hypersongs

Hold to a Dream

Their second Capitol album, ten tracks by the four-piece with Bush, Flynn, Fleck and Cowan.
New Grass Revival, 1987

Wikipedia names Garth Fundis as producer, which we could not independently confirm, with Bil VornDick engineering. Eddie Bayers and Bob Mater play drums and Tom Roady percussion. Material includes two by Tim O'Brien, three by Flynn, "Metric Lips" by Fleck, "How About You" by Jesse Winchester, and "Unconditional Love" (Don Cook and Gary Nicholson). "Unconditional Love" reached 44 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles and "Can't Stop Now" 45 in 1988, though the Hall of Fame gives 49 for the first. The Christian Science Monitor called them musicians' musicians on October 9, 1987, and found the most bluegrassy track was the title song; AllMusic gave 3 of 5, and the Philadelphia Inquirer 3 of 4, calling the vocals attractive if rather pallid. It was remastered and reissued in 2001.

Track listing

  1. Hold to a Dream3:38
  2. One Way Street2:50
  3. Can't Stop Now4:01
  4. I'll Take Tomorrow2:56
  5. Before the Heartache Rolls In5:23
  6. Looking Past You2:57
  7. How About You4:26
  8. Metric Lips4:37
  9. I Can Talk to You3:22
  10. Unconditional Love3:21

More from New Grass Revival

New Grass Revival (1972), Fly Through The Country (1975), When The Storm Is Over (1977), Too Late To Turn Back Now (1978), Barren County (1979), Commonwealth (1981), On The Boulevard (1984), Friday Night In America (1989)

Sources

  1. Hold to a Dream, Wikipedia
  2. Musical crossovers, Christian Science Monitor (1987-10-09)
  3. New Grass Revival, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame