Back to Nothing

This CD features the following songs:

* Sittin' on Top of the World (Traditional)
* Get in Line Brother (Lester Flatt - BMI)
* Engine, Engine #9 (Roger Miller - BMI)
* House of Gold (Hank Williams - ASCAP, BMI)
* Back to Nothing (Chris Talley Armstrong, Zane Prosser)
* Lord, Lord (Chris Talley Armstrong)
* Tomorrow is a Long Time (Bob Dylan)
* Rock Hearts (Bill Otis - BMI)
* Catfish John (B. McDill, A Reynolds - BMI, Jack Music)
* Rebel Soldier (C. Moore - BMI)
* Bonaparte's Retreat (Traditional)
* I'm Always Coming Home (D. Gillon, D. Porter, J. Whitmore - ASCAP)
* Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo Arnold - ASCAP)
* Make Me a Pallet (Traditional)

One of the things that sets The Chris Talley Trio apart from other bluegrass bands is its versatility. Every member sings both lead and harmony, and three of the four musicians are multi-instrumentalists. From fiddle, to banjo, to guitar, to mandolin, to bass -- this CD covers all the bluegrass bases and more! It really shows off the tight harmony the group has developed over the past several years, and you'll love the fact that every song doesn't sound alike due the group's changing lead vocalists.

Here are some notes from Chris about the CD and the title song:

Harmonica was the first instrument that I learned how to play. I loved playing, and when we would go to bluegrass festivals, I always took my harmonica with me and would play it all over the campground. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, we went to a festival in Farmington, Missouri where a friendly beagle mix "found" me and followed me everywhere I went. When I would play the harmonica, he would sit down in front of me and start howling. I walked back to the camper to show my parents my new singing friend, and Mom took this picture of us (the cover picture on the CD). I never did find out whose dog it was, but we sure had fun playing music together!

I wrote the song "Back to Nothing" in the late 1990's, but never actually did much with it until Zane joined The Chris Talley Trio. I e-mailed Zane the words and asked him to see if he could come up with a melody for it. I wasn't disappointed! When we starting rehearsing for this CD, we were fooling around with this song and playing it in all different styles just for the fun of it. When Zane started playing it in swing style, we all liked it so much that we decided to keep it that way. If you listen closely to the story this song tells, you'll soon find that "back to nothing" is actually a good place to be!

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