Snare), Harmonica, Vocal Harmony
Lester Flatt, Composer
Vince Gill, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Grant, Bass (Upright)
Josh Graves, Dobro
Robert Hadley, Mastering
Michelle Hall, Assistant Art Director
Jaime Hanna, Guitar, Stick, Vocals
Jeff Hanna, Accordion, Composer, Guitar, Mandolin, National Steel Guitar, Vocal Harmony, Vocals, Washboard
Emmylou Harris, Guitar, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
Gary Harrison, Composer
Chris Hillman, Composer
Byron House, Bass (Upright)
Marcus Hummon, Composer
Jimmy Ibbotson, Bouzouki, Composer, Drum Programming, Drums (Snare), Guitar, Mandolin, Percussion, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
David P. Jackson, Bass (Upright)
Leon Jackson, Composer
Denise Jarvis, Producer
Mitch Jayne, Composer
James Kendis, Composer
Paul Kennerley, Composer
Arnold Kokomo, Composer
Alison Krauss, Fiddle, Vocals
Leadbelly, Composer
John A. Lomax, Composer
Taj Mahal, Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Jimmy Martin, Composer, Guitar, Vocals
Ray Martin, Mandolin, Vocal Harmony
Del McCoury, Guitar, Vocals
Robbie McCoury, Banjo
Ronnie McCoury, Mandolin
Bob McDill, Composer
John McEuen, Banjo, Composer, Mandolin, Vocal Harmony
Jonathan McEuen, Guitar, Vocals
Walter McEuen, Composer
Mike McNamara, Photography
Willie Nelson, Guitar, Vocals
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Producer
Alan O'Bryant, Banjo
Gram Parsons, Composer
Bridget Petraitis, Production Assistant
Tom Petty, Guitar, Vocals
Mickey Raphael, Harmonica
Allen Reynolds, Composer
Ron Reynolds, Engineer, Mixing
Tony Rice, Guitar
Doug Sax, Mastering
Earl Scruggs, Banjo, Composer, Guitar
Gary Scruggs, Composer
Randy Scruggs, Arranger, Banjo, Guitar, Producer
Charles Shoffner, Composer
Ricky Skaggs, Mandolin, Vocals
Carter Stanley, Composer
Nat Vincent, Composer
Doc Watson, Guitar, Vocals
Richard Watson, Guitar
Hop Wilson, Composer
Glenn Worf, Bass (Upright)
Dwight Yoakam, Guitar, Vocals