Keep It Simple

The Hackensaw Boys - Keep It Simple

07/30/2002 | Valley 

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All Music Guide Review

The Hackensaw Boys are an eight-piece Charlottesville, VA, acoustic string combo (upright bass, fiddles, dobro, mandolin, guitar, etc.) who infuse old-time mountain music with a fiery contemporary spirit. Keep It Simple, the group's sophomore effort, features an urgent collection of old-timey originals that the group burns through with rollicking steam. The Hackensaws' aggressive acoustic attack and no-holds-barred vocalizing (all high barks, shouts, and sweet harmonies) are an appealing combination, particularly on tracks such as the rousing "Nashville," the foreboding "Jonah," and the stark yet affecting "Keep Me Lord." Other highlights include the sweet, fiddle-saturated "Ruby Pearl" and the ragged-but-right "Miner." This is an uplifting and unbridled acoustic album fraught with old mountain strains and contemporary fervor ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide

Keep It Simple Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Dance Around
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for Dance Around from Keep It Simple


  • 2
  • Ruby Pearl
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Ruby Pearl from Keep It Simple


  • 3
  • Jonah
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Jonah from Keep It Simple


  • 4
  • Miner
  • 3:31
  • Sound Clip for Miner from Keep It Simple


  • 5
  • Smilin' Must Mean Something
  • 3:39
  • Sound Clip for Smilin' Must Mean Something from Keep It Simple


  • 6
  • Blue Run
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Blue Run from Keep It Simple


  • 7
  • Nashville
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for Nashville from Keep It Simple


  • 8
  • Keep It Simple
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Keep It Simple from Keep It Simple


  • 9
  • Grandma
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Grandma from Keep It Simple


  • 10
  • When You Said I Love You
  • 3:43
  • Sound Clip for When You Said I Love You from Keep It Simple


  • 11
  • Gypsy
  • 4:23
  • Sound Clip for Gypsy from Keep It Simple


  • 12
  • Keep Me Lord
  • 3:36
  • Sound Clip for Keep Me Lord from Keep It Simple


  • 13
  • Leni
  • 4:13
  • Sound Clip for Leni from Keep It Simple


  • 14
  • Wherever You Are
  • 3:51
  • Sound Clip for Wherever You Are from Keep It Simple


    • Credits of Keep It Simple



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