Unleashed (Nashville Bluegrass Band album)
Encyclopedia
Unleashed is an album by the Nashville Bluegrass Band
, released through Sugar Hill Records
in October 1995. In 1996, the album won the group the Grammy Award
for Best Bluegrass Album
.
Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984.The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Vernon Oxford and Minnie Pearl; each of the members were established musicians from the Nashville bluegrass community. They signed to Rounder...
, released through Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records may refer to:*Sugar Hill Records , specializing in rap music*Sugar Hill Records , specializing in bluegrass and country music...
in October 1995. In 1996, the album won the group the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for Best Bluegrass Album
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the bluegrass music genre...
.
Track listing
- "Tear My Stillhouse Down" (Welch) – 2:27
- "Dark Shadows of Night" (Wigley, Wilbur) – 3:09
- "Boll Weevil" (traditional) – 2:10
- "Last Time on the Road" (Jones) – 2:46
- "I Got a Date" (Allen, Bays) – 2:40
- "Blackbirds and Crows" (Humphries) – 2:47
- "One More Dollar" (Rawlings, Welch) – 2:58
- "Doorstep of Trouble" (Hadley) – 2:11
- "You Wouldn't Know Love" (Dowling, Handley) – 3:30
- "Dog Remembers Bacon" (Duncan, OBryant) – 2:19
- "Little White Washed Chimney" (Clifton) – 2:22
- "Almost" (Allen, Stinson) – 2:12
- "Last Month of the Year" (Fairfield Four) – 3:01
Personnel
- Jerry Douglas – producer
- Stuart DuncanStuart DuncanStuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
– fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, vocal harmony - Pat Enright – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals, vocal harmony - Brad Hartman – engineer
- Bradley Hartman – engineer
- Gene Libbea – bass, vocal harmony
- Nashville Bluegrass BandNashville Bluegrass BandThe Nashville Bluegrass Band is an American bluegrass music ensemble founded in 1984.The group's members first played together in 1984 as a backing band for Vernon Oxford and Minnie Pearl; each of the members were established musicians from the Nashville bluegrass community. They signed to Rounder...
– arranger - Alan O'Bryant – banjoBanjoIn the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
, vocals, vocal harmony - Roland WhiteRoland WhiteRoland White is an American bluegrass music artist, performing principally on the mandolin.-Biography:At an early age, White formed himself, his two brothers and his sister into a bluegrass band which performed locally...
– mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, vocals, vocal harmony