All too often, bands made up of big-name musicians don't work out that well (remember Blind Faith in the late 1960s?).  The 1975 edition of the New South is a happy example of such a band that worked wonderfully. With J.D. Crowe as the leader and banjo picker, Tony Rice as the lead singer and guitarist, Ricky Skaggs on tenor vocal, mandolin, fiddle, and viola, and Jerry Douglas on dobro, this edition of the New South had four legendary performers (Bobby Slone is no slouch, either; he just isn't a legend). The result is one of the greatest bluegrass LPs (at the time) or CDs (now) ever, covering lots of ground, much of it previously unexplored.