2009 - This is a first rate album of contemporary Bluegrass by an excellent young singer who is best known for his work with the Lonesome River Band. Rickman has a fine Bluegrass voice and he gets solid instrumental support from Aaron McDearis (banjo). Kim Gardner (dobro), and Andy Ball (mandolin), plus the nice vocal harmonies of Jerry Salley, Larry Cordle and others. What makes this record special—besides Rickman’s vocals—is an outstanding group of songs. No less than 10 of the dozen songs are numbers that Rickman has either written or co-written with song writers like Craig Market and Jerry Salley. WHAT I KNOW NOW and ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL are real gems, and the cute and clever I BOUGHT HER A DOG will get a lot of attention now and in the future. Other good cuts include SO LONG and DIME STORE RINGS. Rickman adds a couple of well done classic Bluegrass standards (LET ME WALK LORD BY YOUR SIDE and RAIN & SNOW, plus Joe Mullins’ REST FOR HIS WORKERS)—these make an excellent change of pace from the newer numbers. This is a superb record from an important & talented artist.
12 Songs
- ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL
- RAIN & SNOW
- HERE COMES THAT FEELING AGAIN
- I BOUGHT HER A DOG
- WHAT I KNOW NOW
- WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD
- LET ME WALK LORD
- SO LONG 20's
- REST FOR HIS WORKERS
- I TAKE THE BACKROADS
- DIME STORE RINGS
- WEARIN' HER KNEES OUT OVER ME
