October 2010, Featured in
Our State Magazine :
After putting aside his professional music dreams to support his family, Gene Knight and his band, Sidetrack, release an eclectic new bluegrass album. You can read the full story beginning on page 18 of the November 2010 issue of Our State and enjoy these select songs from Sidetrack’s CD, Rowdy to Reverent. LeRoy Savage, Joe Newberry, Mike Aldridge, Gene Knight, Bobb Head, and Dewey Brown make up Sidetrack.
August 2010, Featured in
The News & Observer :
Sidetrack, North Carolina's hot new sextet, belongs squarely on the bluegrass mainline.
Named in honor of Sidetrack Coffeehouse, Raleigh's fabled acoustic music club of the 1960s, the talented combo features well-known members of local and national bands: Leroy Savage and Gene Knight (New Deal String Band), Joe Newberry and Bobb Head (Big Medicine), Mike Aldridge (Bluegrass Experience), and Dewey Brown (Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys).
The 15-track "Rowdy to Reverent" features a remarkable blend of traditional bluegrass, country, folk, and gospel songs, along with snappy instrumental breakdowns. Savage's lead vocals are brilliantly understated on such favorites as Bill Monroe's "Highway of Sorrow," Stonewall Jackson's "Don't be Angry," Grateful Dead's newgrassy "Friend of the Devil," and Pee Wee King's "Tennessee Waltz."
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CDs can be purchased at mikecraver.com, cdbaby.com, Red Gate Music in Pittsboro, NC, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC, Dewey Brown's Music & Lessons in Graham, NC, and FlyLeaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC.
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| Click highlighted tracks for an internet sample: |
| HIGHWAY OF SORROW DON’T BE ANGRY SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN ROCKY ROAD BLUES JOHN HENRY DIAMOND JOE DAYBREAK IN DIXIE | | TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF MOSES I KNOW WHOSE TEARS FRIEND OF THE DEVIL JUST BECAUSE ARAB BOUNCE TENNESSEE WALTZ WILL YOU MISS ME |
CD recorded, mixed, and mastered at the Rubber Room in Chapel Hill, NC. Jerry Brown, Engineer
Produced by Penny Knight and Jerry Brown
Cover photo by Dean Hoffmeyer. Portrait photos by Dean Hoffmeyer and Penny Knight.
Sidetrack sign photo by John Peden, owner of the Sidetrack Coffee House.
Cover design by Penny Knight
Special thanks to Ellen Scouten, Jason Beverly, Bobbi Creech, Barbara Scott, Mary Ellen Stinson, Jerry Brown, Lanelle Davis, Jim Watson, Andrew Marlin, Don Mercz, The Haynes family, Tommy Edwards, Bill Hicks, and everyone else who helped with this project in so many ways.
Produced by Penny Knight 2010
