''Circles Around Me'' is an album by American
bluegrass mandolin
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player
Sam Bush
Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. ...
, released through
Sugar Hill Records in October 2009.
Reception
The album earned Bush a
Grammy Award
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nomination for
Best Bluegrass Album.
In his
Allmusic
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review, music critic William Ruhlman wrote that the album "makes a good demonstration of Sam Bush's continuing mastery of the mandolin and his own niche in the bluegrass scene."
Track listing
#"Circles Around Me" (
Jeff Black, Sam Bush) – 3:55
#"Diamond Joe" (Traditional) – 3:40
#"You Left Me Alone" (Tom Gray, Jerry Stuart) – 3:07
#"The Old North Woods" (Bush) – 4:10
#"Roll on Buddy, Roll On" (Teddy Wilburn, Doyle Wilburn) – 2:41
#"The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" (Bush,
Guy Clark
Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Townes Van Zandt, Jerry Jeff ...
,
) – 4:45
#"Blue Mountain" (Bush) – 6:09
#"Out on the Ocean" (
Pete Kuykendall) – 2:54
#"Gold Heart Locket" (Black) – 4:17
#"Junior Heywood" (Bush, Edgar Meyer) – 6:36
#"Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 3:52
#"Apple Blossom" (Traditional) – 1:35
#"Souvenir Bottles" (Bush, John Cowan, Stephen F. Brines) – 8:23
#"Whisper My Name/Hot Tamales" (Ebo Walker) – 7:23
Personnel
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Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer. He is widely regarded as "perhaps the finest Dobro player in contemporary acoustic music, and certainly the most celebrated and prol ...
- resonator guitar
* Cornelia Heard - violin
* Byron House - acoustic bass, electric bass
*
Courtney Johnson - banjo
*
Del McCoury
Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939) is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo resp ...
- guitar, vocals
*
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated ten times.
Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegrass ...
- bass
* George Meyer - violin
* Stephen Mougin - guitar, mandolin, vocals
*
Scott Vestal - banjo
References
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2009 albums
Sam Bush albums
Sugar Hill Records albums