Posted: June 10, 2004 10:29 pm
Jahfin wrote:Mandolin player (and former member of the New Grass Revival) Sam Bush does a great version of "Spider John" on his Glamour and Grits album. There's also a cool cover of former Reefer Tim Krekel's "All Night Radio" on there along with a reggae-grass version of Marley's "Is This Love?".
No problem. That album is full of works by great songwriters including Jeff Black who penned "Same Ol' River" that appears on the disc. I finally got around to picking up his B-Sides and Confessions record which includes his original version of the song and I absolutely love it. I concur about being able to afford all the CDs we'd like to have but when would find the time to listen to 'em? I guess that be a problem everyone of us would like to have.conched wrote:Wow, I wish I could afford every cd that I want. Thanks for this info.
conched wrote:Who is Harry Stinson? I just got Maura O'Connells cd with "Trip Around the Sun" on it and Harry Stinson sings backup vocals.
I know there is a connection to Buffett.
His name doesn't ring a bell right off the top of my head but after reading his bio at AllMusic.com I see he used to be the drummer on American Music Shop that used to air on TNN many moons ago. Here's his full biography in case you're interested:
A jack of many musical trades, Harry Stinson can easily step into the country boots of a drummer, producer, songwriter, or background singer. During his long career he has worked with extraordinary artists like Susan Ashton, Clint Black, Suzy Bogguss, Faith Hill, Dan Seals, Wynonna Judd, George Jones, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, and numerous others, patching together a list that reads like the who's who in country music.
Raised in Nashville, TN, the heart of country music, Stinson grew up with musical influences all around him. Around 1970 he landed a gig touring with Dottie West. After a while, he left Nashville behind and made the big move to sunny California. He put together a band of his own there, Silver. The group managed to do okay, even landing a chart-making hit, but Silver turned out to be a short-lived effort. By the mid-'80s, Stinson was back in Nashville on comfortable old-home soil and working on albums with singers like Lyle Lovett. Stinson also helped form another band, the Overtones, with Kevin Welch.
Stinson's skills on the drums have given him the chance to work as house drummer for television shows such as The American Music Shop. He has also joined forces with a couple of friends and started a record label, Dead Reckoning.
I absolutely love all the ways artists lives are connected by their music.