Barbara Scott
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CD-299
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Barbara Scott – lead vocal, guitar Donnie Scott – harmony vocal, guitar, dobro Elizabeth Baker – harmony vocal, banjo Taylor Baker – mandolin Merl Johnson – fiddle Tom Mindte – harmony vocal, mandolin, resophonic tenor guitar Fred Mock – bass |
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Though a North Carolinian by birth, Barbara is what one might call a Citizen of the World having lived in such far-flung places as Africa, Spain, and England beginning in the late 1970s before returning to North Carolina in the early 1990s. After such a diverse life's exposure, the songs that Barbara has carried along, perhaps surprisingly, are solidly in the classic Anglo-American tradition.
There are two originals in the collection -- "Fountain of the Used To Be," here highlighting Taylor Baker’s remarkable ability on the mandolin, has been waiting for its debut since Barbara wrote it in 1997. "Drink to Fair Annie" began with a tune that Donnie was toying with to which Barbara added her western themed lyrics. The result sounds like it was penned at the turn of the 20th century. While it is Barbara's wish that her children and grandchildren might become smitten with her kind of music, it is likely many more listeners will fall in love with these remarkable songs, and carry them along, too. Jim Beaver |
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Rock's Hard and the River's Wet *As
I Roved Out * Otto Wood the Bandit *
Barbara Bamberger Scott |
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