Uncontained (Pinecastle PRC 1114, 2001) is the debut album from Wildfire, a traditional-leaning bluegrass quintet built around Phil Leadbetter on dobro, Darrell Webb on mandolin and vocals, Robert Hale on guitar and vocals, Curt Chapman on bass, and the band's regular banjoist, with Scott Vestal contributing as a featured guest. The album earned Wildfire an IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year nomination, announcing a band whose instrumental precision and vocal quality placed it in the competitive top tier of early-2000s traditional bluegrass acts. The catalog entry includes Julian Lage and Bonny Beverly among the personnel; neither name is documented in available sources for this album and both may reflect data errors. Pinecastle Records was a natural home for the project given the label's sustained focus on high-quality traditional acoustic music through this period.
Tracklist
- 1 Rough Edges Source Recording 2:15
- 2 Don't Let Me Stand in Your Way 3:06
- 3 Victim of Life's Circumstances 3:06
- 4 Bartender’s Blues alt version 4:32
- 5 Maria (Love to See You Again) 3:25
- 6 Fall On Your Knees 2:37
- 7 Louise 3:13
- 8 You Can't Cut Me Any Deeper 2:56
- 9 Moanin' the Blues 2:02
- 10 Straight and Narrow 2:43
- 11 It Could Be You 3:19
- 12 Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down alt version 2:13
