Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Martin - Rare Bird Alert
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Artist: Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve MartinEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2011-03-15
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Rare Bird Alert
- Yellow-Backed Fly
- Best Love
- Northern Island
- Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back
- Jubilation Day
- More Bad Weather On The Way
- You
- The Great Remember (for Nancy)
- Women Like To Slow Dance
- Hide Behind A Rock
- Atheists Don't Have No Songs
- King Tut
Music reviews of Rare Bird Alert
Music Review: Our homies do it again - "with a little help from a friend..."
Rating: 5 Stars
The Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC, annually hosts the Mountain Song Festival. The lead act and one of the main sponsors is the Steep Canyon Rangers, a well-known and loved blue grass group from the area and known to the locals as "The Steeps." During the 2008 Festival, the first that I attended, the Steeps were a few minutes into their second show when lead singer Woody Platt announced that there was an "older guy" backstage who said he could play the banjo and wanted to sit in with the band for a song or two. From between the back curtains walked Steve Martin. The crowd went absolutely wild - the people seated out on the lawn began quickly moving towards the stage - all were clapping and screaming like a bunch of teenaged girls at a Back Street Boys concert, which they were not since the average age in the crowd had to be well north of 50. What followed was a superb performance showing not only Martin's skills on the banjo but the vast musical skills of each member of the Steeps.
This phenomenally talented group continues to display those skills in the CD "Rare Bird Alert." The title song and "Northern Island" feature their instrumental talents and there is some remarkable acapella singing in "Atheists Don't Have No Songs" - not to mention they are joined by Sir Paul McCartney whose unmistakable voice provides the lead vocals in "Best Love." And today, St. Patrick's Day, Steve, Woody, Nicky, Mike, Charley, and Graham were guests on The View.
What a great story all around! What's next? Don't know but plan to enjoy the ride to find out.
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Description of Rare Bird Alert
Renaissance man Steve Martin returns to his musical passion - bluegrass - with a new album of all original songs, backed by the Steep Canyon Rangers. Rare Bird Alert is the follow up to 2009's Grammy® winning The Crow and features precise picking, delightful melodies, and well constructed lyrics, the hallmarks of Martin's musical pursuits. Special guests, Paul McCartney and the Dixie Chicks lend their vocal talents, respectively, to "Best Love" and "You".Country CDs
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