The band’s first LP, recorded in a single afternoon in the winter of 1974, is a collection of 16 oldtime songs, rags and fiddle tunes. The following quotes are from original reviews:
“Fans take notice, for here is a beautiful recording by a trio of young Ohioans who are dedicated to the idea that old-time music is a valid, living music… performed with an exquisite sense of taste, timing, intelligence and appropriateness.”
Bluegrass Unlimited
“This is a deeply satisfying recording… an album rich in content, rich in skill and richly rewarding in the listening.”
Tom Teepen – Dayton Daily News
from the original liner notes –
We have a feeling toward the folks who share in our music and this feeling takes us beyond ourselves and makes us a family. What we don’t learn from parents and grandparents we learn from Uncle Daves and Mother Maybelles. But simply duplicating traditions and copying the old folks leaves us in the past. On the other hand, losing contact with our roots is certainly no better. We’re not bound to the past as passive transmitters of folklore, nor are we possessed by the future as musical scientists experimenting solely for the sake of innovation.
Produced by Lou Ukelson
Engineering & Re-mix by Rusty York
Art Direction by Chuck Good
The band on this album was:
Suzanne Edmundson, David Edmundson and Rick Good
Our guests were Ron Murphy, Greg Dearth and Tom Harley Campbell
| One Side | Other Side |
|---|---|
| 1. HELLO STRANGER Rick – lead vocal & banjo Suzanne – vocal & autoharp Dave – vocal & guitar thanks to the Carter Family |
1. ROCKY ISLAND Dave – guitar & lead vocal Suzanne – banjo & vocal Rick – banjo & vocal Ron – laughing bass thanks to Martin Young and Corbett Grigsby |
| 2. HAWKINS RAG Suzanne – mandolin Rick – banjo Dave – guitar Ron Murphy – bass thanks to the Skillet Lickers |
2. CARBOLIC RAG Suzanne – mandolin Dave – guitar Tom “Harley”Campbell and Rick – twin spoons |
| 3. MY WANDERING BOY Suzanne – lead vocal & guitar Dave – vocal & fiddle Rick – vocal & banjo thanks to the Carter Family |
3. OVER THE MOUNTAIN Dave – guitar & lead vocal Suzanne – mandolin & vocal Rick – banjo & vocal thanks to Uncle Dave Macon |
| 4. LOUISIANNA FARM Rick – lead vocal & steel guitar Suzanne – vocal & guitar Dave – vocal & mandolin Ron – bass thanks to J. E. Mainer |
4. POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON Dave – fiddle Rick – banjo thanks to Sam Kelly |
| 5. LAST CHANCE Dave – fiddle Rick – banjo Suzanne – guitar thanks Hobart Smith |
5. RICH AND RAMBLIN’ BOY Rick – banjo & vocal Suzanne – guitar & vocal Dave – fiddle & vocal thanks to the Carter Family |
| 6. BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN Suzanne – vocal & guitar Rick – vocal & steel guitar Dave – vocal & guitar thanks to the Delmore Brothers |
6. OLD SONGS (Good) Suzanne – mandolin & vocal Rick – steel guitar & vocal Dave – guitar & vocal thanks to the funniest clown of all |
| 7. GOING THAT WAY Dave – lead vocal Suzanne – vocal Rick – vocal thanks to the community of Beach Mountain, N. C. |
7. SHUFFLE CREEK (Dearth) Greg – fiddle Dave – fiddle Rick – banjo Suzanne – guitar |
| 8. JOHN LOVER’S GONE Greg Dearth – fiddle Dave – fiddle Suzanne – banjo Rick – banjo thanks to Wade Ward |
8. WALKIN’ IN JERUSALEM Suzanne – lead vocal Dave – vocal Rick – vocal |
