New Dry Branch CD in January
Rounder Records has set January 27, 2009 as the release date for Echoes Of The Mountains, the first studio release from Dry Branch Fire Squad since 2001.
This project will also be the first with their current, and longest-running lineup: Ron Thomason (lead vocals and mandolin), Brian Aldridge (guitar, mandolin and harmony vocals), Tom Boyd (banjo, Dobro and vocals) and Dan Russell (bass and guitar).
More details should be forthcoming soon.
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Rounder Records has announced the release date for the Dry Branch Fire Squad CD Echoes of the Mountains (Rounder 0574).
Consisting of 14 songs, the first all new studio album since Hand Hewn, released in 2001, Echoes of the Mountains will be available from January 27.
Whether the material is old...
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