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Get Along Girl Casey and Chris and the Two Stringers
Reviewed by: B Hough 7/31/2006 12:00:00 AM


Casey and Chris and The Two Stringers: Get Along Girl Arrandem Records PO Box 2498 Winchester, VA 22604 ©2006 www.twostringers.com Song list: Two Hands on the Wheel, Walkin’ West to Memphis, Going Back to Old Virginia, Sound I Hear, LeRoy and Liza, One Foot in the Graveyard, Counting on the Stars, Hold Back the Waters, Change of Heart, Pass the Eagle, Sad Woman From The Country, Pitiful Life, Got Sweet Heaven in My View. Casey and Chris Henry are the children of Murphy and Red Henry, well known musicians and musical instruction video producers. Casey has also produced some banjo instructional videos and Chris has done some for mandolin, and their instrumental prowess is evident throughout the songs. Casey and Chris are joined by Tyler Grant on guitar, Missy Raines on bass, and Shad Cobb on fiddle. Tyler has a fluid lead guitar style and he adds some strong guitar rhythms to push the pulse in the band sound. “LeRoy and Liza” is an instrumental written by Casey with the banjo taking the lead followed by Shad’s fiddle, Tyler’s guitar and Chris’ mandolin. Chris wrote the instrumental “Pass The Eagle” and his mandolin flows through a flurry of notes with Tyler matching his speed note for note. Chris also wrote many of the songs and his “Walkin’ West To Memphis” has a nice, bluesy feel to its presentation and “Counting on the Stars” is an intricate tale of a king who goes to war and bases his battle decisions on the alignment of the stars. Ironically, the female enemy defeats him based on her interpretation of the same skies. “Hold Back The Waters” is a story of a flood in Lake Okeechobee that could easily apply to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Chris and Casey have a mountain edge to their voices and their vocals don’t have the sweetness sometimes found in sibling harmonies. A slow, Everly-style song would have made a nice change of pace in the song selection. My vote for album highlight: the rousing gospel song “Got Sweet Heaven in My View.”		More Information About This CD

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