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During the middle decades of the 20th century, the factories of southwestern Ohio drew hundreds of thousands of migrants from Appalachia, including innumerable musicians. Industrial Strength Bluegrass celebrates the music that these migrants made and loved, and explores a pivotal moment in the history of bluegrass and country music at large. Produced by beloved performer and radio personality Joe Mullins, the collection features a stellar lineup of bluegrass stalwarts including Rhonda Vincent, Bobby Osborne, and Mullins himself, taking on tunes that have echoed across Ohio for decades. This group of some of the biggest names in bluegrass today pays tribute to the jubilant highs and lonesome lows of life amongst the factories and warehouses, reflecting the region’s rich culture and resilient people.

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Every Friday after work, thousands packed their old cars to go “down home” for the weekend. Those who couldn’t headed to the bars and honky tonks of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Middletown and Dayton, to be sung back home by bluegrass bands performing on makeshift stages through MacGyvered sound systems. Playing five sets a night for drunken, brawling, homesick Kentuckians, the bands and their music became tougher and louder, blazing through the smoke and noise like a fast-moving train.

That sound is celebrated on
Industrial Strength Bluegrass

track Listing

  • "Readin', Rightin', Route 23"
    Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers
  • "20/20 Vision"
    Dan Tyminski
  • "Suzanne"
    Mo Pitney and Merle Monroe
  • "From Life's Other Side"
    Lee Ann Womack
  • "Larry Sparks Medley: Dark Hollow/A Face In The Crowd/These Old Blues"
    Josh Williams, Bradley Walker, and Russell Moore
  • "When He Blessed My Soul"
    Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
  • "The Rollings Mills of Middletown"
    ​Larry Cordle​
  • "Family Reunion"
    Rhonda Vincent and Caleb Daugherty    ​
  • "Mountain Strings"
    ​Sierra Hull
  • "Stone Walls and Steel Bars"
    Ronnie Bowman, Don Rigsby, and Kenny Smith
  • "Are You Missing Me?"
    Dailey & Vincent
  • "Once More"
    The Grascals
  • "Barefoot Nellie"
    Jim Lauderdale and High Fidelity
  • "Garden Tomb"
    The Isaacs and The Oak Ridge Boys
  • "Baby Blue Eyes"
    Vince Gill
  • "We'll Head Back To Harlan"
    Bobby Osborne

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