Late as Usual

by Sam Bush

Late as Usual cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1985
  • Label: Rounder Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:10
  • Community rating: 3.6/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bush's first solo album, recorded while he still led the New Grass Revival, its title a family joke about 'Sam Bush Time'. He had won the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest three years running as a teenager, and David Grisman dubbed him the world's greatest all-purpose mandolinist.

Genres

Descriptors: virtuosic, acoustic, melodic, male-vocals, fast

Tracklist

  1. Big Mon (3:13)
  2. Last Letter Home (3:28)
  3. Norman And Nancy (2:46)
  4. Russian Rag (2:34)
  5. Leather Britches (3:44)
  6. Diadem (3:21)
  7. Sailin' Shoes (3:38)
  8. Crooked Smile (6:45)
  9. Broadway (3:33)
  10. Samanda Lynn (3:38)
  11. Funk 55 (4:25)

Credits

  • John Cowan - bass, harmony vocals
  • Nancy Blake - cello, cello, mandolin [harmony]
  • Norman Blake - guitar, arranged by
  • Mike Marshall - mandolin, mandocello, guitar
  • Rich Adler - engineer, mastered by [assistant]
  • Jim McGuire - photography by, photography
  • Scott Billington - design
  • Jim Loyd - mastered by
  • Bill Monroe - written-by
  • Butch McDade - written-by
  • James Hooker - written-by
  • Dave Apollon - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Lowell George - written-by
  • Bill Bird - written-by
  • Henri Woode - written-by
  • Teddy McRae - written-by

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