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Eddie Bond: Take Me Back

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Songs

1. Take Me Back
I wrote this while stationed in the Mid-East during the first Gulf War.
Eddie Bond: Vocals and guitar
Tony King: Bass
Kyle Dean Smith: Bandro (This instrument plays like a banjo but is half Dobro)
Helen White: Backup vocal

2. Nellie Gray
Standard tune played around Galax, was a favorite of Kyle Creed. Kevin Fore learned this tune from Creed’s recordings and plays it note for note like Kyle.
Wayne Henderson: Guitar
Eddie Bond: Auto harp, vocals
Tony King: Bass
Helen White: Backup vocal
Kevin Fore: Banjo

3. Furniture Factory Blues
Written by Eddie Bond
This is a true story! I worked at the B.C. Vaughan plant as a teen-ager on a worker permit and again when I first came home from the Army. My mom worked there nearly 20 years.
Eddie Bond: Guitar, vocal
Kyle Dean Smith: Dobro, banjo
“Snake” Smith: Guitar
Tony King: Bass

4. Banjo Pickin’ Girl
(Also known locally as “Goin’ Around the World”)
This was a favorite of Uncle Enoch Rutherfords. Enoch fregquented the different conventions and was usually the winner of the banjo contest. He came from the Gold Hill community of Grayson County. Trish Kilby Fore was fortunate enough to spend some time with Enoch and she plays his banjo on this recording.
Eddie Bond: Fiddle, vocal
Trish Kilby Fore: Banjo
Katie Golding: Bass
Denniss Hall: Guitar

5. The Wandering Boy By the Carter Family
This is an old Carter number but I do it slightly
different than they did. The words and the meaning are the same however. I would like to dedicate this song to my mother, Brenda Bond, and thank her for all her love and prayers that brought her
wandering boy home again.
Eddie Bond: Vocal, guitar
John Hollandsworth: Autoharp
*John made this autoharp himself
Kathy Hollandsworth: Bass
Deborah Jean Sheets: Backup vocal
Randy Sheets: Banjo

6. Shane’s Reel Written by Eddie Bond
I named this Irish sounding tune after my wife because it reminds me of her. It’s lively and carefree just like her.
Eddie Bond: Twin Fiddles
Kyle Dean Smith: Banjo
“Snake” Smith: Guitar
Tony King: Bass

7. Swing Wide the Gates
This song is often sang at the Round Knob Church of Christ near Hillsville, Virginia. My mother-in-law and all her family have been going there for
generations. It is sung from the old shape-note hymnal and without music, as they do not believe in music in the church.
Eddie Bond: Lead
Janice Jackson: Soprano
Melda Jackson: Alto
Worley King: Tenor
L.V. Paden: Bass

8. The Johnson Boys
Another favorite of uncle Enoch Rutherford
Eddie Bond: Fiddle
Trish Kilby Fore: Banjo
Katie Golding: Bass
Denniss Hall: Guitar

9. Guardian Angel
Written by Eddie Bond
This is a song with a message for all of us.
It also show also shows a different side of me that few have seen.
Eddie Bond: Vocal, guitar
Tony King: Bass
Kyle Dean Smith: Dobro

10. Froggy Went-a-Courtin’
This was a favorite song of my grandmother Winders. She was always teaching me some old song growing up. I spent 10 years with her and bought her house when she died. I love and miss her very much and dedicate this to her.
Eddie Bond: Vocal, banjo
Kyle Dean Smith: Bandro
Tony King: Bass
“Snake” Smith: Guitar

11. The Winding Stream Another old Carter Family tune.
This one is special to me because it was my daughter, Hannah’s, lullaby when she was little.
Eddie Bond: Vocal, guitar
Deborah Jean Sheets: Backup vocal
John Hollandsworth: Autoharp
Kathy Hollandsworth: Bass

12. Sally Anne Johnson Traditional
Eddie Bond: Fiddle
Kyle Dean Smith: Banjo
“Snake” Smith: Guitar
Tony Kin: Bass

13. In the Dawn of the Day Written by Eddie Bond
This song could mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I think I will let you make up your own mind what it is about.
Eddie Bond: Vocal, guitar
Tony King: Bass
Kyle Dean Smith: Bandro

14. Sugar Hill Traditional
This tune was recorded by the original Bogtrotters. I now play with the New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters. I would like to dedicate this tune to the old Bogtrotters and all the old timers who kept the music alive.
Eddie Bond:  Fiddle, vocal
Trish Kilby Fore: Banjo
Denniss Hall: Guitar
Katie Golding: Bass

15. Cowboy Jack Carter Family
This was a favorite of my Grandpa Bond. I can still hear him singing it out at the old store building with his old guitar on his lap and his Stetson
cowboy hat cocked sideways on his head.
Eddie Bond: Vocal, autoharp
Wayne Henderson: Guitar
Deborah Jean Sheets: Backup vocal
Tony King: Bass

16. What Will I Leave Behind
I lead the Round Knob Church of Christ Singers in the singing.
Eddie Bond: Lead
Worley King: Tenor
L.V. Paden: Bass
Janice Jackson: Soprano
Melda Jackson: Alto

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