The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3: California Connection, from The Bluegrass Album Band in 1983, extends the ensemble's engagement with classic material while nodding to its West Coast collaborators. Down the Road and Big Spike Hammer sit alongside less standard choices like Devil in Disguise and Wall Around Your Heart, giving the set a slightly broader tonal range than its predecessors. Tony Rice, Doyle Lawson, J.D. Crowe, Bobby Hicks, and Todd Phillips were by now a well-settled unit, their ensemble blend deepened by accumulated session experience. I'm Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darlin' and Unfaithful One trace the sentimental thread common to the tradition, while Please Search Your Heart and I'd Rather Be Alone favor plainer emotional statement. The album maintains the series' commitment to direct, unembellished presentation.
Tracklist
- 1 Devil in Disguise Source Recording 3:15
- 2 Letter From My Darlin' 3:01
- 3 A Hundred Years From Now alt version 2:14
- 4 Unfaithful One Source Recording 2:58
- 5 Down the Road Source Recording 2:20
- 6 I’d Rather Be Alone Source Recording 3:08
- 7 Big Spike Hammer Source Recording 3:01
- 8 Please Search Your Heart Source Recording 2:30
- 9 Hey Lonesome 2:06
- 10 I’m Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darlin’ Source Recording 2:37
- 11 Wall Around Your Heart Source Recording 2:46
- 12 Come Back Darlin’ alt version 2:29
