Title: Whole Lotta Lonesome
Artist: Cumberland Gap Connection
Label: CD Baby
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 884502837216
Genre: Country

Mike Bentley - guitar, lead and harmony vocals Rod Smith - banjo, harmony vocals Clint Hurd - mandolin, harmony vocals Bryan Russell - bass, harmony vocals, lead vocals on "Greyhound Bus" & "Andy and Susanna" SPECIAL GUESTS: Steve Gulley - guitar, harmony vocals on "Let's Find A Way" Debbie Gulley - harmony vocals on "Let's Find A Way" Justin Moses - fiddle & Dobro Alan Bibey - mandolin on "Greyhound Bus" & "Andy and Susanna' Kindred #KR83721 ©2011 Recorded at The Curve Studio, Cumberland Gap, TN, and Hot Rod Studio, Belfry, KY Engineered by Bryan Turner & Steve Gulley at The Curve Studio and Rod Smith & Mike Bentley at Hot Rod Studio Mixed and Mastered by Ron Stewart at the Sleepy Valley Barn Photos and graphic design by Jonathan Nickles Special Thanks To: Bryan Turner, Debbie Gulley, Justin Moses, Ron Stewart, John Back, Travis Hall, Alan Bibey, Adam Haynes, Chris West, Dean Hoffemeyer, Jonathan Nickles, Dwayne Amburgey, David Howard, Walter Johnson with June Mandolins and Guitars, NS Design Basses, GHS Strings, ECOoutpost and all the great songwriters who allowed us to record their material. To all our family, friends and fans, thank you for always supporting our musical endeavors. This project has been a journey, and we appreciate all the love, patience and continued support you've shown throughout this process. We love you and will be forever grateful! To Scotty Roberts and the folks at Kindred Records, thank you for inviting us to join your label, we count it an honor. We appreciate the opportunity to work with such fine people. Very Special Thanks To: Steve Gulley, for the countless hours you've spent helping us gather and arrange material, working in the studio, all the great playing and singing, and for being such a good friend. We appreciate you more than you'll ever know, and the project wouldn't be what it is without you buddy! You're the best! Most of all we'd like to thank God for His many blessings, and for allowing us to play the music we love so much. "I can't say enough good things about the new project from Cumberland Gap Connection. Armed with great players, singers and writers, this band is definitely one to watch. They have all the ingredients necessary to be a great band for years to come. Lead vocalist Mike Bentley is an unbelievably talented singer and songwriter who deserves so much to be heard. All the guys are gifted on their individual instruments, but the thing that makes this band click is the unity and band chemistry you feel when they perform together. I'm proud to have helped in the making of this project. These guys are my friends but even if they weren't I'd still recommend this music to anyone. It's too good to pass up. Congratulations on a fine piece of work boys!" - Steve Gulley, Grasstowne "Cumberland Gap Connection is a fairly new band to the scene, but these guys bring it from the heart. They have all the elements that it takes for a great band! Awesome vocals and playing, but probably most importantly, really good songwriting. I'm talking about songs that sound like they were written fifty years ago, but are brand new. These guys were born and bred into bluegrass and it's easy to tell. Whether it's contemporary bluegrass or straight ahead pile driving grass these guys can flat do it. I hope you enjoy hearing them as much as I do!" - Alan Bibey, 2007, 2009 & 2010 SPBGMA 'Mandolin Player Of The Year', Grasstowne.

Tracks:
1.1 Travel All Alone
1.2 Ode to the Mountain Man
1.3 Greyhound Bus
1.4 Dance This Way
1.5 Home in Tennessee
1.6 Waiting at the Harbor
1.7 Ten Bears Run
1.8 A Whole Lotta Lonesome
1.9 Gonna Settle Down
1.10 Let's Find a Way
1.11 Andy and Susanna
1.12 Hammer Down