Cat. No. 2936: THE BURNING BRIDGES ~ DOWN THIS OLD ROAD. NO LABEL. NO CAT. #.
FORMED IN 2012, THE BURNING BRIDGES ARE AN OLD-SCHOOL FAMILY STRING BAND WHOSE REPERTOIRE REACHES BACK TO THE BEDROCK OF AMERICAN COUNTRY MUSIC INCLUDING OLD-TIMEY, BLUEGRASS, ALT-COUNTRY AND AN EXPANDING CATALOGUE OF ORIGINAL YET CLASSIC-SOUNDING SONGS AND TUNES. THE BAND APPEARS REGULARLY AT NATIONAL FESTIVALS AND VENUES ACROSS MELBOURNE AND STATEWIDE AND HAVE RELEASED THREE ALBUMS TO DATE. MEMBERS OF THE BAND INCLUDE PETER SOMERVILLE (BANJO, GUITAR, DOBRO, VOCALS), FRAN MARTIN (GUITAR, VOCALS) AND RISING FIDDLE MAESTRO TOM SOMERVILLE (FIDDLE, GUITAR, VOCALS) AND NEWEST MEMBER ANDREW LE BLANC (BULL FIDDLE). PAST MEMBERS HAVE INCLUDED PAUL GADSBY, THE LATE IAN TRITT, ROD BOOTHROYD, PETER DENAHY, MARK WARDLE, JEFF LANG, ANDREW FORRER, CRAIG WOODWARD
THIS ALBUM IS THE BAND'S DEBUT ALBUM RELEASED IN 2017 AND RECORDED BY JEFF LANG, WHO GUESTS ON "MYSTERY TRAIN" PLAYING A STUNNING SOLO ON STEEL BODY RESONATOR GUITAR. THE ALBUM FEATURES SEVERAL BLUEGRASS CLASSICS AND SEVERAL OLD-TIMEY CLASSICS ALONG WITH TWO INSTRUMENTALS WRITTEN BY PETER SOMEVILLE. THE LINE-UP FEATURED ON THIS RELEASE WAS PETER SOMERVILLE (BANJO, VOCALS), FRAN MARTIN (VOCALS, TENOR GUITAR), PETER DENAHY (FIDDLE, HARMONY VOCAL), THE LATE IAN TRITT (MANDOLIN, GUITAR, HARMONY VOCAL), MARK WARDLE (GUITAR), ROD BOOTHROYD (DOUBLE BASS) AND JEFF LANG (SLIDE GUITAR). ABSOLUTELY SUPERB *****
TRACK LISTING: Hop High / The Cuckoo / I've Endured / Red Rocking Chair / You're Running Wild / If I Needed You / Little Birdie / Going Across The Sea / Pretty Polly / Baby Please Don't Go / Malted Milk / Mystery Train / Sunday Morning / O'Leary's Waltz / Little Satchel / Yellow Dog.
CD ECO-PAK NEW
 
               
               
               
                 
                 
             
             
             
            