numbers, Skaggs doubled his fiddle with a viola) by up-and-coming singer songwriters such as Gordon Lightfoot, Utah Phillips and Rodney Crowell, as well as incorporating more traditional songs such as "Old Home Place," "Some Old Day," and "Sally Goodin." This one album changed the nature and direction of bluegrass music to an extent that everything after it has to be viewed in light of this album, and today this album is considered a landmark in bluegrass music without which no collection is complete. The Keith Whitley Years Not long after Rounder 0044's release, Tony Rice departed the band to join David Grisman's band. Skaggs and Douglas soon followed suit, forming their own band, Boone Creek. After experimenting with a few lineups, Crowe hired bassist Steve Bryant, mandolinist Jimmy Gadreau, as well as former Ralph Stanley guitarist Keith Whitley. This band produced three albums: My Home Ain't In the Hall of Fame, Live in Japan, and Somewhere Between. All three of these albums saw the band returning toward the sound of the Bluegrass Evolution album, incorporating more country elements, with Crowe even playing electric guitar more than banjo on "Somewhere Between". Discography Bluegrass Evolution (Starday SLP 489, recorded 1973, released 1977) J.D. Crowe & the New South (Rounder 0044, 1975) You Can Share My Blanket (Rounder 0096, 1977) My Home Ain't In The Hall of Fame (Rounder, 1978) Somewhere Between (Rounder, 1981) Live In Japan (Rounder, 1982) Straight Ahead (Rounder, 1986) Flashback (Rounder, 1994) Come On Down To My World (Rounder, 1999) At Bean Blossom: Uncle Pen Days (2000) Lefty's Old Guitar (Rounder, 2006) References External links Official Website as J.D. Crowe & The New South as The Kentucky Mountain Boys 1973 establishments in Kentucky American bluegrass music groups Grammy Award winners Musical groups established in 1973