Name: At Edwards Barn
Brand: Rounder
SKU: 18021
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At Edwards Barn

Rating

Album: At Edwards Barn
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Going Up Home	More Info...
2)	Love Reunited	More Info...
3)	Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season)	More Info...
4)	If I Could Only Win Your Love	More Info...
5)	Tu Cancion	More Info...
6)	Our Savior's Hands	More Info...
7)	Wheels	More Info...
8)	Have You Seen Her Face	More Info...
9)	Eight Miles High	More Info...
10)	Together Again	More Info...
11)	Desert Rose	More Info...
12)	Sin City	More Info...
13)	The Cowboy Way	More Info...
14)	Wait a Minute	More Info...
15)	Heaven's Lullaby	More Info...

Album: At Edwards Barn
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Going Up Home	More Info...
2)	Love Reunited	More Info...
3)	Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season)	More Info...
4)	If I Could Only Win Your Love	More Info...
5)	Tu Cancion	More Info...
6)	Our Savior's Hands	More Info...
7)	Wheels	More Info...
8)	Have You Seen Her Face	More Info...
9)	Eight Miles High	More Info...
10)	Together Again	More Info...
11)	Desert Rose	More Info...
12)	Sin City	More Info...
13)	The Cowboy Way	More Info...
14)	Wait a Minute	More Info...
15)	Heaven's Lullaby	More Info...

Performer Notes

Audio Mixers: Miles Ferrell; Jeff Cowan.
Liner Note Author: James Rosen.
Recording information: Edwards Barn, Nipomo, CA (11/07/2009).
Photographer: Zarek .
While he's been a member of two of the most influential American rock bands of the 1960s, the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, and enjoyed significant success on the country charts in the '80s with the Desert Rose Band, at heart Chris Hillman is a sideman; he's a great musician and capable songwriter who is more interested in serving the song than serving his ego, and to his credit his best solo albums sound like the work of a well-polished ensemble rather than a star who has built a band around himself. Hillman may take the lead vocals, play some fine mandolin solos, and provide a bit of star power on this album, but it's significant that on At Edwards Barn he shares top billing with guitarist Herb Pedersen, a longtime friend and collaborator of Hillman with an impressive r?sum? as a studio musician and former member of the Dillards and the Desert Rose Band. It's also telling that this live album was indeed recorded in a barn in Nipono, CA during a concert staged as a benefit for a local church; there's a warm and casual feeling to this music and the interaction with the audience, though the playing is never less than expert and the arrangements are precise and span the various stages of Hillman's career with skill. Hillman and Pedersen are joined by three expert musicians who they've worked with before, guitarist Larry Park, fiddler David Mansfield, and bassist Bill Bryson, and the ensemble plays with the light touch and emotional gravity of a top-notch bluegrass ensemble, even when tackling such Byrds classics as "Eight Miles High" and "Have You Seen Her Face." The attitude of At Edwards Barn is genuinely modest, but the beauty of the music is not; Hillman, Pedersen, and their cohorts tackle their back catalog with enthusiasm and estimable skill, and this is as quietly satisfying as anything Hillman has put his name to since the end of the Desert Rose Band. ~ Mark Deming

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'Eight Miles High' adapts remarkably well to the electricity-free environment, as does 'Turn! Turn! Turn!'..."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]f you're in the mood for two old fellas putting on a masterclass, this is it."

Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "IT's a low-key, well-rounded, gospel-tinged set, impeccably played..."