Tee Vee Records
'
Nashville Harmonicas: 30 Classics
is a budget-line collection of 30 instrumentals of such classic Americana tunes as
"Fire on the Mountain,"
"Dixie,"
"My Old Kentucky Home,"
"Columbus Stockade Blues,"
"John Henry,"
"I've Been Working on the Railroad,"
and
"Oh Them Golden Slippers."
There is no indication of where or when these recordings were cut, or who is even playing on the record, but they sound as if they were made in the '90s. This is not horrid music by any means, but it's not distinctive either; it's just pleasant music that's slightly old-timey but has a contemporary sheen that makes it fade into background. Not exactly a ringing endorsement, to be sure, but it's not really the kind of album that you'd expect anyone to buy; it's nice, but there's just no reason to buy the record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine