Good Old-Time Mandolin & Guitar

Read what the reviews are saying about "Old Time Jamboree":

"When good musicians play a tune, you might say "Wow, they're really good musicians." When the best musicians play you say instead "What a great tune!" My reaction on hearing this CD for the first time: "What great tunes!" The Buckhannon Brothers are at such a level that you don't notice the effort and musicianship that went toward creating the sound. You are just conscious of good, well-played music from many different traditions.

Curtis has a light, sure touch on the mandolin. He works variations into each tune as he plays - sometimes hitting the note directly; other times starting one fret below and immediately sliding up to the note; other times damping the string somehow to achieve a lute-like sound. This is old-time mandolin playing at its best, firmly rooted in the 1930s and before, with no hints of bluegrass music in his playing."

The Old-Time Herald
www.oldtimeherald.org
April-May issue

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"The music of the Buckhannon Brothers always brings along a smile and a sunny day...The Buckhannon Brothers epitomize everything honest and true about American old-time music.

Curtis Buckhannon plays mandolin, although he sometimes changes up the tone color by trading it in for a tenor banjo. Whatever the instrument, every phrase is expressive; every note is clean and his playing is firmly in the tradition, with nary a cheesy :look-at-me" run to break the spell of the truly beautiful tunes presented with his truly beautiful tone and gorgeous tremolo.

Dennis Buckhannon ably backs his brother on guitar, matching every change of mood and rhythm flawlessly. Vince Corkery adds a deft touch of bass and Emily Buckhannon plays banjo-mandolin and pump organ on a couple of tunes.

The CD is over a hour of music, including a generous 26 tunes. The playing is consistently great throughout and the mix of tunes holds interest The recording quality is super and deceptively simple, sounding like the brothers are sitting right in front of you.

Mandolin Magazine
Summer 2008 issue, Vol. 10, #1
authored by Marilyn Mair

The Buckhannon Brothers - Back Home Again
By Mandolin Cafe
Aug 30, 2005, 06:45

Eleven classic mandolin instrumentals with guitar in an old-time style from Dennis and Curtis Buckhannon of St. Charles, Missouri.

The Buckhannon Brothers are well known in the midwest for their commitment to preserving traditional old-time mandolin and fiddle music that is indigenous to Missouri and the Midwest region.

Selections:
La Virgincita
Acadian Waltz
Saturday Night Breakdown
Twinkle Little Star
Sawtelle Blues
Jackson Stomp
Mexicali rose
Be Thou My Vision
Monkey on a Dog Cart
Johsefin's Waltz
Sailor Springs