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In the early 1960s, when
were between record labels, they spent a week playing at Johnny's Used Cars near Baltimore.
loved bluegrass music and used it as a sales device, paying bands to play in his lot and sponsoring a radio show that broadcast from his office. He also ran the small
label, for which
s recorded four albums after their parking lot engagement. This is the second of those four. The material is classic
:
and the well-known title track. The other three albums in the series focus on gospel material, but this one is strictly secular and prominently features
's flying-ice-chips banjo style and, even better, the pioneering cross-picking of guitarist
on excellent performances of
and
But, as always, the most powerful moments are those that find
's melismatic mountain tenor taking center stage, as on
A must for
fans. ~ Rick Anderson