Pickin' and Grinin'
Patrick W. Schubert | Santa Ana, California United States | 03/18/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"What a humbling experience! I thought I was getting pretty good on the old banjo until I popped this disc into my CD player. Wow! On some tracks, it sounds as if the recording is sped up because they are picking so damn FAST! No wonder bluegrass tunes are typically short. Any longer and the banjo player's hands will catch fire. Not all of this collection's tracks are strictly bluegrass as some are novelty numbers. Still, even lightweight tunes, such as the "Tequilla" and Beatles covers, feature some fine pickin'."