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Mixt Company

Family 'n' Favorites

© 2006 Mixt Company (610553051826)

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"a magical blend of voices and music" within the Bluegrass idiom, featuring banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass and the sweetest harmonies ever heard this side of heaven.

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copy and paste this link for the book "Chasing The Rising Sun - Journey Of An American Song" - by Ted Anthony. Mixt Company is interviewed extensively and written about.

http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Rising-Sun-Journey-American/dp/0743278984/sr=1-1/qid=1167944945/ref=sr_1_1/002-6079066-9028050?ie=UTF8&s=books

Music and the Mixt Company family-The gift of music, be it performing, listening, or dancing, is one that can be handed down from generation to generation. Such was the case with The Halcomb Family, rooted in the harsh mountains of Eastern Kentucky and transplanted to Southwestern Virginia. Frank and Ethel (Asher) Halcomb raised six girls in a home filled with bluegrass music. Both the Halcomb side and the Asher side of the family were known through the region for their musical abilities. Virginia Lee and her sisters were raised up in a home of music. Some of them absorbed the music, and it has played a big part in their lives.
I - (Dave Blood, transplanted Yankee) met the Halcomb family ten years ago, near Nashville, Tennessee. There I met the duo known as The Virginia Ladies, Virginia Lee and her daughter, Letitia Jolene. They sang like angels and stole my heart. I joined them musically, and later, in marriage, as Virginia Lee honored me by becoming my wife. And so the band, Mixt Company, is in its tenth year of life. Virginia Lee (Monkey) sings and plays rhythm guitar. Virginia's daughter, Letitia Jolene has carried the family tradition of singing and playing into another generation, and sings and plays rhythm guitar and upright bass.
The first offering on the album, House Of The Rising Sun, is a new take on an old song, transported from the Old World, brought to the mountains, and carried to the rest of the country. Featuring Rhonda (the baby) Halcomb, banjo, guitar and vocals, Jackie Halcomb, vocals, Letitia Jolene, bass and vocals, Virginia Lee, vocals, and Dave Blood, mandolin and vocals, the song has about forty-leven verses, which we pared down to our favorite five, to tell a story. This leaves the listener with an eerie feeling of deja vu, as if maybe he'd been there in the story with the singers.
Most of these songs are taken from Mixt Company's first two CDs The final song on the album came from an older family recording from the Seventies, featuring "Daddy Frank" Halcomb, with his "high-lonesome" vocals and distinctive mountain lingo, and daughters Virginia Lee and Rhonda.

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  • Sweetest harmonies this side of Heaven..Oh so true...
    author: Swagman

    Heard it on CD BABY,bought it,play it, love it,takes me to work and brings me home again,Do your ears a favour and listen to this music,makes the world seem a whole lot better. Swagman Lancashire.UK

  • CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT BLUEGRASS!!
    author: Harry Jester

    From the first old favorite "House of The Rising Sun." to the last song I was enchanted by this CD. The "Close" harmony of familial voices made it so enjoyable. It gripped my attention from beginning to end. It is a must have!!

  • ~ WOW ~
    author: Sue Reavis

    This CD is absolutely the best! Just when I thought they could not improve, they did! I enjoy (over and over) all of the songs on it. I especially like the feelings expressed by all in The House of the Rising Sun. Very distinctive sounds from each member! The number with Daddy Frank almost made me cry...what a thrill to still be able to sing with Dad!

  • A MUST HAVE!!!!!
    author: Virginia Gerlach

    I got this CD the day it was released (or darn close) and I haven't stopped listening to it yet!! I never believed MIXTCOMPANY could top their other recordings (all 5 star ratings too!), BUT THEY DID!! Fabulous harmonies and song selections. I've a one CD for my car, one CD for my home, one CD for at work and about 25 CD's that will make GREAT Christmas gifts this year!!!

  • couldn't stop playing it, it is refreashing and honest, We love it.
    author: billy and maudie epperly

    the cd was the best music i have heard in a long time. The songs were sung with heartfelt and made it all the better.this cd should be played by ever radio station in the usa.give it a top 10 anyday. number 1 cd for sure said billy.

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