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No depression
d. 14. May 2020
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Henry Carrigan
d. 14. May 2020
"Chicago Barn Dance showcases Special C's rolling and rollicking way of making songs their own. Inventive, innovative, improvisational, Special Consensus' versions of these songs blow out the candles on the band's celebration in a fitting way, and almost every song on the album invites us to jump up and dance".
Songlines
2020 July
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Doug DeLoach
2020 July
"It's safe to say that every country music fan has heard of the Grand Ole Opry. What few people know is that the Grand Ole Opry was 'inspired' by the WLS National Barn Dance, a weekly radio broadcast originating from Chicago (...), heard on the airwaves from 1924 to 1968. The show (...) featured the country stars of the period including Gene Autry, Hank Williams, Bill and Charlie Monroe, and Patsy Montana ... Founded by Chicago native Greg Cahill, Special Consensus is a bluegrass quartet with 45 years of touring and recording experience. Chicago Barn Dance serves as a tribute to the Opry's precursor by highlighting songwriters and songs related to the Windy City. One of the best examples, Robbie Fulks' 'East Chicago Blues', cuts a deep country blues groove over which mandolinist Nate Burle and Fulks relate a first-person account of Bill Monroe's journey from Kentucky farmer to Chicago oil worker".