Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Vol. 3

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2003-01-17 rating:
Second sequel hits the mark
In the early 70s the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band got together a host of older country stars for the original "Circle" project.pIt was fabulous. It came with studio chat and reminded everyone that the white music tradition of the South was every bit as vigorous as the black. Its a classic for anyone interested in old time, bluegrass or country music.pSome years later there was a sequel which was a somewhat laboured attempt at recreating the feel of the original. It just didn't work very well. Where the first had probably been a stroke of luck, where the music flowed naturally and the chat was spontaneous - the second came across as a marketing-driven attempt at replicating everything the first record achieved.pIt failed.pBut now, as many years on again comes the third attempt, and to my surprise, this second sequel gets it right.pThe music is fabulous, the chat flows naturally and the recordings shine.pIn summary - Circle One was a classic, Circle Two was a dud and this one is very good indeed.


review by: Pete the music fan date: 2003-01-08 rating:
Keeping up the tradition
About every fifteen years or so, the NGDB gather together a set of guests to record a Circle album. Despite some great rock and country music in between, it is the Circle albums for which they will be best remembered. In keeping with the quality of the guests and the quality of the music of the first two volumes, the opening track (Take me in your lifeboat with Del McCoury) sets the same sandard here, one which is maintained throughout both CD's.pIt is many years since Iris DeMent recorded an album of her own, but she makes regular guest appearances and I always love to hear her angelic, twangy, down-to-earth voice - in this case, on Mama's Opry. Among other highlights (for me) are Goodnight Irene and Roll in my sweet baby's arms (both with Willie Nelson), Tears in the Holston river (with Johnny Cash) and Oh Cumberland (with Matraca Berg and Wmmylou). I was particularly pleased to see Matraca here - she is a vastly under-rated singer but it seems that, however many hits she writes for others, not enough people are interested in hearing her own versions of her songs.pI'll be faithful to you (with Emmylou) is a song I first heard by Marie Osmond, who cut a unbelievably brilliant traditional country version of it with mandolin as the main backing - it was the most traditional country track she ever recorded. Don Williams also recorded a fine version of it, in his typical style (which I also enjoy). pDwight Yoakam sings on two songs (Wheels - a Chris Hillman/Gram Parsons song - and the traditional Some dark holler) while there are also brilliant contributions from Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Taj Mahal and many others. Your favorite might be one of the other tracks - there are so many great tracks here.pI loved both the previous Circle albums, so had no hesitation in buying this. With traditional country music more popular than it has been for a few years, sales should be healthy and those who missed on the first two volumes should be inspired to buy them both after hearing this.

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