Robert Earl Keen - Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions (CD)

Details: On February 10, Dualtone Records will release Robert Earl Keen's 'Happy Prisoner,' an album unlike any other in his storied catalog. Inspired by the bluegrass and acoustic music he grew up around, Keen has put his unique stamp on fifteen standards and other beloved tunes (twenty on the deluxe edition) by Flatt & Scruggs, the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, even Richard Thompson. Special guests include Lyle Lovett and Natalie Maine's on vocals, Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins on fiddle, and Danny Barnes on banjo.

Tracklist:

1. Hot Corn Cold Corn
2. 52 Vincent Black Lightning
3. Footprints in the Snow
4. 99 Years for One Dark Day
5. East Virginia Blues
6. Poor Ellen Smith
7. Long Black Veil
8. This World Is Not My Home
9. T for Texas W/ Lyle Lovett
10. Peter Rowan Intro
11. Walls of Time
12. White Dove
13. Old Home Place
14. Twisted Laurel
15. Wayfaring Stranger W/ Natalie Maines