Chatham County Line: Wildwood

"For its fifth album, Wildwood, North Carolina-based quartet Chatham County Line decided to expand its bluegrass sound by utilizing instrumentation that is rarely a component in a bluegrass band: the drums. As CCL frontman Dave Wilson explains, drummer Zeke Hutchins (who plays with Tift Merritt) had contributed to the songs on Wildwood in their seminal state, so it was only right that he should have a hand in finishing them. 'We felt like this was a record that could reach out to a lot more people than just the bluegrass audience,' Wilson says. … Wildwood benefited from a great deal of pre-production. In fact, the band recorded at least two albums’ worth of sessions — one in Wilson’s basement and another at a friend’s general store in Virginia — before entering the studio, using the actual general store track of 'Porcelain Doll' for the album" (Brian Baker, "Up the County," New Haven Advocate, 7/15/10, p. 38).

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