Lost & Found -
Down On Sawmill Road (2010)
The final album (so far) by Lost & Found is, wait for it, another compilation from Rebel. This one is a generous 14 tracks and offers hits such as "That's What Country Folks Do", "Leaving You and Mobile Too" and "The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home (Never Was A Married Man)". If it leans a bit too heavily on sentimental songs, this record captures pretty well the Berry Berrier years. Their wardrobe certainly has been updated.
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I gotta say that I've never heard Lost & Found (aka The Lost And Found
) and don't listen to bluegrass too much, but the power of suggestibility is getting too much. Sam's frequent postings are wearing me down - I may have to check them out (awful album cover photos and all)
Lost & Found can be found on Spotify as "Lost and Found":
Their later Rebel albums are there. Maybe the best place to start is a comp,
My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains:
Their most consistent regular album is
It's About Time:
The group's website is here:
http://www.lostandfoundbluegrass.com/
It contains this concise history:
The Lost and Found Band was formed in 1973. The original lineup of the band consisted of bass player Allen Mills, banjo player Gene Parker, mandolin player Dempsey Young and guitarist Roger Handy. The band became quite popular playing bluegrass festivals, with Mills' exceptional songwriting contributing much to the group's fame; "Love of the Mountains," recorded by the original lineup, has become a bluegrass standard. In addition to contemporary songs, the band also recorded more traditional fare, such as "The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home, Never Was a Married Man." Most of their albums feature similar material, and the band continues to be a strong positive force in contemporary bluegrass music.
The band first recorded for Outlet Records in 1975, then achieved wider fame after it signed with Roanoke's Rebel Records in 1982. By the mid-'90s, only Allen Mills and Dempsey Young had stayed, recruiting guitarist Berry Berrier and banjo player Lynwood Lunsford as replacements. Throughout the years, Lost and Found has had many talented members of the band, including Ronnie Bowman, Shane Bartley, Greg Luck, Jody King, Ben Green along with others. As of today, the band is made up of Allen Mills on bass, Dan Wells on Guitar, Ronald Smith on banjo and Scott Napier on Mandolin.
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Mills underwent back surgery in 2016 and a hip replacement last year. No new dates appear in their touring schedule since then and at age 80, his days on the road may be over.
Even if they never play another note, L&F leaves a legacy of more than five decades' worth of fine bluegrass music.
