Town Mountain, Freedom Blues Review
Town Mountain is a bluegrass band that has a country overtone all wrapped up and served with a fresh moving, genre rooted manner. The music has plenty of swagger to keep your interest and enough influence to keep you wondering what’s next. The bands songwriting, singing and playing can take on hues of: honky-tonk edge, country, old school rock ‘n’ roll, and boogie-woogie. Town Mountain features guitarist and vocalist Robert Greer, banjoist Jesse Langlais, mandolinist Phil Barker, fiddler Bobby Britt, and Zach Smith on bass. They have a new album out, their sixth studio album, titled New Freedom Blues, which is a collection of eleven tunes that exemplify their honest, vintage flavor, mixed with new sound. That’s the short it!
Freedom Blues
New Freedom Blues
North of Cheyenne
Life and Debt
Lazy River
One Drop in the Bottle
Tar Heal
Underdog
Witch Trials
Way I'm Made
Pamlico
Down Low
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Tone Tree Music
46 minutes
Their songwriting is memorable, with various feels and styles presented on the album. The vocals offer depth of emotion and the harmonies are solid. The playing is energetic, and the solos are melodic and based resolutely in the bluegrass tradition.