Roses in the Snow **** (in progress...)

When I first started learning how to play guitar (Mart D-28 thank you very much) I went immediately to the songs on this album. They are great, albeit simple songs to learn. Roses in the Snow is a great song in the dead lover tradition of bluegrass. I am not even that great a fan of bluegrass. It's okay, but it doesn't hold my attention the way that traditional country does. That said, Roses in the Snow, Emmy's Bluegrass submission is an excellent sketch book of that tradition. Again, there is an out of place choice from the pop world. "The Boxer", in my opinion doesn't need a bluegrass reading and should have been passed over for some other straight on bluegrass choice.

I think this record is the first in the early Emmy catalog where the shadow of Gram Parsons isn't at the forefront. Although I would bet money on the possibility that many of theses songs are songs that Emmy learned from Gram. Can't you imagine Gram's dueting vocal on the Louvin's You're Learning.

Roses in the Snow
Wayfaring Stranger
Green Pastures
The Boxer
Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn
I'll Go Stepping Too
You're Learning
Jordan
Miss the Mississippi and You
Gold Watch and Chain
You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
Root Like a Rose