Showin' My Roots, released in 2013 on Hadley Music Group (HMG 1012), is Donna Ulisse's bluegrass reframing of country classics, co-produced by Ulisse and guitarist Bryan Sutton. Ulisse sings lead over a Nashville session lineup that includes Sutton on guitar, Scott Vestal on banjo, Rob Ickes on Dobro, Andy Leftwich on fiddle and mandolin, and Viktor Krauss and Byron House on bass, with harmonies from John Cowan, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, and Larry Stephenson. Sam Bush joins Ulisse for a duet on "Take This Hammer." The repertoire pulls country chestnuts into a bluegrass setting, and the record sits midway through Ulisse's run as one of the most consistent contemporary bluegrass songwriters — a parallel statement of her interpretive side.
Tracklist
- 1 Showin' My Roots 4:12
- 2 One Way Rider 2:37
- 3 Take This Hammer alt version 3:08
- 4 How Mountain Girls Can Love alt version 2:04
- 5 If That’s the Way You Feel alt version 2:21
- 6 Fist City 2:49
- 7 In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad 3:44
- 8 Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus 4:12
- 9 Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missing Tonight) 3:34
- 10 Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad 2:50
- 11 I Hope You Have Learned alt version 3:24
- 12 Send Me the Pillow You Dream On 3:19
- 13 I've Always Had a Song I Could Lean On 3:34
