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SONGS OF THE SNAKE RIVER COUNTRY
Thunder Mountain Line Queen of Diamonds Jump Creek Ramble My Mountain Home Blue Eyed Girl Sagebrush Annie Yellow Pine
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Syringa Our Sweet Jennie Obediah Jump Bracken's Reel Uncle Dick Teri's Waltz Class Five |
View of the Snake River valley and the Owyhee Mountains near Givens Hot Springs.
This collection of fourteen original songs about life in the Snake River region
of Idaho was written and performed by Gary Eller and Marv Quinton. Most of
these songs are specific to Idaho and a few cover universal themes. To see liner notes and sample
audio clips, click Snake River CD notes
and clips. The songs
were performed with the help of Bona Fide's musical friends. We thank them greatly! The players included: |
Gary Eller (Bona Fide)- lead/harmony vocals, lead/rhythm guitar, banjo Marv Quinton (Bona Fide)- lead/harmony vocals, lead/rhythm guitar, mandolin, bass John Larson (Blue Dove) - harmonica Dominique Tardif (Cool Waters) - harmony vocals, mandolin Jerry Grusell (Cool Waters) - harmony vocals, rhythm guitar Rue Frisbee (Buckhorn Mountain Boys) - fiddle |
REVIEWS OF THIS CD:
"Any fool can tell stories, but it takes an artist to
weave local history into magical tales. Marv "Big Chance" Quinton
and Gary "Slim Chance" Eller range widely across the Snake River country,
from Thunder Mountain to the Owyhees, from railroads to farming and ranching
and violence in the Idaho mines. Historically accurate and wondrously entertaining,
they sing Idaho songs that preserve the fading tradition of the pioneer balladeer." |
"Bona Fide has released their album, "Songs of the Snake River Country".
Here is a collection of original songs and tunes that draw from the history
and culture of the Snake River region of southern Idaho. As I listened to the
words, I was reminded of creeks, rivers and canyons I've spent my life hiking
and hunting, horseback riding into Diamond Basin, fishing off the old Guffey
trestle, the smell of sagebrush and juniper. Gary Eller and Marv Quinton have done a fine job of story telling, blending
tales to please the local Idaho natives with melodies that have a definite old-time,
traditional feeling. "My Mountain Home" even made me picture an old
cowboy movie, where the star rides along on a pony, singing songs of home. There are train songs, love songs, farmers and ranchers tales, a pickin' tune
or two, and an ode to an Idaho legend, the mountain town of Yellow Pine. Randy Helton, Idaho Bluegrass Association |
"Bona Fide is a bona fide treasure....Both Gary and Marv are story-tellers, who use their music to tell the tale...Throughout the album Bona Fide and their friends show us what good bluegrass musicians can do when let loose in the studio...We think that the album would be a welcome addition to the library of any music lover or to any fan of Idaho history. In our corner of the Gem State, Bona Fide is a rare gem indeed." Canyon County Historical Society |
Last page was last revised on January 2, 2007.