The Waybacks - From the Pasture to the Future (2006)

Possessing dazzling instrumental chops and an absolute mastery of acoustic musical styles, The Waybacks are an eclectic quintet, steeped in an array of Americana idioms. Whether mesmerizing audiences at intimate venues or creating a sensation at major festivals, the band has brought its onstage alchemy to enthusiastic fans far and wide. On From the Pasture to the Future, the band has captured that aesthetically pleasing mix while adding a bit of spit and polish courtesy of esteemed producer Lloyd Maines. Follow The Waybacks on their their collective muse through a landscape littered with driving, melody-laden rock ("Petrified Man"), an elegant fiddle waltz ("Bluebird Waltz"), a Kinks cover reinvented with New Orleans second line inflections ("Motorway") and a jazz-tinged rumba (Chick Coreas "Armandos Rhumba").
Review

"A near-ideal balance of irreverence, chops, discipline, and originality." -- Chicago Tribune

"Hot pickers who are destined to become revered new-acousticians." -- Acoustic Guitar

Tracklist:
1-1 The Waybacks - The Petrified Man [5:14]
1-2 The Waybacks - From the Pasture to the Future [4:55]
1-3 The Waybacks - Helping Me [5:14]
1-4 The Waybacks - Bluebird Waltz [4:35]
1-5 The Waybacks - Motorway [3:53]
1-6 The Waybacks - Hot Kranski [4:18]
1-7 The Waybacks - Ninety-One [4:13]
1-8 The Waybacks - Armando's Rhumba [4:21]
1-9 The Waybacks - The Blacksmith [5:29]
1-10 The Waybacks - Monkey Pants [4:43]
1-11 The Waybacks - Strange Attractor [3:41]