Brian Crout

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Album Review: Let It Be Known (Booth Brothers)

On the heels of last year’s critically acclaimed table project Declaration, Let It Be Known is the Booth Brothers’ first Daywind project of new songs in over three years.  There are two things you can count on from the Booth Brothers, particularly the lineup of Michael, Ronnie, and Jim Brady: some of the tightest harmony …

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Top 100: #84 Winding Through Life (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)

Release Year: 1999 Album Rank for Group: #7 of 7 Here’s a blurb: Winding Through Life was the first recording by Quicksilver’s best vocal lineup (Lawson, Barry Scott, Jamie Dailey, and Dale Perry).  It was this lineup that dominated the IBMA Vocal Group of the Year category, and first began to make inroads in the …

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Top 100: #85 The Best of Times (Cathedrals)

Release Year: 1991 Album Rank for Group: #12 of 13 Here’s a blurb: The Best of Times was the first recording released by the last lineup of the legendary Cathedral Quartet.  It does not disappoint, and is in my opinion the most consistently solid studio recording the lineup made.  Scott Fowler, in his Cathedrals debut, …

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Top 100: #86 Living on the Other Side (IIIrd Tyme Out)

Release Year: 1996 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 1 Here’s a blurb: Tenor Russell Moore and bass Ray Deaton are two of the greatest singers of the modern bluegrass generation.  Both former members of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, they left to form IIIrd Tyme Out in the early 1990s, with immediate smashing success.  Living …

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Top 100: #87 London (Legacy Five)

Release Year: 2003 Album Rank for Group: #2 of 2 Here’s a blurb: Legacy Five took a page out of the Cathedrals’ book, flying across the pond to record some exciting songs with soaring accompaniment by the London Session Orchestra.  The quartet reached the peak of their popularity with this recording, including their first #1 …

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Top 100: #88 The Only Way (Greater Vision)

Release Year: 2011 Album Rank for Group: #12 of 13 Here’s a blurb: Greater Vision’s first major label release of new songs since the triumphant return of Chris Allman is a pure lyrical delight, with an exciting mix of musical styles. Knock my socks off: He’s the Only Way, I Know a Man Who Can …

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Top 100: #89 This Is the Day (Perrys)

Release Year: 2003 Album Rank for Group: #4 of 4 Here’s a blurb: The Perrys’ first entry in the countdown is a strong and steady collection of songs, including one of their big showstoppers (“Calvary Answers for Me”) and a bunch of Kyla Rowland goodness.  You’ve accomplished something if you’ve sung along with “I Wish …

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