''Circles Around Me'' is an album by American
bluegrass mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
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 Reviva ...
, released through
Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records is an American bluegrass and Americana record label.
It was founded in Durham, North Carolina in 1978 by Barry Poss and David Freeman, the owner of County Records and Rebel Records. Poss acquired full control of Sugar H ...
in October 2009.
Reception
The album earned Bush a
Grammy Award
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nomination for
Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works (songs or albums) in the bluegrass mu ...
.
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 Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet ...
,
) – 4:45
#"Blue Mountain" (Bush) – 6:09
#"Out on the Ocean" (
Pete Kuykendall
Peter Van Kuykendall (January 15, 1938 – August 24, 2017) also known as Pete Roberts, was an American bluegrass musician, songwriter, discographer and a magazine and music publisher. He was a co-founder of '' Bluegrass Unlimited'' magazine ...
) – 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
*
Jerry Douglas
Gerald Calvin "Jerry" Douglas (born May 28, 1956) is an American Dobro and lap steel guitar player and record producer.
Career
In addition to his fourteen solo recordings, Douglas has played on more than 1,600 albums. As a sideman, he h ...
- 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 five Grammy Awards and been nominated seven times.
Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegras ...
- bass
* George Meyer - violin
* Stephen Mougin - guitar, mandolin, vocals
*
Scott Vestal
Scott Vestal is an American banjoist, songwriter and luthier, known for his innovative approach to playing and designing the banjo.
Biography Early years
The older of two children, Scott Vestal was raised in Duncan, Oklahoma in a musical fami ...
- banjo
References
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2009 albums
Sam Bush albums
Sugar Hill Records albums