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The Three Pickers
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1. Feast Here Tonight
2. What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?
3. Spoken Introduction
4. Who Will Sing For Me?
5. Spoken Introduction
6. Soldier?s Joy
7. Walk On Boy
8. Daybreak Blues
9. Don?t Let Your Deal Go Down
10. Pick Along
11. Spoken Introduction
12. What Is A Home Without Love?
13. Doin? My Time
14. Earl?s Breakdown
15. The Storms are on the Ocean
16. Down in the Valley to Pray
17. The Banks of the Ohio
18. Ridin? That Midnight Train
19. Spoken Introduction
20. Road To Spencer
21. Katy Hill
22. Foggy Mountain Top
23. Roll In My Sweet Baby?s Arms
Amazon.com
It took a North Carolina concert for PBS's Great Performances series to get bluegrass legends Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, and Ricky Skaggs together for the first time. It was a celebratory occasion, and this live session, supersaturated with hot licks and down-home warmth, successfully captures the excitement of the unprecedented event. For all the assembled instrumental expertise, it is the traditional vocals--with Skaggs leading the way--that makes the music work. The trio opens with the lively "Feast Here Tonight," featuring scintillating sounds from Skaggs's mandolin, Scruggs's banjo, and Watson's guitar, before taking on the high, lonesome gospel of "What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul." Each member of the trio gets feature spots for his individual band, in addition to the dozen or so songs where the three combine forces. Watson is joined by grandson Richard for a couple of country blues tunes before Scruggs, reinforced by his Family and Friends, takes over for two songs, showcasing his seminal banjo technique on "Earl's Breakdown." Skaggs and his Kentucky Thunder also take center stage for two songs, and, as if the litany of legends wasn't enough, fiddler Alison Krauss even joins the trio of principals for three songs. --Michael Point
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The Three Pickers
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2003-07-15)
- Publisher: Rounder / Umgd
- Label: Rounder / Umgd
- Studio: Rounder / Umgd
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 19 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #15160
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Summary: Premium Bluegrassing Picking 2007-09-17
Comment: Awesome sounds! Picking at it's best. Good variety of songs. Live with personal commentary.
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Summary: Review for CD, The Three Pickers 2007-08-10
Comment: The Three Pickers is an excellent CD and Amazon delivered it to me promptly in proper fashion--AGP
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Summary: Three Pickers 2007-08-07
Comment: This live concert has a wonderful range in tempo and song content. The production values are excellent. Such distinct voices and styles, yet they work so well together. It's amazing that this was their first performance together. These deceivingly down-home folks are very experienced performers; on-stage banter is believable. Some of these songs just make me want to throw back my head and howl like a hound dog!
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Summary: timeless tunes 2006-06-27
Comment: this is my favorite bluegrass album of all time.. i listen to it more than any of my other ones... its awsome cause three of the greatest men in bluegrass are here together, legends just the same as any of them... and the songs are some of the best in bluegrass history. i give it a 5 stars. wish bill monroe couldve made this one.... im sure he was somewhere above.
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Summary: 2 living legends and one bluegrass great 2006-03-23
Comment: This is one of the best bluegrass/folk discs around. I've seen Scruggs, Watson and Skaggs play live separately on multiple occasions and would've loved to have been at this great show. It's hard to believe this was a one time performance as Watslon and Skaggs' vocals blend so well with Watson's incredible guitar-picking and Scruggs' classic banjo sound.
This is a live set that you can definitely listen to over and over again.
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