Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 — California Connection is a third album by bluegrass supergroup, Bluegrass Album Band, released in 1983. Dobroist Jerry Douglas is added to the line-up and the band includes some more country-rock to the mix, but the most part of the album consists of classics by Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.[1][2]

Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection
Studio album by Bluegrass Album Band
Released	1983
Genre	Bluegrass
Label	Rounder
Producer	Anthony Rice
Bluegrass Album Band chronology
Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection (1983) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 (1984)
Tony Rice chronology
Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 (1982) Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3 - California Connection (1983) Church Street Blues (1983)

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Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Devil In Disguise" (Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons) 3:20
2. "Letter From My Darling" (Bill Monroe) 3:00
3. "A Hundred Years From Now" (Lester Flatt) 2:15
4. "Unfaithful One" (Sid Campbell) 2:56
5. "Down The Road" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) 2:15
6. "I'd Rather Be Alone" (Lester Flatt) 3:07
7. "Big Spike Hammer" (Pete Goble, Bobby Osborne) 3:00
8. "Please Search Your Heart" (Pete Goble, Doyle Lawson) 2:29
9. "Hey Lonesome" (Sam Humphrey, Jimmy Martin) 2:05
10. "I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darlin'" (Lester Flatt) 2:33
11. "Wall Around Your Heart" (Don Reno, Red Smiley, Buddy Smith) 2:42
12. "Come Back Darling" (Lester Flatt) 2:25

Personnel

• Tony Rice - guitar, vocals
• J.D. Crowe - banjo, vocals
• Doyle Lawson - mandolin, vocals
• Bobby Hicks - fiddle
• Jerry Douglas - Dobro, vocals
• Todd Philips - bass

References