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The Prater's Creek Gazette " THE UPSTATE'S SHINING COMMUNITY " 3rd Issue Summer 2004 |
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The Hillbilly Doppler reports: Partly rowdy with a 100% chance of Raisin Cain. |
Drovers Deliver "Dreamland" By Irving O. Tarbox SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE
The band always comes up with a good instrumental for every CD and " DREAMLAND" has one called "Never Die Easy (Grandpa's Dream # 34)" which is a tribute to the late Chicago Bear Walter Payton, who's motto was to "never die easy" and who wore number 34 on his jersey. Other outstanding cuts are "The Late, Late, Late Song" sung by Dalvin, "I Don't Want To Be Your Lullaby", and "A Woman named Loneliness". The band also does a few good cover songs such as "Country Ham and Redeye Gravy" by Uncle Dave Macon, and Cousin Ray leads the group through a spirited version of "Lady of Spain". The album ends with "We're Still The Drovers (Grandpa's Dream # 15)" where the band celebrates it's 15th Anniversary and takes a good natured swipe at all the political correctness going on (Snuffy Smith not making moonshine anymore in his comic strip) and wonders what the Andy Griffith show would be like if they were to make the show today. The band also thumbs it collective noses at the people who think The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show is just a "hillbilly outfit". The band thinks this is their best effort yet. It is also their first digital recording. "We kept overdubs down to a minimum as always, to keep that live spirit in the studio" says Grandpa. "We didn't want to over use this dang technology and get into what we referred to as 'Britney-land'" This is the band's fifth full length release and their third on Fundamental Records. It is being distributed through Redeye Distribution. In it's first annual music poll, the readers of MetroBeat voted The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show "Best Bluegrass Band in the Upstate" awarding the band an UPPY.
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