Rural Rhythm Records is proud to announce the highly anticipated new album release, LIFE GOES ON by the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer® is now released. This new 2 CD set is now available for purchase at Amazon.com, County Sales, Ernest Tubb Records Shops, the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer website, Rural Rhythm Records, directly through the participating artists and many more locations. LIFE GOES ON was recorded live during the annual MACC festivals from 2006 - 2011 with the exception of the new single "Life Goes On" that was recorded at Randy Kohrs' Slack Key Studio in Nashville, TN.
Tracks include:
Disc 1
01 GOODBYE TO THE BLUES – Johnson Mountain Boys
02 BEYOND THE SUNSET– Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift
03 RAGGED MAN – Gibson Brothers
04 I GOT A WOMAN – Pine Mountain Railroad
05 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON – New Found Road
06 SIX FEET UNDER THE GROUND – Michael Cleveland and Fame Keeper
07 IN THE TIME THAT YOU GAVE ME – Shawn Camp
08 GOIN’ ACROSS THE SEA – J. D. Crow & The New South
09 HIGHWAY OF SORROW – Junior Sisk
10 FRAULEIN – Lost and Found
11 RAIN AND SNOW – Brandon Rickman (Lonesome River Band)
12 REVELATION – Bradley Walker
13 PANHANDLE COUNTRY – Clay Hess & Friends
14 ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE – Josh Williams Band
15 FORTY YEARS – David Parmely & Continental Divide
16 THE WATER IS WIDE – Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
17 HARD TIMES – The Grascals
18 PAUL’S MINISTRY – Paul Williams
19 STRUTTIN’ TO FERRUM – Lonesome River Band
20 BLUE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN – The SteelDrivers
DISC 2
01 MANZANITA – Tony Rice
02 ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’ - Dudley Connell, Randy Kohrs
03 PRECIOUS MEMORIES – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
04 LITTLE JOHN I AM – Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
05 TENNESSEE WHISKEY – Chris Stapleton, Morgane Hayes, Bradley Walker
06 SMASHVILLE – Sierra Hull & Highway 111
07 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE – Sally Connell, Dudley Connell
08 WHERE THE NEVER DIES - Don Rigsby & Josh Williams
09 NOTHING BUT A WHIPPORWILL – Blue Highway
10 THE WATER SO COLD – Marty Raybon and Full Circle
11 THE TURKEY BUZZARD – Joe Mullins & Aubry Hayine
12 HE DIED A ROUNDER AT 21 – Junior Sisk, Randy Kohrs, Josh Williams
13 THE LIKES OF ME – Randy Kohrs Band
14 SHOUTING TIME IN HEAVEN – Kenny & Amanda Smith
15 AT THE END OF THE A LONG LONELY – Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
16 MEMORIES OF MOTHER – James King
17 I SHOULD’VE CALLED – Larry Stephenson
18 OLD VIOLIN – Larry Cordle, Michael Cleveland
19 LIFE GOES ON – Jerry Salley, Carl Jackson, Ronnie Bowman, Rickey Wasson, Larry Cordle
Rural Rhythm Records will soon release a new music video of the first single, “Life Goes On.” The song is currently #8 on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart. The VIDEO was filmed at Liberty Church in Gallatin, TN during the week of the 2012 SPBGMA convention and features Jerry Salley, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, Rickey Wasson, and directed by brothers, Sammy Passamano III and Anthony Passamano of Rural Rhythm Records.
Although the video is still in production, the label has released a short clip as shown above. Family memory photos are courtesy of the musicians involved in this project and Darrel Adkins. Darrell and Phyllis Adkins founded Musicians Against Childhood Cancer in honor of their daughter, Mandy who lost her battle with cancer on November 25, 2000. Proceeds from the annual festival benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.