Head For The Hills- Head For The Hills

contributor: Hoyt Emerson – April 23, 2010

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Colorado’s Head For The Hills is not just a bluegrass band. As much as you’d like to go ahead and title them that after hearing the first two songs from their new self titled album, it comes to bite you in the end. Granted, the two opening tracks “One Foot In The Grave” and “Solar Bowling Shoes” are workshops in modern bluegrass. Your assumptions are quickly put to rest, however, with the subtle exploration into Djangoesque compositions like “Nooks and Cranies”. It’s during this song we find Head For The Hills is not a band that rests on their bluegrass laurels. (continue reading…)