High Lonesome Bluegrass (Remastered) The Pinnacle Boys

• 1 Charlotte's Web 02:23
• 2 Hoping That Youre Hoping 02:19
• 3 Faded Love 02:58
• 4 Hanging Round 01:56
• 5 Blue Bells of Scotland 03:48
• 6 I Don't Know (If the World Will End Tomorrow) 02:08
• 7 Long Time Lonesome 02:39
• 8 Latin Leprechaun 02:34
• 9 I Feel the Same Way Too 03:28
• 10 Wheels 02:44
• 11 Bluegrass Melodies 02:10
• 12 Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone 02:18
• Total Runtime 31:25

Info for High Lonesome Bluegrass (Remastered)

The Pinnacle Boys were one of the great Knoxville bands in the '70s that were considered among the best in the current bluegrass crop. Yet, the actual lineup on a given day could change whimsically, with the comings and goings of various star sidemen in these and every other bluegrass band in the Appalachian area too complicated for anyone to follow. However, High Lonesome Bluegrass features a fantastic line-up with Bud Brewster (best known for backing Carl Story) featured on guitar and lead vocals, Randall Collins on lead fiddle, Rob Mashburn on bass, Jerry Moore on harmony fiddle and baritone vocal, Mike Pearson on banjo and tenor vocal, Jim Smith on mandolin, Doug Klein & Robby Osborne (son of the legendary Bobby Osborne) splitting drum duties and Produced by Sonny Osborne (of the Osborne Brothers, and Robby’s uncle). There was something at the heart of the group's music other than flashy virtuosity, perhaps a bit of their hometown's sentimental old-time music atmosphere, that made this group truly special to bluegrass music.

The Pinnacle Boys

The Pinnacle Boys
"If I Should Wander Back Tonight" could be the theme song of any road warrior and it certainly describes the Pinnacle Boys, a hearty bluegrass outfit that not only toured extensively, but filled bluegrass record bins as well. The band has been described as both a bluegrass supergroup and the creators of a kind of bluegrass techno, in which the individual personalities of players is secondary to teeth-gnashing group dynamics. No wonder the band's cuts are popular on compilations such as The Banjos That Destroyed the World, although the Pinnacle Boys also came up with numbers that were off the rural route entirely, the best example of which is the oddball "Latin Leprechaun." The group was based out of Knoxville, a town with a history of residents who were pioneers of country and bluegrass music.

The Pinnacle Boys was one of two Knoxville bands in the '70s that were considered among the best in the current bluegrass crop, the other being the Knoxville Grass. Yet the actual lineup in either band on a given day could change whimsically, the comings and goings of various star sidemen in these and every other bluegrass band in the Appalachian area too complicated for anyone to follow aside from a forensics detective. At the height of the Pinnacle Boys popularity, the frontman was Bud Brewster, one of two Brewster Brothers who had backed up country legend Carl Story. Banjo picker Larry Mathis had been lodged close by in the record section with the the Bailey Brothers, while other bandmembers had already cut records of their own for labels such as County and Atteiram. There was something at the heart of the group's music other than flashy virtuosity, perhaps a bit of their hometown's sentimental old-time music atmosphere, and this came through whenever the group harmonized on a Louvin Brothers tune. Or perhaps it is better to say it almost always came through, as was the opposite case when the group attempted its breakthrough to the mainstream audience with a mid-'70s Rounder album. The label somehow managed to smooth much of the excitement out of a twin fiddle lineup featuring both Randall Collins and Jerry Moore, and the record got a pretty weak response. (Eugene Chadbourne, AMG)

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