Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin team-up with bluegrass icon Tim O’Brien, “5 Days Out, 2 Days Back,” has hit #1 on the Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart.
Martin’s lyrics on the track tell a story familiar to all touring musicians of balancing life on the road with the pull of loved ones at home. Coupled with O’Brien’s rich vocals and Brown’s fresh melody, the song is a bit of bluegrass nirvana, rounded out by a band of A-listers including Bryan Sutton, Stuart Duncan, Todd Phillips and Vickie Vaughn.
“5 Days Out, 2 Days Back” will be included as part of a collection of songs by Brown and Martin to be released this year via Compass Records.