The Dixie Flyers - two albums
Two albums of authentic butt-kicking knee-slapping country music are available from the London Music Archives. The culprit in this hay dance is the Canadian band The Dixie Flyers, a top-notch group of musicians in the bluegrass style.
New Horizons is from 1984 and features some great juke joint country, bluegrass and even a nice Texas swing number in “Lone Star”. On each track you will find exceptional guitar, banjo, harmonica, and mandolin playing with an almost extra-sensory sense of musical communication. Although there is no information on the album, I suspect these songs are mostly, if not totally, original compositions. Aside from “Lone Star” I also like “New Chattanooga Dog”, “The Auctioneer”, and the instrumental “Acid Rain”.
Live at Wellington Tavern was released in 1990 and exhibits some of the electricity this band creates in person. There are definitely a lot of old standards on this album including ‘Oh Lonesome Me” and “Wolverton Mountain”. But my favorite song is the funny “Ocean Front Property”. If you’re surfing the internet for free online bluegrass you can’t do much better than these two albums.
Both albums are available in 128kbps MP3. If you enjoy the music, check out their web site and perhaps buy their CDs including their new one, Right on Track.
