Post by the Scribe on Apr 25, 2022 8:54:03 GMT
Here’s another great song that features the great Linda Ronstadt doing background vocals. If you’re going to have bluegrass, you’d better have some harmonies. The Seldom Scene had harmonies to spare, but for this and a few others on this album they called in some heavy artillery in the form of Linda Ronstadt. This was recorded in 1974, just before Ronstadt’s career catapulted into superstardom. She appeared on a number of the songs on the album (the Paul Craft tune “Through the Bottom of a Glass” also features her....wish she had done that one on her own!).
This song, made famous in the bluegrass world thanks to Bill Monroe’s 1947 recording, is spine-tingling. She added exactly what this song needed, which is the mark of a good background vocalist.
The Old Crossroads
Traditional
Recorded by Seldom Scene
From Old Train, 1974
www.mylot.com/post/3143713/ten-favorite-linda-ronstadt-guest-appearances-the-old-crossroads
For the first time in 2018 our temperature got above freezing! There’s still a winter weather advisory out, though, because the ground is frozen about five inches below the surface, so even though it’s raining it’s going to become ice once it hits that cold ground. In order to warm you up, here’s another great song that features the great Linda Ronstadt doing background vocals. This was inspired by @johnroberts doing a series of vintage Ronstadt TV clips. He didn’t know yesterday’s song....and, as I’ve used this album before, he won’t know this one, either.
#6: The Old Crossroads - Seldom Scene
I did a countdown of songs about musicians on the road, and my #1 song was the Seldom Scene’s “Wait a Minute.” In his reply John said he’d never heard of the song or the album.
Guess where this song is?
If you’re going to have bluegrass, you’d better have some harmonies. The Seldom Scene had harmonies to spare, but for this and a few others on this album they called in some heavy artillery in the form of Linda Ronstadt. This was recorded in 1974, just before Ronstadt’s career catapulted into superstardom. She appeared on a number of the songs on the album (the Paul Craft tune “Through the Bottom of a Glass” also features her....wish she had done that one on her own!).
This song, made famous in the bluegrass world thanks to Bill Monroe’s 1947 recording, is spine-tingling. She added exactly what this song needed, which is the mark of a good background vocalist.
The Old Crossroads
Traditional
Recorded by Seldom Scene
From Old Train, 1974