BLUEGRASS AT THE CROSSROADS
“Lonesome is the Price I Pay”
DESCRIPTION:
Co-written and sung by mandolinist Darren Nicholson of the award-winning Balsam Range quintet, this song is archetypal bluegrass—a happy-sounding song with miserable lyrics. In this case, the lyric’s narrative is built around a “get out of town” theme, punctuated with plenty of opportunities for the group to showcase the energetic, inventive playing that’s earned its participants acclaim from every corner of the bluegrass tent. Collaborators include a slew of multiple GRAMMY/IBMA-winning artists.
KEY SELLING POINTS
- In addition to Nicholson (Balsam Range), collaborators on "Lonesome is the Price I Pay" include Steve Martin Banjo Award recipient Kristin Scott Benson (The Grascals)
- Skip Cherryholmes of the award-winning sextet, Sideline
- Organic Records’ artist and member of the GRAMMY®-winning Infamous Stringdusters, Jeremy Garrett (fiddle, harmony vocals)
- Kevin Kehrberg, bassist for Organic Records’ Zoe & Cloyd
- Travis Book, harmony vocal (Infamous Stringdusters)