AJ Lee, the 2017 self-titled debut by California banjoist and singer AJ Lee, introduced a young performer whose musicianship and artistic confidence exceeded what her age and relative obscurity might have suggested. Lee, who fronts the band Blue Summit with Sullivan Tuttle, plays a driving three-finger banjo style rooted in the Scruggs tradition while bringing a vocal sensibility shaped by both the high lonesome sound and the singer-songwriter tradition. The record situates her within the progressive California bluegrass scene that has nurtured distinctive voices from Vern Williams through David Grisman to the Laurie Lewis generation, while staking out her own territory within that broad tradition.
Tracklist
- 1 Look at Miss Ohio alt version 4:33
- 2 Hickory Wind alt version 3:32
- 3 California Cotton Fields alt version 3:16
- 4 Tomorrow Is a Long Time 3:43
- 5 Just One Look 3:01
- 6 Wait a Minute alt version 3:53