List Price: $15.98Now Price: $11.95Release date: 2002-07-30Tracks: Disc 0:- Dance Around
- Ruby Pearl
- Jonah
- Miner
- Smilin' Must Mean Something
- Blue Run
- Nashville
- Keep It Simple
- Grandma
- When You Said I Love You
- Gypsy
- Keep Me Lord
- Leni
- Whereever You Are
They bring back the real bluegrass music
2005-06-25
If you like 1940s and 1950s bluegrass, old timey music, or mountain string bands like Yonder Mountain String Band, you'll love the Hackensaw Boys. (Most modern bluegrass bands sound to me like they're playing country music on traditional instruments.)
Virginia's best kept secret (that needs to be told)
2004-11-24
I saw these guys open for Cake 3 years ago and have been a rabid fan since. They managed to upstage the headliners and convert all of us art rock fans into square-dancin' hillbillies by the end of their set. The Hackensaw Boys have managed to capture what has been missing from most music for so long:passion and purity. While consisting of up to 12 members at a time, they manage to keep their sound unbelievably tight and and make keeping up with the frantic pace of such toe tappers as "Nashville" seem as natural and easy as breathing. Songs like "Smilin Must Mean Something" and "Grandma" slow down the pace and seem to touch an emotional core that I can only compare to hearing Bob Dylan for the first time. Their lyrics and melodies just speak so clearly and deeply without using the pretintious metaphores preferred by many artist today. It's the spirit of the music that is allowed to shine through.The Hackensaws are not only one of the best undiscovered bands around, but one of the best bands,period.
AAAAAAAmazin!
2004-07-25
As a listener of mostly Rock and Roll and some country I bought this CD for the hell of it. That was about 3 weeks ago. Now it is one of my favorite. It is truely a great CD from a bunch of truely gifted musicians. I would recomend this CD to anyone. It is fun, it is funny it is simply great music. I just can't say enough about this CD.
Best New Band in Bluegrass
2003-11-10
We just came from the Suwanee Fall Festival in Live Oak Fla. The Hackensaw Boys came onstage first thing Sat. morning. At first the crowd was tired and laid-back, but then they realized what was going on. WOW!!! I've been a bluegrass fan for years and play the banjo myself. I was blown away. My wife ran to their stand to get the CD. There was a line growing right from the start, I know they sold out.
The freshest new sound (or I might say, old sound). Lots of original stuff. Fun. These guys were great! I overheard several people around me say they were the most memorable act there and these people know their folk music. The Hackensaw Boys bring back the square dance to Bluegrass. That's the highest compliment I can give. So much Bluegrass now has gotten so mechanical, almost industrial. They've even followed Country into the broken heart treadmill. Yetch!! That's starting to turn fans off. Sure, being able to pick a great solo is impressive, but there's something called heart. That's why people listen to folk in the first place. Heart, you have it, or you're just a technician playing scales.
More impressive, these guys write their own songs. "Grandma," brought tears to my eyes and I'm not even slightly religous. Wow to the fiddle and dobro player. If America had any musical taste, these guys would be declared national treasures.
Get it! Get it! Get it!!!
Stomp yer feet!
2003-07-01
Such an amazing recording. New music that takes you back. Makes me want to dance, dance, dance!!!! 9 musicians sharing two mics. Amazing! Stop reading and get this. Get it!!!
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