Moody Bluegrass
A MUST for Moody Blues lovers!

This is a SERIOUS tribute, really well done. It's just bluegrass instrumentation and voices-- and really well-done. Ya gotta hear it!
If you love Moody Blues and you love bluegrass, this is just outstanding!

These are great songs that I've never heard before.
My wife and I used to kid about the "Moody Blues", we thought it was a song and wondered who performed it. We were a music generation ahead (or behind) depending how you look at it.
I'm really glad I stumbled on this CD. I really, really like the music and not just because its done with bluegrass instruments. Every song in this album is as good as the best. I like 'em all.
John Cowan is absolutely the one to sing "Knights in White Satin".
This album was perfectly produced. The musicians performed fantastically, flawless.
Now, I've got to go checkout the Moody Blues original versions of these and their other songs and see what I've missed all these years. Hmmmmmpf, backward banjo intro, who's idea was that? It worked great. It had to be Alison Brown.

If You Love The MOODIES.......
Over the years Musical Artists have found that "jumping genre's" have been fun for all involved. Grateful Dead music has been translated into Blues, Jazz, Reggae and yes Bluegrass. So as a Moody Blues fan since the early 70's (even before becoming a Deadhead) I groved on the whole classical rock scene. I just happened to be scanning Moody Blues music on Amazon when I came across Moody Bluegrass. I listened to the selection bits and they don't really do justice to the songs. When the CD finally arrived at my home,well....I CRANKED IT!!! It is fantastic! I think my favorites are The Voice into The Other Side of Life. Nights in White Satin with a Twang? Why not! Probably my only small beef is Singer In a Rock and Roll Band doesn't sound too much different than the rock version and instead of including Late Lament ,I wish they would have added another song Still, this is a gem of a CD and well worth getting.I DJ for The Grateful Dead Hour on KUGS Bellingam WA and I'm sure you are gonna hear me play this album. Hope they come out with a second one. ENJOY!!!

Dull bluegrass versions of Moody Blues songs
This bluegrass tribute to the Moody Blues is not a sacrilege and it doesn't desecrate that band's legacy, like some of the negative reviews claim.

What it does show is that the Moodies songs don't translate well to the bluegrass genre. Taken as a whole, this CD is boring with no highlights or surprises to speak of.

You Have To Smile When You Hear This
I'm a fan of the 'tribute' projects. When I heard this, I thought "What a hoot!" .... and I don't have one other bluegrass CD in my collection. Moodies purists may shun the project, however to do so is equivalent to allowing only one interpretation of a symphony by a single conductor or forbid a new spin on a famous jazz piece. As a Moodies fan since 1967, I had to smile when I heard "Moody Bluegrass".

Justin Hayward (band member/song writer) said it like this:
"I recently wrote to Randey Faulkner, the executive producer of 'Moody Bluegrass', to tell him how much I love the C.D. It is so honest and refreshing. I'm just glad they didn't invite me to the sessions; I would only have stuck my oar in. The best thing about it is that they did it their way. Harley Allen's voice is so beautiful. My favourite is' Wildest Dreams'. Randey and his team have given me a wonderful gift, in that they have allowed me to see these songs in a different light, and to maybe hear them, as others do, for the first time. Music is love."

Justin Hayward