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FREEDOM
(Released June, 2002)
The Ballad of John & Maggie The Sweetest Song I Sing Freedom Homegrown Tomatoes See The Light Songs About Texas Abby's Song Lost And Found Long Hard Road Where Will You G0
We are pleased to announce our newest CD project "Freedom". This one has been a while coming, but we hope you agree it was worth the wait. We are fortunate to be able to share the great songwriting of our buddy, the late Jimmy Godwin. Included on this CD are two of the last songs he shared with us. But we are equally proud of four new contributions penned by our own John Early. And we've also added a few gems by some of our favorite writers like Tim O'Brien and Rodney Crowell. Oh yes, and there is our nod to Guy Clark's lament for one of the finer things in life, those "Homegrown Tomatoes"! Your Hickory Hill music collection wouldn't be complete without this one folks! Just email, write or call and we'll be glad to share this one with you.
Update from Hickory Hill
Many of you know that we have completed a second edition of our new CD "Freedom" The new edition of the CD is very similar to the original, but has some important new additions, as well as a few minor corrections. First, we have added a new track, "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms," featuring our newest band member, Wes Perry on mandolin and lead vocal. Wes is also featured on mandolin on 7 of the 11 cuts on the second edition (Mike Tucker is still featured on mandolin on four of the tracks). Fiddle or dobro have been added to 9 of the 11 tracks, played by Milo Deering, a fine musician from Dallas that we became acquainted with while working on Dallas Holm's "Foundations" CD. As we have said, for anyone who purchased the first edition of the CD, we will be glad to exchange CD's with you at no cost.
THANK YOU LORD
(Released January, 2000)
Shouting On The Hills Of Glory Lost and Found The Rock
Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Run One Beautiful Day
The Bells Of St. Mary's Red Roses Old Time Feeling
Thank You Lord Medley Sharecropper's Prayer
The Salvation Of John Harlow
"Heard you guys last Saturday, purchased your Thank You Lord album and love it. When you were talking about the origins of "Lost and Found", people clapped in response to the message. Sure is good to see people still excited about the truth. You and the audience." John S.
GOOD
TIMES AGAIN!
(Released March, 1998)
Good Times Again Hot Highway Pecos Wind The Road To Fairfield
Old Man Only The Wind Cadillac The Promise In A Country Way
Fiddle Waltz Somebody Touched Me
"The excellent Good Times Again! proves to be the strongest album by far from Hickory Hill. It bears the hallmarks of a confident band doing exactly what it intended in the studio." Bluegrass Unlimited
"Hickory Hill is a regionally recognized group whose music is grossly unfamiliar nationwide….The best thing to come out of Texas since oil." Norris Long WVMR
"I’m a big fan of these guys. Great stuff!" Wayne Rice KSON
THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS
(Released November, 1995)
Old and Gray Glendale Train The James Boys and Me
No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine There She Goes Dancing
Kentucky Home If I Lose Black Mountain Rag
Road With No End Coyote Night Amie Angel Band
Bad Company Old Man At The Mill Gertha
Pickin' For My Family It's About Time Dream Of A Miners Child
Simple Love Song Through The Morning, Through The Night
Hoedown Lowlands Little Old Lady
"Hickory Hill remains one of the great show bands in bluegrass music…some fabulous material, perfectly suited for their approach" Bluegrass Unlimited
"...chock full of creative lyrics and instrumental high points." Bluegrass, Canada
"Hickory Hill is a cross between Poco gone grass and a Dirt Band that bathes, with a splash of Bill Monroe...if Poco's 'Good Feelin' To Know' made you smile, this one will too." Dirty Linen
REMINISCIN'
(Released April, 1990)Old And Gray If You're Ever Gonna Love Me Through The Morning, Through The Night
S. T. Breakdown Gertha Just A Little Talk With Jesus One Bullet Hunt
Ole Slewfoot Song For The Life If I Lose Angel Band
Train Leaves Here This Morning Cripple Creek / Old Joe Clark Rindercella
"I've rarely heard a band that could project themselves in their music as well as these boys. Hickory Hill has found an identity and have expressed it well here..." Bluegrass Unlimited.
IT'S ABOUT TIME
(Released May, 1985)Hoedown Simple Love Song Kentucky Home Mare (Take Me Home)
Bad Company Glendale Train There She Goes Dancing Salt Creek
Road With No End It's About Time
"Six of the ten selections are original, previously unrecorded material... clean, clear, full sound… If all the albums produced sounded like this, bluegrass would be at the top of the record charts." Bluegrass Newsletter.
SPECIAL HISTORICAL EDITION
(Released May, 1983)I Wish You Knew Pickin' For My Family The Christian Life Hillbilly Fiddle
Amie Why You Been Gone So Long Bleepin' Sleauty Huckleberry Hornpipe
Lowlands James Boys And Me Will You Miss Me Thank You Lord Medley
Little Old Lady Them Poems
"Hickory Hill, one of Texas' most popular bluegrass groups, gives us another bluegrass gem with this, their second album, and they do it by taking the fine sound and infectious humor they bring to the stage, and somehow transfer it to the record, a feat almost impossible to do in bluegrass music. " Houston Chronicle.
"...they play and sing well, effectively communicating a band identity, and that makes them a recognizable unit instead of just another bunch of pickers...it's a well conceived, well played, and well produced album..." Bluegrass Unlimited.
COYOTE NIGHT
(Released March, 1982)Coyote Night No Longer A Sweetheart Good Morning Country Rain
Midnight Moonlight Old Time Feeling Black Mountain Rag These Old Blues
Old Man At The Mill Love Of The Mountains Dream Of A Miner's Child
Bluegrass Breakdown Tears In Peaceful Valley Will You Be Ready To Go Home
"Coyote Night proves to be an adeptly produced effort showcasing some first-rate musical talent that readily blends into one common purpose...a convincing debut album…Hickory Hill is going to be around for quite a while." Bluegrass Unlimited.
"Something that is difficult, if not impossible, to capture on record is a group's personality on stage, their rapport with an audience. Hickory Hill can lull you with their...East Texas good ol' boys demeanor and then blow you out of your seat with their music. You'll have to go and see them in person for that." Bluegrass Newsletter.
Title |
CD |
Cassette |
Freedom |
$15 |
Available Soon |
Thank You Lord |
$15 |
$10 |
Good Times Again! |
$15 |
$10 |
The First Fifteen Years |
$15 |
$10 |
Reminiscin' |
|
$8 |
It's About Time |
|
$8 |
Special Historical Edition |
|
$8 |
Coyote Night |
|
$8 |
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Hickory Hill
P.O. Box 278, Avinger, Tx. 75630
Tel: 903-562-1255
Email: hickoryhillband@tyler.net