Pray For Rain, released by Blue Mafia in 2015, represents the work of a contemporary ensemble committed to traditional and neo-traditional bluegrass at a moment when the genre's commercial fringe was being pulled toward pop production and bro-country crossover. Blue Mafia operates within a tradition of smaller regional bluegrass acts that maintain professional standards and genuine musical seriousness without the benefit of major-label distribution or festival headlining slots. The album reflects the grassroots infrastructure of touring, regional radio, and festival circuits that has sustained acoustic music through repeated cycles of mainstream indifference.
Tracklist
- 1 Moonshiner alt version 3:03
- 2 One Bad Day 3:14
- 3 Had To Be Crippled 3:59
- 4 Consider It Goodbye 2:37
- 5 Born to Be With You alt version 1:58
- 6 He's In Control 5:22
- 7 I Didn't See It Coming 3:17
- 8 East Virginia Blues alt version 3:56
- 9 Backtrail 2:21
- 10 I’m Lonesome Without You Source Recording 3:21
- 11 Pray For Rain 2:32
- 12 I’d Like to Be a Train alt version 4:05
- 13 All I Ever Loved Was You alt version 3:00