Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album
Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album is the title of an album by American country music singer Joe Diffie. It was released on October 25, 2010 via Rounder Records. It is his first album of bluegrass music.
Critical reception
Allmusic reviewer j. poet gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "there's not a weak track here".[1] CM Wilcox of The 9513 rated it four-and-a-half stars out of five, praising Diffie's vocals and saying that he "throw[s] himself into these songs so wholeheartedly that it's actually kind of startling."[2]
Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Somehow Tonight" |
Earl Scruggs |
2:59 |
| 2. |
"Lonesome and Dry as a Bone" |
Shawn Camp, Matt Lindsey, Mel Tillis Jr. |
3:53 |
| 3. |
"Tall Cornstalk" |
Camp, Harley Allen |
2:48 |
| 4. |
"Fit for a King" |
Carl Jackson, Jim Rushing |
4:12 |
| 5. |
"Route 5 Box 109" |
Galen Griffin, Kerry Kurt Phillips |
3:58 |
| 6. |
"Rainin' on Her Rubber Dolly" (featuring The Grascals) |
Camp, Joe Diffie |
2:55 |
| 7. |
"I Know How It Feels" |
Larry Cordle, Rusty Morrell |
3:40 |
| 8. |
"Tennessee Tea" |
Diffie, Billy Joe Foster |
2:52 |
| 9. |
"Free and Easy" |
Allen |
3:01 |
| 10. |
"Stormy Weather Once Again" |
Camp, Jimmy Stewart |
3:03 |
| 11. |
"'Til Death" |
Diffie, Steven Pippin |
4:29 |
| 12. |
"Hard to Handle" |
Alvertis Bell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding |
2:30 |
Chart performance
| Chart (2010) |
Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums |
10 |
References