The Hole is a 2019 Mountain Home Music Company EP (MH 18622) by Kentucky-born tenor John Bowman, comprising six tracks of country and bluegrass gospel produced with a high-caliber Nashville instrumental cast. Aubrey Haynie plays fiddle and mandolin, Rob Ickes handles resonator guitar, Keith McKinnon contributes banjo, and Troy Parker rounds out the ensemble. The program includes a bluegrass reading of Merle Haggard's "Silverthorn Mountain" alongside original and traditional material. Haynie — a multiple CMA Award winner who has recorded with dozens of major country and bluegrass acts — and Ickes, a multi-IBMA Dobro Player of the Year, frame Bowman's expressive gospel tenor with instrumental authority that exceeds the EP format's modest length.
Tracklist
- 1 You Ought've Been There (Johnny Run The Pews) 2:12
- 2 I Didn't Drive The Nails 4:17
- 3 The Hole 3:11
- 4 Little Bit 2:23
- 5 Silverthorn Mountain 2:28
- 6 I’ll Talk It All Over With Him alt version 2:25