SIDELINE, "Moves Front & Center," Mountain Home. 12 tracks
Sideline began as a recording project for musicians who were working in other bands.
A sideline, if you will.
But in 2013, it became a full-time band _ moving front and center, as the new Mountain Home album says in its title.
The lineup for this album includes Steve Dilling, Jason Moore, Skip Cherryholmes, Nathan Aldridge, Troy Boone and Bailey Coe.
The album kicks off with "Thunder Dan," an uptempo song about a mountain man who kills a preacher, is sentenced to 40 years in prison, shoots a deputy and escapes.
"Frozen In Time" is a ballad about a man who returns to his childhood after 40 years to find it gone _ but still standing in his memory.
"Old Time Way" is hoe-down music.
Gordon Lightfoot's "Song For A Winter's Night" finds the singer missing a woman as he settles in for a cold winter night.
"Bluefield WV Mtn. Girl" is about a woman a man can always count on.
"I Long To See His Face" and "Satan's Chains" are gospel songs.
"Lysander Hayes" is an uptempo song about a man who lives to party _ while his mother prays for his soul.
"Memories That We Shared" is a ballad about a man who can't seem to erase the happy memories that haunt him now.
"Something Out of Nothing" says that no matter how hard you try, you can't make someone love you.
"All Because of Me" is an uptempo song about a man who kills a woman because she loves someone else.
And "Cotton Eyed Joe" is a blazing instrumental.
The only label you need to put on this album is bluegrass.
Pure and simple.
Look for it on April 27.
