When rising country singer Josh Turner released his latest CD, Your Man, in January 2006, we posted that one of the tracks would feature a duet with bluegrass icon Ralph Stanley. Universal Music Nashville has made the full audio from that song, Me and God, available on their web site for free live streaming.

The song has more of a country than a bluegrass feel, though banjo, dobro and mandolin are prominent in the mix, with both acoustic guitar and fiddle solos.

You can listen to the whole track, along with several others, on Josh Turner’s Universal web site.

Country singer Josh Turner releases his sophomore CD Your Man today, January 24th, 2006. The CD may be of interest to readers of The Bluegrass Blog due to the inclusion of a duet with Dr. Ralph Stanley on the gospel number Me And God. Other songs on the 11-song CD also contains touches of bluegrass influence, including some banjo on the song Would You Go With Me. Make no mistake, this is a country album, with some bluegrass sounds added to the mix.

I found this quote from Josh in the Charlotte Observer | Turner faces down sophomore blues:

“I grew up on bluegrass, gospel and a rootsy-Americana style of country. It’s honest and real,” says Turner, who was raised near Florence, S.C., but recently bought his first home in the Nashville area. “The phrase that really describes my kind of music is South Carolina Low Country.”

You can hear samples of the disc here and here.