Rounder Records is delighted to announce the re-release of Down Home, the latest album by 3 time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Award winning Guitarist of the Year Josh Williams. Due March 15, the album is a musical tour de force featuring songs from the repertoires of Jimmy Martin, Tom T. Hall, Carl Jackson, Vern Gosdin and Flatt & Scruggs as well as a remarkable set of special guests such as Stuart Duncan, Rhonda Vincent, Randy Kohrs, Tony Rice, and Dailey & Vincent.
Originally released in February 2010 on Pinecastle Records, Down Home ended up becoming one of the label’s last releases. Sadly, Pinecastle’s owner’s health issues forced the label to suspend operations that same month, and while the album was released, the label was unable to provide promotional support. Rounder has since picked up the album and is pleased to be giving it a proper release.
To Williams, Down Home is a labor of love. Having already released two solo projects as well as several releases with his former bands Josh Williams & High Gear, Special Consensus, and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, he felt ready to take the reins and produce the album. Down Home took more than two years to complete, and during that time he was also able to form the Josh Williams Band – a group that went on to win the coveted Emerging Artist of the Year award from the IBMA in 2010.
“Josh Williams is a wonderful roots-type singer, with just the right amount of Southern-drawl honey dripping from his vocal efforts. To say he’s proficient in most of the bluegrass instruments is an understatement. He’s a super picker. In fact, if you’re a ’grasser, there’s not much to dislike about Josh Williams. The same can be said about his new, self-produced CD, Down Home.” – Bluegrass Journal
The current Josh Williams Band is: Josh Williams (Guitar, Lead Vocals), Jason McKendree (Banjo, Vocals), Nick Keen (mandolin), and Randy Barnes (Bass, Vocals).
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