Special Consensus, “Chicago Barn Dance” (Compass) Chicago blues is a sound and a brand. Chicago bluegrass has a more obscure history, and the band Special…
Special Consensus, “Chicago Barn Dance” (Compass)
Chicago blues is a sound and a brand. Chicago bluegrass has a more obscure history, and the band Special Consensus honors that past on “Chicago Barn Dance.”
The album was inspired by the National Barn Dance, a country and bluegrass show heard in the Midwest on Chicago radio station WLS from 1924 to 1968. Chicago native Greg Cahill, who founded Special Consensus in 1975, plays banjo and leads the quartet through a joyous set.
