Title: A keeper after 7 years
Product review: The real test of a good record is if you still want to listen to it after a year. After seven years in our collection, I'm still listening to this CD and enjoying it tremendously.The sheer virtuosity and polish is just remarkable -- that three kids could play and sing this well, AND write mature and thoughtful songs -- just hard to believe. Chris Thiele's mandolin gets the attention and the ink, but Sarah and Sean Watkins are every bit as special. "Beauty and the Mess" packs about as much musicianship as you'll ever hear in 2 1/2 minutes -- Sarah Watkins' vocals are crisp and perfect like a Granny Smith apple, the guitar and mandolin work is fantastic, the rhythms playful, the harmonies interesting. These guys were (and still are) real musicians' musicians.
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