Hot Rize

• Artist: Hot Rize
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• Release Date: 1979
• Genre: Country

Review

Hot Rize's debut album demonstrated that traditional bluegrass bands could bring the music into the modern era without turning totally progressive or losing the music's roots. Over the album's 14 tracks, Hot Rize turns in consistently engaging and exciting performances, particularly from vocalist/fiddler/mandolinist Tim O' Brien and banjoist Pete Wernick. It's a terrific debut. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Blue Night	Kirk McGee	Hot Rize	(2:23)
Empty Pocket Blues	Greg Dearth	Hot Rize	(2:20)
Nellie Kane	Tim O'Brien	Hot Rize	(2:58)
High on a Mountain	Ola Belle Reed	Hot Rize	(3:06)
Ain't I Been Good to You?		Hot Rize	(2:21)
Powwow the Indian Boy		Hot Rize	(3:06)
Prayer Bells of Heaven		Hot Rize	(2:57)
This Here Bottle		Hot Rize	(2:40)
Ninety Nine Years (And One Dark Day)		Hot Rize	(3:08)
Old Dan Tucker		Hot Rize	(1:20)
Country Boy Rock 'N' Roll		Hot Rize	(2:06)
Standing in the Need of Prayer		Hot Rize	(2:40)
Durham's Reel		Hot Rize	(3:07)
Midnight on the Highway		Hot Rize	(2:44)

Credits

Hot Rize (Producer), Hot Rize (Main Performer), Pete Wernick (Banjo), Nick Forster (Bass), Victor Garrett (Producer), Victor Garrett (Mixing), Nondi Leonard (Photography), Tim O'Brien (Fiddle), Tim O'Brien (Mandolin), Tim O'Brien (Vocals), Charles Sawtelle (Guitar), Charles Sawtelle (Mixing), Andy Smith (Engineer), Andy Smith (Mixing), Andy Smith (Mixing Engineer), Beverly Schware (Logo), Wayne Shrubbsall (Liner Notes), Dale R. Smith (Design), Dale R. Smith (Illustrations)

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• Formed: 1976
• Disbanded: 1992
• Genres: Country
• Representative Albums: "So Long of a Journey: Live at the Bouder Theater", "In Concert
• Representative Songs: "Won't You Come and Sing for Me", "Shady Grove", "Colleen Malone

Biography

The eclectic Colorado progressive bluegrass band Hot Rize also played traditional bluegrass, jazz, and rock. They came together in 1976 and were named after the secret ingredient of Martha White Self-Rising Flour, the product Flatt & Scruggs had promoted early in their careers. The bandmembers were Tim O'Brien on lead and harmony vocals, mandolin, and fiddle; Pete Wernick on banjo and harmony vocals; and Charles Sawtelle on bass guitar, guitar, harmonies, and lead vocals. Mike Scap departed in 1976 and was replaced by bass player, guitarist, and vocalist Nick Forster, who also became the group's MC. Hot Rize recorded its self-titled debut album, a blend of traditional and new material, in 1979. Their second album, Radio Boogie, came out in 1981. A year later, their alter ego Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers, a parody of hardcore '50s country music, recorded their own album, Red Knuckles & the Trailblazers. In 1984, Hot Rize released a concert album largely comprised of traditional hits and in 1985 released Traditional Ties. In 1991 another Red Knuckles album, Shades of the Past, followed. Their final album, Take It Home, came out in 1992; O'Brien and Wernick went on to successful solo careers, while Forster went on to executive produce the syndicated radio variety show Etown. Sawtelle passed away in March 1999 after a two-year fight with leukemia. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Classic Hot Rize with Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers Buy this CD	So Long of a Journey: Live at the Bouder Theater Buy this CD	Take It Home Buy this CD	Untold Stories Buy this CD	Traditional Ties Buy this CD
Radio Boogie Buy this CD	Hot Rize Buy this CD

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