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30 is a 2019 album by the Larry Stephenson Band on Whysper Dream Music (WDM 7428), released on 25 April 2019 to mark thirty years since Stephenson formed the band in 1989. Whysper Dream is his own label, which he started in 2010 and named for his daughter.

The group on the album is Stephenson on mandolin and vocals, Derek Vaden on banjo, Nick Dauphinais on guitar and Matt Wright on upright bass, all of them singing. Ronnie Bowman is a guest on track 2, “Two Ol’ Country Boys Like Us,” which he and Stephenson wrote together and sing as a duet; it is about growing up in the bluegrass world. Other songs include “I Was Bluegrass (When Bluegrass Wasn’t Cool),” Ernest Tubb’s “Journey’s End,” the traditional “Darling Little Joe,” and a version of Randy Vanwarmer’s hit “Just When I Needed You Most.” A bonus track at the end features Stephenson’s daughter Whysper.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Blue Memories 3:42
  2. 2 Two Ol' Country Boys Like Us 3:13
  3. 3 Who Are They? 2:18
  4. 4 Tears 2:36
  5. 5 Two Hearts on the Borderline 3:09
  6. 6 Just When I Needed You Most 3:50
  7. 7 Timber, I'm Falling in Love 2:50
  8. 8 Darling Little Joe 2:23
  9. 9 Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes alt version 2:15
  10. 10 Journey's End 2:19
  11. 11 Love Lifted Me 2:48
  12. 12 I Was Bluegrass (When Bluegrass Wasn't Cool) 2:33
  13. 13 Two Ol' Country Boys Like Us (Bonus) [feat. Whysper Stephenson] 0:35

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