For many years, OMS Records has operated under the direction of Hugh Moore, a long time professional in the bluegrass world. During their most active period, Hugh mostly recorded first generation artists like Benny Martin, Josh Graves, Bobby Osborne, Jesse McReynolds, and Kenny Baker, along with traditional country artists like Johnny Russell and Jeanie Seeley.
A native of central North Carolina, Moore is also a fine banjo player in addition to a noted engineer and producer, and a promoter of live bluegrass. And he has an understanding and a love for the music that only someone who has played and studied it deeply for a lifetime could possess.
So when we learned that Hugh had a new album set to release late this year, we were immediately interested.
Ahead of the full album, What The Strings Remember, he has a single to share written by a Raleigh, NC celebrity, Joseph Terrell of Mipso fame, entitled Look Down Bluebell. Terrell is Moore’s nephew, and he has long publicly credited Hugh for his initial interest in acoustic music.
It’s a springtime-oriented song, using the oft-heard theme of women’s names being the same as months of the year, and as flowers that smell so sweet.
Michael Cleveland plays the fiddles, and the rest is Moore, singing and picking the banjo, and laying down guitar and bass.
Check it out.
Look Down Bluebell is available now from popular download and streaming services online, and to radio programmers via Get It Played.
