Personnel: Riley Baugus (vocals, banjo); Tim O'Brien (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Dirk Powell (guitar, fiddle); Tony Davoren (bouzouki); Joe Thrift (fiddle).
Audio Mixer: Dirk Powell.
Liner Note Authors: Dirk Powell; Riley Baugus.
Recording information: Cypress House, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Abigail Seymour.
North Carolina singer, fiddler, and banjo player Riley Baugus performs this collection of venerable folk songs and instrumentals in the time-honored Appalachian tradition, sounding as if he's been plucked straight from the Civil War-era South. Songs like the title track and "I'm Troubled" echo down the ages, while Baugus's unaccompanied vocal on the old religious song "Cool of the Day" is a pure delight.
Professional Reviews
No Depression (p.134) - "A field recording that preserves and protects....LONG STEEL RAIL carries an abiding dignity rarely found in modern media."
