EARLS OF LEICESTER, THE - Live At The CMA Theater

2018 – 23 Song Set feat. 14 brand new recordings + 2 spacial bonus tracks - Earls of Leicester Live also serves up several tracks integral to Flatt and Scruggs’ legend-including “I’m Gonna Sleep with One Eye Open,” a song famously banned from the Grand Ole Opry-along with more oddball offerings like the gracefully sprawling two-part instrumental “Steel Guitar Blues/Spanish Two Step.” And in one of the album’s most poignant moments, the Earls of Leicester deliver the wistfully lilting “Reunion in Heaven”-a song the band performed at Foggy Mountain Boys mandolin player/vocalist Curly Seckler’s gravesite earlier this year, as per Seckler’s personal request. Throughout Earls of Leicester Live, the band wholeheartedly channels the spirit of Flatt and Scruggs while allowing each member’s distinct charm and singular musicality to shine through. The Earls of Leicester are Barry Bales, Shawn Camp, Charlie Cushman, Jerry Douglas, Johnny Warren, and Jeff White.  “…You begin to appreciate the way The Earls have taken this music, much of it from Flatt and Scruggs recordings in the 1950s and ’60s, and turned each song over – looking at it from different angles, deconstructing the essence of the melody and the lyric, and reassembling it for a new generation of listeners. The result is music that sounds as vital as any kind of popular music being made today.”—NPR Fresh Air

23 Songs

• Introduction
• SALTY DOG BLUES
• WILL YOU BE LONESOME TOO
• EARL’S BREAKDOWN
• LONG JOURNEY HOME
• I’LL GO STEPPING TOO
• I’M GONNA SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN
• I AIN’T GONNA WORK TOMORROW
• ROLLIN’ IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARM
• ALL I WANT IS YOU
• LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON
• MY MOTHER PRAYS SO LOUD IN HER SLEEP
• BIG BLACK TRAIN
• Band Introductions
• BLACK EYED SUZY
• HAMWAY
• WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU (SHOULD BE ALRIGHT FOR ME)
• BRANDED WHEREVER I GO
• REUNION IN HEAVEN
• FLINT HILL SPECIAL
• DON’T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN
• Medley: SPANISH TWO STEP / STEEL GUITAR BLUES
• MARTHA WHITE THEME SONG
• WHITE HOUSE BLUES
• FOGGY MOUNTAIN BREAKDOWN
• Bonus Songs:
• LITTLE MAGGIE
• I DON’T CARE ANYMORE