1. Pastor Mustard: Introduction
2. Girl of the North Country
3. Big Mon
4. Same Ol' River
5. Angel to Be
6. Speak of the Devil
7. Memphis in the Meantime
8. Spooky Lane
9. The Ice Caps Are Melting
10. Lee Highway Blues
11. Pastor Mustard: Heen
12. Hungry for Your Love
13. Sailin' Shoes
14. I Put a Spell on You
15. Celebrate
16. Stingray
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Opening with a chant summoning the faithful to worship their idol, Sam Bush's fourth solo recording documents the joy, musicianship, and weirdness that is the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Held every June in the mountains of Colorado, Telluride has become the premier hippie-grass event, and you can chalk up its success in large part to Bush and his old New Grass Revival cohorts. If these 1990s concert recordings are not the best music Bush has made, they're among the most fun. The set moves from a zippy "Girl of the North Country" to blistering jams such as "Big Mon"--featuring the mind-boggling banjo of Béla Fleck--and the seven-minute, electric noodle-off "Speak of the Devil." He also duets with John Cowan on a gorgeous version of Van Morrison's "Hungry for Your Love" and a joyous cover of Little Feat's "Sailin' Shoes." Along the way, Bush offers electric guitar licks in addition to his usual fiddle and mandolin breaks, all fascinating as fractals, as well as some underrated lead singing. Beside comrades-in-jam such as Cowan, Jon Randall Stewart, Jerry Douglas, and Larry Atamanuik, Bush couldn't be more in his element or more entertaining. --Roy Kasten
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Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2000-07-25)
- Publisher: Sugarhill
- Label: Sugarhill
- Format: Live
- Studio: Sugarhill
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 18 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #67989
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: AWESOME 2007-09-29
Comment: Sammy at his absolute best! Every song is memorable and unique as well as magnificently performed. His cover of Dylan's "Girl of the North Country", my personal favorite, will make you want to move out west just to try to get your heart broken! It is a must have for any music lover!
0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Hillbilly garbage 2007-05-14
Comment: R. Kasten doesn't know what he's talking about because NO self-respecting REAL hippie would EVER listen to any of this hillbilly junk!!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Excellent! 2006-08-13
Comment: I have not listened to anything by Sam Bush before, but he is clearly a stellar mandolin and fiddle player. Not only does Sam play great, he is surrounded by numerous other great musicians. With Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, and numerous others, we have the best newgrass musicians jamming together. Another noticable thing about this disk is in addition to virtuoso playing, Sam Bush sings well.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: STINGRAY!!!!! 2006-06-26
Comment: Ever since Sam Bush founded the New Grass Revival, purists and pickers of nits the world over have complained, "That ain't bluegrass." Well, it ain't. Ask yourself this question: "Do I want to hear stringed instruments played loud, fast, and well by some of the best musicians the genre has produced?"?
Still puzzled? Here's more data - Sam on mando, electric mando, fiddle, and electric guitar. Bela Fleck on banjo with Sammie for a 9 minute acoustic Stingray rager. Another NGR alum, John Cowan showing up for most of the cuts. Sam covers Bob Dylan, Bill Monroe and John Hiatt. The 2 snippets of stage banter from Pastor Mustard.
Look, just buy it. Really.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Super Sammy 2003-09-19
Comment: I love it.
Telluride, one of the most beautiful places on earth and the best place to hear Sam's music.
I was lucky to attend this festivals many times and see New Grass Revival here, and it was always like a dream.
This new album by Sam is wonderful, great tunes and great players.
This is the spirit of Telluride, THE mando king.
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Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride
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