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Whistle Pig : Down On The Farm
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Bluegrass and beyond -- from the classic Bill Monroe/Flatt & Scruggs sound to new songs from James King and Steve Earle, and all points in between.
Genre: Country: Bluegrass
Release Date: 2003
Down On The Farm Record Label: Aquamarine Music
  • Buy CD - $14.00
Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Old Home Place 2:57 Album Only
Home Sweet Home 2:11 Album Only
Barefoot Nellie 2:10 Album Only
Westphalia Waltz 5:38 Album Only
Dixieland - Soldiers Joy 5:41 Album Only
Flint Hill Special 1:51 Album Only
Trouble In Mind 4:48 Album Only
Before I Met You 2:46 Album Only
Ashokan Farewell 3:55 Album Only
Groundhog 2:46 Album Only
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Album Notes

Whistle Pig is a "bluegrass and beyond" band from Chicago. We've just released our first CD, Down On The Farm, featuring ten soon-to-be classics. The band was put together by Dave Dillman, the bass player, and Mark Aymar, who plays banjo, dobro, mandolin, octave mandolin and guitar. They were joined in September 2002 by fiddler Martha Murphy and Dave Bagdade, who plays guitar, mandolin and mandola.

"Down On The Farm" features classic Flatt & Scruggs tunes such as "Flint Hill Special" and "Before I Met You," as well as new tunes like Steve Earle's "Dixieland" (performed here in a medley with the traditional "Soldiers Joy") and "Ashokan Farewell" from the PBS Civil War series.

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REVIEWS

author: acie cargill
I just listened to the Whistle Pig cd "Down on the Farm" You can listen to the whole cd for free at cdbaby.com and click :play all songs" They are a band from the north side or burbs of Chicago. I have met most of them and enjoyed their company at the Pizza Jam at Ray's Pizza on 127th street in Blue Island. Martha Murphy is their beautiful fiddler. She really plays a smooth and danceable Westphalia Waltz and her Ashoken's Farewell is as good as any I have ever heard. But my favorite is when she gets down on "Trouble In Mind". Real bluesy and catchy. The instrumentals are all good. Dave Dillman on bass, Dave Bagdade, guitar and Mark Aymar, banjo. The singing is rich and powerful and I especially liked The Old Home Place that kicks off the cd. The lead singer enunciates every word perfectly and that is the first time I have ever been able to understand every word in that song. And the harmony is great. They both have good bluegrass voices. My favorite of all is the closer Groundhog. But that is a no brainer for me. I have always loved that song and this is an excellent version. Ya baby! good jam.
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