BORROWED TYME BAND, "Borrowed Tyme Band," Bonfire Records. 12 tracks
The central Indiana-based Borrowed Tyme Band has only been together for three years.
But listening to their new self-titled album on Bonfire Records, you'd think it was a recently discovered lost recording from the 1950s.
If you're looking for traditional bluegrass, this is it.
There are some old songs _ Ralph Stanley's "Little Bessie," a mournful song about a dying child; Lester Flatt's "No Mother or Dad," a song about an orphan child; A.P. Carter's "Gold Watch and Chain," about begging someone to continue loving you; Carter Stanley's "Think of What You've Done," about asking a former love to think about what she's done to him; and the public domain "Wild Bill Jones," a murder ballad.
But even the songs written by band members Roger Brown and Rick Wilson sound like they came from the same era.
"One More Tyme" find a man giving a cheating woman one more chance to stay with him.
"Friendship in Heaven" is uptempo gospel as is "I Wanna Go" and "My Time Will Come Someday."
The title track is about how fast time seems to go the older you get.
"Legend of Levi Coffin" is a song about a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape to freedom.
Good traditional bluegrass.
You can find it at www.BorrowedTymeBand.com.
