I’m Moving On ~ David Carroll and New River Line Brand New CD!

Early in October David Carroll and New River Line Brand released a new album with 12 awesome original tunes!

I bought myself a copy of the new CD when I was at Rattlesnake Ridge last weekend. It really is a great bunch of tunes with my favorite being Old Kentucky Farmers. Old Kentucky Farmers and 10 other songs were written by David Carroll. John Branham wrote the instrumental Roscoe P Coaltrain and Adam Collinsworth co-wrote Home.

This album was a long time coming. While in the middle of working on the recordings for the album New River Line lost a good friend and band member. Jerry Chaney, who was with the band since it started 8 years ago, was killed in an auto accident. The world of bluegrass music really lost something when Jerry left us. He will always be missed and remembered. In so many ways this album is a tribute to Jerry, a great dobro player, singer, family man and friend.

Tracks on David Carroll and New River Line’s I’m Moving On:

1. Long Haul Trucker’s Blues (David Carroll)
2. You Can’t Run From The Devil (David Carroll)
3. Broken Man (David Carroll)
4. Forever Till The End (David Carroll)
5. The Love We’d Once Known (David Carroll)
6. Home “The Soldier’s Song” (David Carroll and Adam Collinsworth)
7. Roscoe P. Coaltrain (John Branham)
8. I’m Rich Don’t You See (David Carroll)
9. I’m Thinking You Don’t Love Me Anymore (David Carroll)
10. It’s All Over Now But The Crying (David Carroll)
11. Old Kentucky Farmers (David Carroll)
12. I’m Moving On (David Carroll)

Available soon at www.NewRiverLineBluegrass.com or contact David Carroll at (606) 265-3632.

The CD was recorded at Jack’s Trax Studio Paintsville, Kentucky State of the Art Digital Recording (606) 793-1808

David Carroll and New River Line Facebook Fan Page www.facebook.com/DavidCarrollandNewRiverLine

Live Bluegrass Music Shows in Autumn

We are well into Autumn now and Halloween is quickly approaching. The nights are getting very cool but at least for now the days are mild. I reckon the warm weather will hang around for a few more days but that's just about it for the outdoor music festivals this year. Fortunately there are a few indoor venues where we can still catch some live bluegrass occasionally.

Rattlesnake Ridge in Carter County, Kentucky is one such place. They are having a show every other Saturday (mostly) beginning on October 02 all the way up through May of 2011! One show so far. I went over there last weekend and saw David Carroll and New River Line. On October 23 Scott Tackett and Kentucky Sunrise will be there. I saw those guys at the Elliott County Tobacco Heritage Festival a couple months back, great stuff! You can check out the schedule of bluegrass bands for Rattlesnake Ridge at Rattle Snake Ridge Live Bluegrass.

I recently learned about a place in Clay City, Kentucky called Meadowgreen Park where they play a lot of bluegrass music. I haven't visited Meadowgreen Park yet but I definitely plan to. The Glen Ritchie Band and Darrell Winkleman & Mountain Echoes are going to be playing there tomorrow and they have lots of other bands scheduled for future Saturdays.

Check out the current schedule by calling the number below

Meadowgreen Park
Bluegrass Ln
Clay City, KY 40312
(606) 663-9008

$10. Ages 12 and under get in free with adult admission

I Dig Bluegrass Music!

I enjoy listening to a lot of different types of music but one of my favorite genres is bluegrass. I love that bluegrass sound, especially when it is live. It just seems to have an energy and a realism to it that I can relate to.

Growing up I didnt like to listen to anything except for 'hard rock' but as I got older I slowed down and actually gave other types of music a chance. I dont think I changed in any way as far as my musical taste goes, rather I finally took the time to actually listen to some other music.

One of my favorite things to do is to attend live bluegrass shows. I can hardly wait until the weather warms up and I can get out to see a few bluegrass festivals. Hopefully I will be able to catch more this year, meet up with some good friends and even make some new ones.