Fired Up

by Flamekeeper, Michael Cleveland, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper

Overview

On their second album, the appropriately titled Fired Up, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper continue to come off as a traditional bluegrass super group. Fiddler Cleveland may be the nominal frontman, but this is an ensemble of five veterans, with guitarist Tom Adams, banjo player Jessie Baker, mandolinist Jessie Brock, and bassist Marshall Wilborn each contributing original compositions and taking the lead role over the course of the disc. Their songs sound traditional, and the rest of the songs really are traditional, dating back to the Delmore Brothers' 1937 number "I've Got the Railroad Blues" and including the '60s tune "Goin' Up Dry Branch" and Tom T. Hall's story song "I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat." Wilborn gives the disc a fittingly reverent send-off with the closer, "Bigger Hands Than Mine," on which Vince Gill makes a modest appearance singing tenor vocals to Wilborn's lead. This is a band full of bluegrass prize winners, and they play like it. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2011
Label:	Rounder
UPC:	0011661065925
Rank:	239417

Tracks

1. Dixie Special
2. Big Wide Strum
3. I'm Yours
4. I'm Gonna Ride That Steamboat
5. Goin' Up Dry Branch
6. The Nights Are So Long
7. Untrue Blues
8. I've Got the Railroad Blues
9. Slowly
10. Monster Truck
11. Hard Time Banjo Blues
12. Going Back to Old Virginia
13. Maine Line
14. Bigger Hands Than Mine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Flamekeeper   Primary Artist
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper   Primary Artist
Michael Cleveland   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Vince Gill   Tenor (Vocal)
Tom Adams   Guitar,Vocals
Billy Thomas   Drums (Snare)
Jesse Brock   Mandolin,Tenor (Vocal)
Marshall Wilborn   Bass,Vocals,Tenor (Vocal),Baritone (Vocal)
Jessie Baker   Banjo,Vocals

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Jimmy Martin   Composer
Dudley Connell   Composer
Webb Pierce   Composer
John Nicholson   Engineer
Rabon Delmore   Composer
Matt Glaser   Liner Notes
Tom T. Hall   Composer
Tommy Hill   Composer
Buddy Spicher   Composer
Tom Adams   Composer,Mixing Assistant
Paul Blakemore   Mastering
Steve Chandler   Mixing,Engineer,Associate Producer
David McLaughlin   Composer
Jesse Brock   Composer
Marshall Wilborn   Composer
Senor McGuire   Photography
Jeff White   Mixing,Producer
Michael Cleveland   Mixing,Producer
Jessie Baker   Composer
Rachel E. Sullivan   Design
Matt Rausch   Engineer