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Battleground Music and Battleground Records were named for the community of Battleground, located in Vinemont, Alabama. The site of the Forrest-Streight battle, the area is steeped in Civil War history.
NEW! The latest release from Allen Watkins, Light of the Crescent Moon, is now available! To read all about it, click here: Light of the Crescent Moon.
To view the cover of Hold Everything and read all about the CD, click on Hold Everything.
The November 2002 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited ran a feature story about Allen! Titled "Doing It All...Tastefully," the piece includes a couple of pictures of Allen and his Deering Maple Blossom banjo, as well as one of the new Allen Watkins Band. Click here for more information on Deering Banjos.
Coming Soon!! Information and pictures of The Allen Watkins Band. Stay Tuned!
Check out Greg Rowell's guitar project, Freight Elevator Music. Here's what 1997 International Thumb Picking Guitar Champion Don Jones has to say about Freight Elevator Music:
"I really enjoyed Greg's CD. The selection of tunes was pleasantly eclectic. From the light-hearted opening cut to the intricacy of Scott Joplin's music, Greg shows what a guitar is capable of producing. I was intrigued by the haunting changes in Angie's Piano to the point of stealing a couple of movements. I also liked the way he mixed the electric guitars on the CD. It provides something for everyone to enjoy, no matter what their tonal preference may be."
To see a song list and view the cover of Freight Elevator Music, be sure to click on the link, listed below in 'Projects.' And, for something special, click this link: Talent from Towns Under 2000. It's the Prairie Home Companion's listing of finalists in their 1998 talent contest. Scroll down the page to Greg's link and you can hear a sample of his playing and see a photo of him and his guitar.
NEW!! Now you can hear samples of Greg's new CD online! Surf to folkweb.com Greg Rowell. Click on the title of the song (three great songs are featured!), then listen to two minutes of Greg's awesome fingerstyle guitar work. While you're there, you can even order a copy of Freight Elevator Music. You'll be glad you dropped by the folkweb.com site.
Review and Top 10 Listing of
Battleground: Acoustic Music Inspired by the Civil War
Every year the Chicago Tribune runs Top 10 Lists of new musical releases and re-releases. Here's what David Royko of the Chicago Tribune had to say about Battleground in the 2000 Bluegrass releases segment of the December 3 issue of the Trib:
"#7. Allen Watkins, "Battleground" (Battleground): "Dark suspicions were raised by two facts about Allen Watkins' "Battleground" CD -- first, that it has a theme, in this case, the Civil War, which could have meant that the music would be forced into a premise; and that Watkins plays virtually all of the instruments himself, which can result in weak links. So much for presumptions. This is a tour de force of writing and playing. The emphasis is on instrumentals, and Watkins is comfortable floating between the bluegrass and new acoustic camps."
Thanks, Dave, for the listing and the review!
To view a song list, CD cover, and details on the project Battleground: Music Inspired by the Civil War, see our list of projects below. Learn more about Allen's music and his family by visiting his personal web site: Welcome to WatkinsWorld!
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Projects from Battleground Records:
Battleground: Music Inspired by the Civil War
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