RAY EDWARDS, "A Golden Anniversary Celebration," Pinecastle. 12 tracks.
Ray Edwards has spent 51 years in bluegrass and country music, starting as a 13-year-old banjo player.
His career has included stints with the High Country Boys, Southbound, Jeanie C. Riley's Red River Symphony, Tom T Hall's Storytellers and Ed Bruce's Tennessee Cowboy Band. He's also worked with Randy Travis, Sammy Kershaw, Lynn Anderson and Cliff Waldron & the New Shades of Grass.
Among the hits Edwards has written are "Hard Rock Mountain Prison" and "Carolina Moonshine Man."
His latest album, "A Golden Anniversary Celebration," includes material from several stops along his life's journey.
Edwards is joined on the album by a number of musicians and vocalists.
Singers lending their talents to the album include Junior Sisk, Will Jones, Tim Terry, Ronnie McCranie, Danny Paisley, Bradley Walker, Steven Dowdy and Daniel Salyer.
Edwards sings lead on four tracks.
He wrote or co-wrote six of the songs, including, "The Life of a Mountain Man," "Wanda Lou," "West Virginia Songbird," "The Cold Hard Facts of Love," "The Matewan Train" and "Out of the Blue."
You can find the album at rayedwards.bandcamp.com/album/a-golden-anniversary-celebration, Amazon.com and a lot of other sites.
