Hickory Hill Recordings
 

The First Fifteen Years

The First Fifteen Years

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Hickory Hill’s early years are chronicled here with 23 songs chosen from their first four recordings. Partial reviews from those albums, Coyote Night, Special Historical Edition, It’s About Time and Reminiscin’ follow below.

Released November, 1995
Turquoise Records
Personnel: Rolan Foster, Ronny Singley, Bob Stegall, Don Eaves and John Early

Special Guests: James Aaron - pedal steel guitar, Jimmy Godwin - acoustic guitar, James Pennebaker - fiddle, Terry Salyer - percussion

Digital Remix Engineered by Greg Hunt at Rosewood Studios, Tyler, Texas
Mastered by Airshow, Inc., Springfield, VA
Cover Art by Brad Attaway
Band Photograph by Rick Gardner
"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
 
 

Following are summaries and reviews from Hickory Hill’s first four albums...

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

Huckleberry Hornpipe  •   Lowlands  •   James Boys And Me  •   Will You Miss Me  •   Thank You Lord Medley  •   Little Old Lady

"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.