The Black Twigs - Midnight Has Come And Gone (2005)

Midnight has Come and Gone, the third CD by this Southwest Virginia group, is another set of classic bluegrass, country blues, and Appalachian folk. Since 2003’s “Soon One Morning”, The Black Twigs (also known as the Black Twig Pickers, the trio of Mike Gangloff, Ralph Berrier, and Isak Howell) have expanded to a quartet with the addition of bassist Mike Gayheart. “Midnight Has Come and Gone” is made up of mostly of original material, roadtested at gigs and festivals along the Blue Ridge. Topical stormers like “Fire in the Stove” and “Blood Red Clay” are live staples, belted out here in a virtuoso hail of guitar, fiddle, banjo, and rough harmony.

Tracklist:
1-1 The Black Twigs - Fire In The Stove [4:10]
1-2 The Black Twigs - In The Pines [4:21]
1-3 The Black Twigs - Lost Up the Holler Blues [2:49]
1-4 The Black Twigs - Slemp's Farewell [3:23]
1-5 The Black Twigs - River's Flooded and Robin's Drowned [4:59]
1-6 The Black Twigs - Rafe Calls the Undertaker [2:35]
1-7 The Black Twigs - Tell It To The Bossman [5:25]
1-8 The Black Twigs - Blood Red Clay Coal Black Sand [4:30]
1-9 The Black Twigs - Original Natural Bridge Blues [3:06]
1-10 The Black Twigs - Bent Mountain Drag [3:36]
1-11 The Black Twigs - Banjo Instrumental [2:50]
1-12 The Black Twigs - Weary Bones Waltz [3:30]
1-13 The Black Twigs - Twilight on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant [4:23]
1-14 The Black Twigs - Stairway to Hell's Holler [2:12]
1-15 The Black Twigs - (Bonus Track) [1:40]