The Last Suit You Wear is a Larry Sparks album released on McCoury Music MCM-0004, featuring Sparks on guitar and lead vocals alongside Jackie Kincaid, Josh McMurray, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Randy Kohrs on resonator guitar, and Larry D. Sparks on bass. The title, taken from a gospel expression for burial clothing, signals the devotional weight the album carries — Sparks addressing mortality and redemption with the unflinching directness that has always characterized his approach to sacred material. Stuart Duncan's fiddle and Kohrs's Dobro provide sympathetic, understated accompaniment that keeps the focus on Sparks's voice and lyric. The McCoury Music imprint, typically associated with Del McCoury's own recordings, here extends its commitment to traditional-leaning bluegrass to one of the genre's most respected solo performers.
Tracklist
- 1 The Old Coal Mine Source Recording 3:05
- 2 Casualty of war 3:25
- 3 For your love 3:09
- 4 Lazarus and the rich man 3:34
- 5 I'm country and nothing more 2:58
- 6 Pretty girls 2:10
- 7 The last suit you wear 4:12
- 8 Goodbye little darlin' 2:25
- 9 Follow the star 4:26
- 10 Larro 3:16
- 11 Hand in hand 3:05
- 12 Those blue eyes don't sparkle anymore 3:15