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The Red Clay Ramblers --
"CHUCKIN' THE FRIZZ" -- $15.95 per CD, includes FREE SHIPPING to US locations.
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"Any true Ramblers fan knows that this all-too-rare release marks the band's finest hour on record, a well-produced live recording of the rollicking 1979 lineup performing at the old, tinier Cat's Cradle. This is a superior string band at the height of its powers, spinning out traditionals and originals with inspired, infectious fervor. ---NC INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill. Originally released on Flying Fish Records, 1979,
CD Re-issue 2006
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"When asked to name a favorite Red Clay Ramblers album, fans of the long-running North Carolina string band inevitably seem to pick this live album, recorded over three days in a home away from home, Chapel Hill's Cat's Cradle club. This was back in the days when this club was a small, intimate listening room with an adjoining, glassed-in bar and not the bowling-alley size venue it eventually evolved into. 
It is pretty easy to see why this record would be a favorite. It captures what is without question the best lineup of this group... Having them all together here in such a happy live setting is a real treat. Yet this isn't simply the equal of any cassette machine that might have gotten clicked on during any Red Clay Ramblers gig during this period. This is a superbly produced set with a superior recorded sound, fully capturing the rich overtones in the blend of stringed instruments and piano... This is the ultimate Red Clay Ramblers souvenir, the cover art> featuring two examples of the photographic medium's ability to completely capture the personality of an entire band." ---Eugene Chadbourne, ALL MUSIC GUIDE
OLD TIME HERALD review - Feb. 2007
Songs: Fourth of July at a County Fair, **Thoroughly African Man, Cabin Home, Hot Buttered Run, Three Bells Road, Baby Grand, Play Rocky Top, Santa Anna's March/Fine Times at Our House/Donegal Reel, Aragon Mill, Wahoo Wahoo Wahoo, Tilly Take Your Time, Paddy Won't You Drink Some Ciderpersonnel: Mike Craver - piano, Jack Herrick - bass and trumpet, Bill Hicks - fiddle, Tommy Thompson - banjo, Jim Watson - mandolin and bass
**Sheet Music (piano, vocals, & chord symbols) is available for "Thoroughly African Man" at Mike's Sheet Music Store.
top photo by Rick Doble
bottom drawing and cd cover design by Chris Baker