I stumbled across this purely by accident at a local record store at one of listening stations. I thought, okay, this is either going to be SO horrible that I can't stand it, or one of those oh-so-cool little finds, so I HAD to queue it up and try it.

At first I could hardly really listen for laughing! First out of the gate is the heavily twangy "Highway to Hell". Wow, whoever thought they'd say those words together? So I'm listening away, smiling & occasionally giggling while thinking which of my rocker friends would get the biggest laugh out of it. Then something strange happened. The more I listened the more I took a shine to it, and to the good mood it was putting me in. I ended up buying it to listen to in the car on the way home. What can I say, it was on sale! : )

I have got to tell you, when I put it in the player in my car & really listened to it I found I REALLY liked it! These guys play like they're on fire! All the novelty and such aside, these boys can knock it out! And I defy anyone to stay in a bad mood when listening to this way-too-much-fun CD.

I trot it out here and there for my more musically adventurous friends, and have played it for both the rockers & bluegrass fans alike. Everyone has totally taken to it with that same strange wonder, saying things like "Where the hell do you find this stuff?" and "Only you, darlin'. Only you would ferret out something so strangely cool." "Damn, but those guys can play!"

What have you got to lose? Give it a try.

Okay so its like this,

I have been listening to rock and roll for 25 years

I work in an office, do the "cube life", sitting at a PC for most of the day, working on my own, popping out to get liquids or drain liquids, chat some, that's the life. Now this ipod deal comes along a few years ago. Only, if your going to listen to music all day, you just cant listen to real pure rock and roll all day, you just cant. I don't care if your homeless sitting in a park all day with an ipod on, you just cant listen to real hard rock and roll for hours and hours at time all day everyday.

Classical puts me to sleep. I can handle some of it in the morning, ease into the day, but not allot of it. Pop I don't care for much. Country is singing about my dog had an affair on my wife doesn't cut it either, what did I just say? Anyway, and Rap is out. Opera, No, what ARE they saying?!. So what to do?

Well thanks to my Dad, who used to watch Hee Haw all the time when I was growing up, and man did I hate it that show! Even today I seen some of it not long ago, its corny country stuff, but when Roy Clark comes on and solos for a song, then man always caught my attention. He was flat out good. But still I would "never" and have never owned a bluegrass cd. Get real!

But then, a friend, listening to me talk of my search to get some kind of music going for the day, loaned me a String Cheese Incident CD, an On The Road 3 cd set, and said just try it for awhile. Let it grow on you. What do you have to lose? Well yep I ended up submitting to it, and then really liking it. Before long I was walking around the office humming along, co workers going what you got playing man?? So having remembered seeing these Pickin' on cd's before, I said well why not try it, so I started off with one, right away started laughing and laughing good not at it. Then I find these Bluegrass tributes. Now mind you no way would this happen up till a few years ago. Getting older? I don't know, many people are born and raised on this stuff. Its all in how you approach it. And I will tell ya what, that was a couple years ago and 6 pickin' on cd's later, a few bluegrass tributes, I am so much more relaxed at work now. What I didn't notice before was music and singing along with it ALL day works on you more than you realize. I actually like the pickin' On ones more, as I listen to music all day, but these are fun also! Just having some "cruising tunes" playing with no singing really is relaxing. I don't have this playing all day, but its taking up a couple hours a day. Some more String Cheese cd's. And I will sooner or later just end up getting everyone of these pickin' on cd's. You see its not all about "oh this one doesn't jam enough" or the other one is better than this one. Nah. If you like Rock, and don't want to listen to it all day, then get used to these trust me, I did and its worth it. I still laugh at dif times playing them. And now some coworkers and friends have them loaded up also. I still have all the "real" bands loaded into my ipod, never giving up on Classic Rock and Roll, ever!

Lastly, I am not someone who sells these CD's. I actually am very picky if you read my reviews, and look at my Amazon name! and flunk so much stuff that's out there. Believe me this has caught me off guard. Just thought I would let anyone know that is searching for a new way listen to the day to try it out a bit. Give it time. Don't just listen partly or once then blow it all off, scoff and go Sacrilege! For I did before, but now a convert, and after a couple years of it, I get it, and will be enjoying these for years to come, just like the real rock and roll at times. Good luck.

If you're an AC/DC fan and you have a sense of humor, you've GOT to hear this! Great musicianship and just too...damn...funny! I'd like to hear this band do Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...

The music of AC/DC is immortalized on this, the finest bluegrass recording since "Dueling Banjoes". The production of this album was probably the most historically important moment in music since Elvis was deputized by Nixon, and a cultural highpoint for America. God bless Hayseed Dixie!

I am a fan of pretty much all musical genres. I have to say this is just sorry. No, really it's a piece of [...]. That is truely the best thing I can say. It sounds like someone faking country "accent" and murdering great songs. The music isn't any better than the vocals. If you want to pair country and metal it can be done and done well- Just NOT by these fleas. Check out Iron Horse- they have talent.