Accompanying Frazier on the album of original songs and tunes are some of the finest players in bluegrass including Barry Bales bass (Alison Krauss and Union Station), Scott Vestal banjo (Sam Bush), Ron Block banjo (Alison Krauss and Union Station), John Frazier mandolin (John Cowan, Jim Lauderdale) and more. The album places Frazier right in the line behind the bluegrass women that preceded her the driving track "Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow" is reminiscent of the early recordings of Alison Krauss while instrumentals such as "Virginia Coastline" and "Clifftop" give a tip of the hat to guitar legends Tony Rice and the late jazz guitarist Emily Remler, about whom Frazier wrote her Honors Senior Thesis at the University of Michigan. Crowe, Hot Rize, Rhonda Vincent, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Del McCoury, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, and many other recognized musicians in bluegrass music. Yet the band has also been invited to perform alongside popular acts like Creedence Clearwater Revisited, G. Love Special Sauce, Galactic, and Medeski Martin Wood.
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