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The Mercury Dimes : Dime-o-Mite!
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Award-winning*, twin-fiddle-driven, over-hyphenated, old-time country string-band music.
Genre: Country: Old-Timey
Release Date: 2005
Dime-o-Mite!
The Mercury Dimes
Record Label: The Mercury Dimes
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Shady Grove 4:23 + MP3 $0.99
2. Indian ate a Woodchuck/Streak of Lean Streak of Phat 5:16 + MP3 $0.99
3. Lover's Lane 4:20 + MP3 $0.99
4. High up on Tug 3:07 + MP3 $0.99
5. Who's that Knocking at my Window? 2:47 + MP3 $0.99
6. I've Always Been a Rambler 3:40 + MP3 $0.99
7. Five Miles of Ellum Wood/Featherbed 4:22 + MP3 $0.99
8. Graveyard 2:43 + MP3 $0.99
9. Old Horse and Buggy 3:06 + MP3 $0.99
10. You are my Flower 3:17 + MP3 $0.99
11. No Letter in the Mail 3:47 + MP3 $0.99
12. Sal's Gone to the Cidermill 2:49 + MP3 $0.99
13. That Crazy, Crazy Feeling 3:00 + MP3 $0.99
14. Sandy River Hoedown 2:31 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

Rollicking twin fiddles and bright country harmonies define The Mercury Dimes, a band that emerged amid the early-century explosion of acoustic old-time and bluegrass music in San Francisco. These post-ironic urban traditionalists have traveled as far away as France to perform their mix of Appalachian fiddle tunes, old-time ballads, and country blues, and over the past year they have dominated the California stringband contest circuit.

"The seductive charms of The Mercury Dimes are hard to resist. ...this is an aural journey back up a spirtual sort of 'Walton's Mountain'." -- Americana UK

"Dime-O-Mite!...presents a lively set of old time tunes and songs. The band reminds one of the New Lost City Ramblers in its versatility, equally comfortable raising a ruckus on Indian Ate a Woodchuck or performing a quiet duet like Lover's Lane." -- The Old Time Herald

"Excellent." -- Bluegrass Unlimited


The Mercury Dimes are:
Jordan "DM" Ruyle - Banjo, Guitar, Banjo Ukelele, Vox
Elise Engelberg - Fiddle, Vox
Mike Brown - Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Vox
Michael Follstad - Fiddle, Mando, Guitar, Vox
Matt Knoth - Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Vox







*as selected by a panel of judges

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REVIEWS

Dyme o' Mite
author: Robert Clark
                            
The voices are woeful and lamenting and wonderful to listen to as they portray the events in Songs such as Graveyard, Who's That Knocking at my Window, No Letter in the Mail. But wait! The sadness is completely overcome with the joyful exuberance of dueling fiddles as they trade off harmonic riffs in "Indian ate a Woodchuck/Streak of Lean Streak of Phat" This album will make anyone a fan of bluegrass. I discovered this band by accident as they played for a 50th Anniversary of an Architectural Firm in Berleley CA in 2007.
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YES
author: Horseshoe Bob
                            
Love that ol' time music & this CD does it well...YES
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Old time that rocks.
author: Andy P.
                            
How do young players manage to sound so timeless? Its a mystery. This CD is a fresh distillation of the music of coal mining country and the Carters and a few other things. The tapestry of twin fiddles, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and banjo-uke is rich, with charmingly reedy vocals on tunes like the sweet but not-so-coy Whose That Knocking At My Window and the dark Ive Always Been A Rambler, along with slightly oddball grab-your-partner instrumentals like High Up On Tug. Extra points for faux-depression-era CD cover.
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One of my favorite Oldtime/Bluegrass albums!
author: Miriam Linda
                            
I love this album of beautifully played and sung Oldtime/Bluegrass tunes. If you are into this type of music, Dime-O-Mite! is a must-have CD: a mixture of haunting melodies and lively dance numbers. Highly recommended.
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