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Cold Virginia Night

Ronnie Bowman

Album · 1994 · Rebel REB-CD 1704

Cold Virginia Night is Ronnie Bowman’s first solo album, released on Rebel Records in 1994 on cassette (REB-C 1704) and CD while he was singing and playing bass with the Lonesome River Band. It was recorded at Doobie Shea Studios in Ferrum, Virginia, with a rotating cast. Dan Tyminski, a Lonesome River Band bandmate, plays mandolin on eleven of the twelve songs and sings harmony on most of them. Tony Rice plays guitar on five of them, Alison Krauss or Rickie Simpkins plays fiddle, Craig Smith or Sammy Shelor banjo, Kim Gardner dobro and Barry Bales bass. On “I’m Nowhere Bound,” Bowman sings with Del McCoury and the Del McCoury Band.

Bowman wrote or co-wrote five of the songs: “Sweet Marie,” “Lead Us Safely,” “The Healing Kind” (with Greg Luck), “Always a Lady” (with Garland Carter) and “I’m Nowhere Bound” (with Jr. Sisk and Tim Massey). Tim Massey wrote the title song. The rest are Alton Delmore’s “Will You Be Lonesome Too,” the Reno and Smiley song “Drifting with the Tide,” two songs by Jimmy Haley (“I’m Over You” and “You Don’t Love Me Anymore”), Sidney Cox’s “If It’s Only Pretend” and the traditional “Nine Pound Hammer.”

In 1995 the International Bluegrass Music Association named Cold Virginia Night its Album of the Year and the title song its Song of the Year.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Will You Be Lonesome Too alt version 2:27
  2. 2 Cold Virginia Night Source Recording Tim Massey · key A · 108 bpm 2:32
  3. 3 The Healing Kind 3:06
  4. 4 Drifting With the Tide Source Recording Don Reno, Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley · key Bb · 112 bpm 2:31
  5. 5 Sweet Marie 2:35
  6. 6 Lead Us Safely 2:21
  7. 7 I'm Nowhere Bound 2:44
  8. 8 I'm Over You 2:51
  9. 9 You Don’t Love Me Anymore Source Recording Jimmy Haley · key Bb · 122 bpm 2:11
  10. 10 Always A Lady 3:47
  11. 11 If It's Only Pretend 3:13
  12. 12 Nine Pound Hammer Source Recording Traditional · key B · 124 bpm 2:39

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