Hop High Explained

Hop High
Type:	studio
Artist:	Crooked Still
Cover:	Hophigh_low.jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	2004
Genre:	Progressive bluegrass
Label:	Footprint
Next Title:	Shaken by a Low Sound
Next Year:	2006

Hop High is the debut album of progressive bluegrass group Crooked Still. Most of the songs on this album are traditional, but played in a different way than by other artists – with lineup without traditional bluegrass instruments like guitar and mandolin, consisting of cello, bass and banjo only (occasionally adding guitar and fiddle).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Track listing

1. "Darling Corey" (trad.) 3:42
2. "Angeline the Baker" (trad.) 4:13
3. "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" (Robert Johnson) 4:29
4. "Orphan Girl" (Welch) 2:40
5. "Lonesome Road" (trad.) 3:18
6. "Old Virginia" (trad.) 4:04
7. "Flora" (trad.) 4:05
8. "Look On and Cry" (trad.) 3:40
9. "Lulu Gal" (trad.) 2:41
10. "Rank Stranger" (Brumley) 3:47
11. "Shady Grove" (trad.) 4:30

Personnel

• Aoife O'Donovan – vocals
• Gregory Liszt – banjo
• Rushad Eggleston – violoncello, vocals
• Corey DiMario – upright bass
• Brittany Haas^[4] – 5-string violin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Users review (retrieved Feb 2010) . Cdbaby.com . 2012-08-07.
2. Web site: Album review (retrieved Feb 2010 . Rambles.net . 2005-04-30 . 2012-08-07.
3. Web site: Album info and review (retrieved Feb 2010 . Answers.com . 2005-02-22 . 2012-08-07.
4. Web site: Hop High – Crooked Still | Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.