The Steep Canyon Rangers (2004)

About this title: The Steep Canyon Rangers experience changes on their third album. In their ascent within the world of bluegrass, they achieve a milestone by hooking up with industry leader Rebel Records after releasing their first album on their own label and their second on Yep Roc. At the same time, however, they suffer attrition, as fiddler Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hamilton is missing from the lineup, reducing them to a guitar-banjo-mandolin-bass quartet. (Josh Goforth fills in on most tracks, with John Garris wielding the bow on "The Last Thing the World Needs" and "454.") They ride out these upheavals with ... read more

Tracks:

1. Living in the Pane [Humphrey]
2. Goodbye Bottle of Whiskey [Sharp]
3. Bluegrass Blues [Humphrey]
4. 454 [Sharp]
5. Kicked Out of Town [Sharp]
6. I'll Drink No More Wine [Gobel/Martin]
7. Feelin' Just a Little Like Dale [Sharp]
8. Lonesome Moon [Sharp]
9. Going On [Sharp]
10. The Last Thing My World Needs [Sharp]
11. Southwind [Guggino]
12. Are You Happy Now [Sharp]
13. Lucky Streak [Sharp]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.