"Life Goes On" from The MACC

"Life Goes On" the second compilation album of music recorded live at The MACC (Musicians Against Childhood Cancer) held annually in Columbus, OH in late July  has been released by Rural Rhythm Records. Details about the thirty-nine cuts are below.  Proceeds from the sale of "Life Goes On" go directly to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to support research to eliminate childhood cancer. This new 2 CD set is now available for purchase at Amazon.com, County Sales, Ernest Tubb Records Shops, the Musicians Against Childhood Cancer website, Rural Rhythm Records, directly through the participating artists and many more locations. The LIFE GOES ON album was recorded live during the annual MACC festivals from 2006 – 2011 with the exception of the new single “Life Goes On” that was recorded at Randy Kohrs’ Slack Key Studio in Nashville, TN.

The all-star line-up on the LIFE GOES ON 2-CD Set includes the following tracks:

Disc 1
01 GOODBYE TO THE BLUES – Johnson Mountain Boys
02 BEYOND THE SUNSET– Doyle Lawson, Russell Moore, Jamie Dailey, Josh Swift
03 RAGGED MAN – Gibson Brothers
04 I GOT A WOMAN – Pine Mountain Railroad
05 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON – New Found Road
06 SIX FEET UNDER THE GROUND – Michael Cleveland and Flame Keeper
07 IN THE TIME THAT YOU GAVE ME – Shawn Camp
08 GOIN’ ACROSS THE SEA – J. D. Crow & The New South
09 HIGHWAY OF SORROW – Junior Sisk
10 FRAULEIN – Lost and Found
11 RAIN AND SNOW – Brandon Rickman (Lonesome River Band)
12 REVELATION – Bradley Walker
13 PANHANDLE COUNTRY – Clay Hess & Friends
14 ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE – Josh Williams Band
15 FORTY YEARS – David Parmley & Continental Divide
16 THE WATER IS WIDE – Rhonda Vincent & The Rage
17 HARD TIMES – The Grascals
18 PAUL’S MINISTRY – Paul Williams
19 STRUTTIN’ TO FERRUM – Lonesome River Band
20 BLUE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN – The SteelDrivers

DISC 2
01 MANZANITA – Tony Rice
02 ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’
03 PRECIOUS MEMORIES – Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
04 LITTLE JOHN I AM – Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out
05 TENNESSEE WHISKEY – Chris Stapleton, Morgane Hayes, Bradley Walker
06 SMASHVILLE – Sierra Hull & Highway 111
07 GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE – Sally Connell, Dudley Connell
08 WHERE THE NEVER DIES – Don Rigsby & Josh Williams
09 NOTHING BUT A WHIPPORWILL – Blue Highway
10 THE WATER SO COLD – Marty Raybon and Full Circle
11 THE TURKEY BUZZARD – Joe Mullins & Aubry Hayine
12 HE DIED A ROUNDER AT 21 – Junior Sisk, Randy Kohrs, Josh Williams
13 THE LIKES OF ME – Randy Kohrs Band
14 SHOUTING TIME IN HEAVEN – Kenny & Amanda Smith
15 AT THE END OF THE A LONG LONELY – Danny Paisley & Southern Grass
16 MEMORIES OF MOTHER – James King
17 I SHOULD’VE CALLED – Larry Stephenson
18 OLD VIOLIN – Larry Cordle, Michael Cleveland
19 LIFE GOES ON – Jerry Salley, Carl Jackson, Ronnie Bowman, Rickey Wasson, Larry Cordle

An element making The MACC one of the most exciting events available are the evening performances of composite bands put together either for this event or assembled from performers who have stayed beyond their own sets. Special guests combine to offer renditions of songs not available in other recordings or any other place. These special performances are a nightly event at Musicians Against Childhood Cancer, but reach their culmination each year on Saturday night with the MACC Opry. Darrell Adkins, along with his wife Phyllis, long-time bluegrass promoters in the Columbus, OH area, found their lives transformed when their daughter Mandy died of brain stem cancer in November of 2000. The couple, devastated by their loss, decided to dedicate their lives to the fight against childhood cancer and to supporting the research effort at St. Jude, where Mandy had been treated. Over the past ten years, well over $600,000 has been contributed to St. Jude's Hospital and the YMCA, where the event is held annually. The MACC will be held at Hoover-Y Park just south of Columbus from July 18 - 21, 2012. This year's line-up will be announced later in the Spring.