Skippin' and Flyin', by Laurie Lewis

Skippin' and Flyin'

by Laurie Lewis

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Laurie Lewis’ new CD, SKIPPIN’ AND FLYIN’, is a personal tribute to the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and mixes songs from the bluegrass repertoire and contemporary writers and Lewis’ originals. In turns lively, exciting, deep and heartfelt, the songs feature Lewis’ expressive vocals and instrumentation by GRAMMY Award-winning bassist Todd Phillips, the legendary Craig Smith on banjo, and mandolinist/vocalist Tom Rozum. Linda Ronstadt is among the special guests.

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1.	Old Ten Broeck 03:00	info	buy track
2.	What's Good for You 03:09	info	buy track
3.	The Pharaoh's Daughter 05:16	info	buy track
4.	Hartfordtown 1944 05:25	info	buy track
5.	Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues 04:04	info	buy track
6.	I Don't Care Anymore 02:12	info	buy track
7.	A Lonesome Road 04:25	info	buy track
8.	Dreams 04:39	info	buy track
9.	American Chestnuts 02:52	info	buy track
10.	Carter's Blues 04:31	info	buy track
11.	Fair Beauty Bright 04:16	info	buy track
12.	Blue Moon of Kentucky 03:19	info	buy track
13.	I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow 02:43	info	buy track
14.	Going Away 04:54	info	buy track

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“Bill Monroe was not a follower of styles but steadfastly played his singular music through the good times and the tough, inspiring me with his example to be free to explore my own musical path. Performed with a ‘traditional’ bluegrass band (fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass), all of the harmony singing stems directly from the school of Bill Monroe. This collection is an installment on those student loans and a warm thank-you to Big Mon.” – Laurie Lewis (from the CD liner notes)

“A sweet, joyful birthday centennial celebration of the late, great bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and the music he created…" –Ken Morton, Jr. – Engine145.com

"Creatively ambitious and utterly unpretentious, steeped in tradition but doggedly progressive, Lewis is a gifted fiddler, deft guitarist, inspired songwriter and powerfully evocative singer. –Andrew Gilbert ~ Berkeleyside

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released August 17, 2023

Recorded at LewieToons Studio, Berkeley, CA.
Engineer: Laurie Lewis
Bay Records, Berkeley, CA. Engineer: Bob Shumaker
Tomland, Pacheco, CA. Engineer: Tom Size
Mixed at The Rec Room, Nashville, TN. Engineer: Ben Surratt
Mastered by Ken Lee at Ken Lee Mastering, Oakland, CA
Photos: Irene Young

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Laurie Lewis Berkeley, California

For fiddler, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Laurie Lewis, the traditions of bluegrass and folk aren’t so much tools in her hands, but burning sources of inspiration that have driven her through a 30+ year career at the forefront of American roots music. A pioneering woman in bluegrass, Laurie has paved the way for many, always guided by her own love of traditional music. ... more

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