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Live At The Charleston Music Hall,Ricky Skaggs

- Live At The Charleston Music Hall
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Ricky Skaggs
Released 2003

Somewhere Nice Forever
04:04
993 plays

Band Intro
05:03
871 plays

Song Intro 1
00:32
774 plays

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songs

- 1
- Introduction
- 01:02
- 717 plays

- 2
- Black Eyed Suzie
- 02:06
- 1,979 plays

- 3
- How Mountain Girls Can Love
- 02:11
- 1,724 plays

- 4
- On A Lonesome Night
- 03:22
- 1,213 plays

- 5
- Song Intro
- 00:49
- 596 plays

- 6
- Amanda Jewell
- 03:10
- 1,287 plays

- 7
- Why Did You Wander
- 02:37
- 1,265 plays

- 8
- Song Intro 1
- 00:32
- 774 plays

- 9
- A Simple Life
- 02:47
- 2,497 plays

- 10
- Band Intro
- 05:03
- 871 plays

- 11
- Goin' To The Ceili
- 03:24
- 1,078 plays

- 12
- The Old Home Place
- 02:51
- 1,535 plays

- 13
- Song Intro 2
- 00:14
- 268 plays

- 14
- I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer
- 03:08
- 1,150 plays

- 15
- Song Intro 3
- 00:37
- 665 plays

- 16
- Crossville
- 03:34
- 1,029 plays

- 17
- Song Intro 4
- 00:55
- 638 plays

- 18
- Somewhere Nice Forever
- 04:04
- 993 plays

- 19
- Uncle Pen
- 02:35
- 1,483 plays

- 20
- Pig In A Pen
- 03:09
- 1,663 plays

- 21
- Song Intro 5
- 00:49
- 547 plays

- 22
- Cat's In The Cradle
- 04:03
- 1,202 plays

- 23
- Song Intro 6
- 00:41
- 522 plays

- 24
- Get Up John
- 09:44
- 1,098 plays

- 25
- Untitled Track
- 07:37
- 672 plays

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album review

As Ricky Skaggs' career progressed, he steadily got more traditional in his aesthetic and approach. So, when he announces partway through his 2003 album, Live at the Charleston Music Hall (recorded over two dates in November 2002 in South Carolina), that the band is largely playing new songs, it may come as a bit of a shock to casual listeners, since everything sounds traditional -- even Harley Allen's Internet-referencing "A Simple Life" sounds as if it was written years and years ago. Since traditionalism is celebrated, not shunned, by bluegrass musicians, this is hardly unexpected or a problem, even if it does give Skaggs' recent music a comfortable predictability. That familiarity is undercut slightly by kinetic energy on this record, since this superb band has enough energy to make the traditionalism sound energetic, even when it still sounds very familiar. All of which adds up to an enjoyable record that nevertheless embodies a paradox: It's nothing that the serious fan hasn't heard before, but only the serious fan will truly thrill on the nuances and interplay that make Live at the Charleston Music Hall worth a spin. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide