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Some great pickin'

A Place of My Own
A Place of My Own
By Raymond W. McClain

Flying Fish Records: 1992

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This review first appeared in the November 13, 1992 issue of the North County Blade-Citizen (now North County Times).

A regular on the Grand Ole Opry, Raymond McClain plays some of the meanest banjo you'll ever hear.

And while he's still a young man, McClain's new album features some great bluegrass picking more reminiscent of the bands of Lester Flatt or Bill Monroe.

Joined throughout by family members from the now-disbanded McClain Family Band, Raymond presents a set of traditional standards and his own compositions which sound as traditional and timeless as the classics.