Ace Records (Denver, Colorado)
Red Allen - Ace Records # 005 - 1949
Side A - Truck Driver Blues
Side B - Old Rocky Trail
Bluegrass legend Red Allen with a very early outing on Ace Records and damn fine job he did on this cool two sider.
Truck driver shifts along in a low gear with some nice wailing steel and Mandolin and Red's smooth vocal with a hint of yodel keeps the whole thing from jack knifing off the needle.
But for me it is the much punchier 'Old Rocky Trail' on the flip which pricked my up ears on the first spin! real nice steady mid tempo bounce and typical steel and mandolin interject at just the right times! Red again sounds smooth like a prairie at sunset and the whole thing bounces into life with a superb Steel & Mandolin solo! perfect really!
