Old South – The Hanging Tree

Adelaide band Old South have released their second CD The Hanging Tree, featuring 14 tracks, 10 of which are originals.

Notes from their album cover read: There has been a New Year’s Day Pick in The Park in Adelaide since the early 1980′s. Geoff Bridgland and Phil Parker met there as usual in 2006 and had a conversation around the idea that there were some stand out instrumentalists in Australia, but not many bands doing three and four-part harmony. The came up with a plan for a band that would put the harmony work first. So with Geoff’s brother John, they started work on the Old South sound – but the story goes back a ways before that…

This is a delightful collection of original tunes written largely by Phil Parker, Old South’s guitarist. Other tracks are contributed by Leonard Cohen, and Geoff Bridgland. 

The band comprises: Geoff Bridgland on banjo, Phil Parker on guitar, Dave Taylor on bass, Andrew Hook on mandolin and Leonard Cohen on Dobro.

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The Hanging Tree by Old South is now available from the AustralianBluegrass.com Shop.