Comments on: Album Review: Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out — Timeless Hits from the Past Bluegrassed

By: Donald

Donald — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:31:19 +0000

Thanks, Jon; I specialize in daftness.

By: BRUCE

BRUCE — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:22:04 +0000

Jon,

I will have to agree that I do not understand the criticism of Russell at times. I personally do not want to hear all the bluegrass singers sing like Del.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:48:07 +0000

Good word, “daft,” especially with such laughable stuff as Russell’s “lower pitched” voice. And especially when Rick’s preferred Russell (Russell Johnson of the Grass Cats), also a fine singer, works in pretty much the same range as Russell Moore.

Bruce, foolishness like “average vocalist” doesn’t speak to personal taste, and flatulence about “standards” doesn’t, either. Russell Moore is one of the most widely admired and respected singers in bluegrass, and there are plenty of singers – and a growing number of fans – in the country world who feel the same way that their bluegrass colleagues do. Whether you care for his singing or not, that’s just a fact.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:59:52 +0000

Don’t know if there is such a thing as an opinion being wrong as long as it applies to the person’s personal taste. If it appeals to someone personally, fine. If not, fine also.

By: Donald

Donald — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:10:56 +0000

I see Jon’s ‘holy crap’ and raise you a, ‘are you freakin’ daft?’ By country standards he’s not even average…I believe I have fallen down a hole in the ground; some opinions…are just wrong.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:13:22 +0000

I’m with Rick on this one.

IIIrd Tyme out is a very talented group of musicians, but Russell Moore is, at best, an average bluegrass vocalist (by country standards he’s not even average.

My enjoyment of the group is enhanced because at least his voice is lower pitched than that “high and whiney” sound favored by so many second-tier bluegrass groups .

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:32:13 +0000

Holy crap.

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:30:11 +0000

It’s a shame this project wasn’t undertaken by a bluegrass band that had a lead singer who could actually sing, like say the Grass Cats!…(lol)

So is it better to “country-ize” bluegrass songs or vice-versa? Hmm…

By: Ben Foster

Ben Foster — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:35:38 +0000

This is a very good album, and after reading this I may have to go back and listen to it again. “I particularly enjoyed “Golden Ring” and “Gentle On My Mind.”