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If You Love The Goo Goo Dolls, Try Out Bluegrass Versions Of Their Songs

Can you imagine Bluegrass Goo Goo Dolls? Well, it’s coming at you from CMH Records with the July 28 release of A Boy Named Blue: The Bluegrass Tribute to the Goo Goo Dolls.

With percussion and liner notes by Goo Goo Dolls drummer Mike Malinin, this collection is the definitive album for fans of the Buffalo-based rockers and for anyone who loves great bluegrass music.

Maybe it's Goo Goo Dolls lead singer/songwriter John Rzeznik's Buffalo-bred, blue collar songwriting sensibility, but all of these songs ¬ sound as if they were written expressly for the bluegrass genre, the record label says. A lot of the credit for that sound goes to Iron Horse, the five-man,Muscle Shoals, Alabama-based bluegrass outfit that reinterpreted these rock radio classics.

But the genesis for A Boy Named Blue came from Malinin himself, who has long counted the 1962 release, Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall, among his all-time favorite records. Up until recently, it was the only bluegrass record in his collection. After becoming a fan of Pickin' On Modest Mouse, another CMH release, the drummer contacted the label, and one thing led to another. Hearing Iron Horse's freewheeling take on the Goo Goo Dolls' songs
sealed the deal for Malinin.

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If You Love The Goo Goo Dolls, Try Out Bluegrass Versions Of Their Songs