a musical companion
to Horace Kephart's
classic book,
"Our Southern Highlanders"
Now, the soundtrack score to Bonesteel Films The Mystery of George Masa!
By Daniel Gore
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Peter Rowan
Tim O'Brien
Jim Watson
Scott Huffman
Craig Smith
Rickie Simpkins
Jack Lawrence
Tony Williamson
and others
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From: Victory Music Review July 1998
Daniel Gore
Ways That Are Dark CD
Elephant Rock, (888) 685-9665
www.elephantrock.com
by: Richard Middleton
This CD is a unique and fortuitous blend of American folk history,
excellent songwriting, and fantastic musicianship. Daniel Gore has adapted Horace Kephart's
classic journal/ chronicle of turn-of-the-century rural North Carolina, Our Southern
Highlanders, into a richly layered bluegrass/old-time song cycle. Gore's songs and arrangements
are inspired, and the musicians play beautifully. They include Peter Rowan, Mary Miller, Jim
Watson, Scott Huffman, Craig Smith, Jack Lawrence, Rickie Simpkins, Don Lewis, Tony Williamson,
and more. These tales of moonshiners, lawmen, wild boars and family feuds are satisfying on
every level, and may help preserve Kephart's legacy for years to come. Definitely recommended.
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