Blue Highway Shines in Poughkeepsie
Written by Michael Foley
Monday, 16 January 2012
photo by Joan Harrison
The many souls who braved the cold to hear
Blue Highway in concert Friday the 13th were rewarded with an evening of top-notch bluegrass. The band’s members, who have been playing together for seventeen years, were clearly at ease with each other and with their music, spreading solos, lead singing tasks, and writing credits evenly among the group. One of the many high moments was Wayne Taylor’s moving rendition of “Homeless Man” from the band’s latest album,
Through the Window of a Train. The stark tale of a