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John Lawless
Five & Dime
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Cemetery Ridge
2. Twilight - John Lawless, Robertson, Robbie
3. Daddy Rabbit
4. On the Bean
5. Guilty Pig - John Lawless, Huber, Steve
6. How R Ya Waltz
7. Listen to the Music - John Lawless, Johnston, Charles T
8. Ben & Ginger
9. None Finer
10. Hillsville
11. Baby Girl - John Lawless, Stanley, Carter
12. Nine 4 Nine
13. Up All Night

CD Details

All Artists: John Lawless
Title: Five & Dime
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Copper Creek
Release Date: 9/28/2004
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Style: Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 722321022423

Synopsis

Album Description

This is the debut solo project from John Lawless of AcuTab Publications ? a business dedicated to producing high quality instructional materials for bluegrass instruments ? and Huber Banjos. Through his association with AcuTab and the related promotion of the firm, John has established a recognizable name for himself in the bluegrass community. The CD features 10 original banjo instrumentals of John?s, plus three vocal pieces featuring singers with whom John has worked over the years. Stylistically, the CD covers a wide range including John?s take on bluegrass, old-time, and modern acoustic music. Guest artists include many of the high profile pickers whose music has been profiled in the various AcuTab books and DVDs over the years. With the release of Five & Dime, John eagerly shares his own banjo compositions with the rest of the bluegrass world. Produced by IBMA award-winning instrumentalist Ron Stewart, the disc has an all-star lineup including: Herschel Sizemore, Alan Bibey, and Warren Amberson (all on mandolin), Tim Stafford (of Blue Highway), Kenny Smith (Kenny & Amanda Smith), Dewey Peters, Tony Collins, and Kelly Green (all on guitar), Ron Stewart (fiddle), Rob Ickes (of Blue Highway) (dobro), Greg Honeycutt (bass), and Bill Smith, Warren Amberson, and Kelly Green (all on vocals). Special bonus: the CD contains CD-Rom info with musical tablature on all 13 tracks.

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CD Reviews

Jampacked with solid, adroit, inspired playing

J. Ross | Roseburg, OR USA | 10/12/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Five & Dime," the debut solo album from AcuTab founder John Lawless features ten original banjo tunes, and three vocal numbers (Twilight, Listen to the Music, Baby Girl) sung by Bill Smith, Warren Amberson, and Kelly Green, respectively. And yes, "Listen to the Music" is a cover of the famous Doobie Brothers song. Other guest musicians include Dewey Peters, Alan Bibey, Herschel Sizemore, Tony Collins, Kenny Smith, Greg Honeycutt, Tim Stafford, Rob Ickes, and Ron Stewart.

Warren Amberson, Kelly Green, Greg Honeycutt, Dewey Peters and John Lawless are members of the band, Acoustic Endeavors. Amberson and Green are both graduates of the bluegrass music program at East Tennessee State University. Acoustic Endeavors' two highly-acclaimed CDs include "Coming Of Age... again" and "Sneak Preview." John Lawless lives in Roanoke where he manages AcuTab Publications, a small business dedicated to producing high quality instructional materials for bluegrass instruments. He started playing and studying the banjo in the 70s.

Lawless picks his crisp Huber banjo with a whole lotta gumption, and his friends provide plenty of flash. The result is an album that gets up and goes at a right pert and snappy pace. Each piece is memorable, whether it be "Guilty Pig" (a banjo/fiddle duet), "None Finer" (a banjo/dobro duet for his fiance), "How R Ya Waltz" (a waltz for banjo) or "Up All Night" (a fiery closing breakdown). It's also enlightening to compare the contrasting mandolin styles of Alan Bibey and Herschel Sizemore.

John Lawless covers a lot of ground on this project, and his skillful banjo-picking is always kept in the forefront. With nimble firework fingers, John demonstrates a cleverness that is innovative and takes risks in his contemporary music without any of the usual antics or stereotypes that some 5-string players are tempted to employ. "Five & Dime" is jampacked with solid, adroit, inspired playing without any grandstanding, despite the all-star guest list. The CD includes banjo tabs for all the tunes, as well as an interactive Copper Creek Record catalog. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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