Red Dog Run (self-released, 2014) is the debut recording from the Ithaca, New York quartet built around Richie Stearns, the banjoist and singer best known for his long tenure with the Horse Flies. The band — Stearns with vocalist Rosie Newton, guitarist Jim Miller, and bassist Jed Greenberg — draws on old-time, bluegrass, and folk repertoire, performing pieces from "Waterbound" to "Hills of Mexico" with the loose-limbed collective energy Stearns developed through years in the Horse Flies' genre-blending ensemble. Produced by Dave Cook, the album captures a working quartet at home in the contradance and roots-revival circuit of the northeastern United States, combining traditional material with the personality of musicians who arrived at the old-time repertoire through multiple paths.
Tracklist
- 1 Waterbound alt version 4:00
- 2 The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake alt version 3:48
- 3 Rainbow Mid the Willows 3:12
- 4 No Lonesome Tune 3:51
- 5 Heaven 4:50
- 6 Lazy Eye 2:46
- 7 Adieu False Heart 2:35
- 8 Hills of Mexico alt version 3:52
- 9 One Eyed Rosie 2:06
- 10 Walk Past Your House 5:52
- 11 Jim Jones 4:39
- 12 Jimmy Shank 2:41
- 13 When the Night Comes 3:50
