''Crowd Favorites'' is the eighth studio album by bluegrass musician

Claire Lynch Claire Lynch (born February 20, 1954) is an American bluegrass musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. She is a three-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year honors. She is considered one of ...

. The album is a collection of previously released tracks along with four new tracks released on

Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by A ...

, three of which were originally from Lynch's time with the Front Porch String Band. Contributing artists on the album include

Missy Raines Missy Raines (born April 6, 1962) is an American bassist, singer, teacher, and songwriter. She has won 10 International Bluegrass Music Awards for Bass Player of the Year. Missy Raines was the first woman to win IBMA Bass Player of the Year aw ...

, Jason Thomas,

Jim Hurst James Edward “Jim” Hurst is an American bluegrass and country guitarist. He is known primarily as an instrumentalist but has also been credited for vocals with numerous other artists as well as his solo career. Hurst has performed with mus ...

Rob Ickes Rob Ickes (; born 1967) is an American dobro (resonator guitar) player in San Francisco, California. Ickes moved to Nashville in 1992 and joined the contemporary bluegrass band Blue Highway as a founding member in 1994. He currently collaborate ...

, and

Larry Lynch Larry Lynch (born c. 1950) is an American former drummer for the Greg Kihn Band. They had a #2 US hit with " Jeopardy" in 1983 and a #15 hit with " The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)". After leaving the Greg Kihn band, "Larry Lynch and MOB ( ...

. The album reached No. 10 on the Bluegrass Album chart in ''Billboard'' magazine.

Track listing

Chart performance

References

2007 albums Claire Lynch albums Rounder Records albums {{2000s-country-album-stub