Most of the 14 tracks on this CD are straight out of Hootin’ Holler and, from the get-go, you’re ready to start clapping and shouting “Yeee Haaa!” This is rollicking, fun-loving, square dancing, back porch bluegrass music that doesn’t sound “Beverly Hillbillies” dated. Accompanied on most of the songs by Aubrey Haynie on fiddle, Ron Block on banjo, Dennis Crouch on bass and an assortment of dobro and mandolin players (including Ricky Scaggs), Sutton picks a mean acoustic guitar on his debut solo CD. As you’re listening, you can see the blur of his fingers flying across strings and struts. The songs are short (most under four minutes), crisp and to the point. One of the unique qualities of bluegrass music is its ability to keep a beat without drums and this albums does that nicely. Most of the tracks are instrumentals but there are a couple with the obligatory yodeling male vocals as well. This North Carolina native son is more than just a one-dimenional hillbilly guitar picker; he proves he is capable of tackling jazz classics, as well. His take on the Stephane Grappelli/Django Reinhardt “Minor Swing,” with only Crouch and Haynie backing him, is the best cut on the album, while the Gershwin Brothers’ “Lady Be Good” is right up there, too. Dolly Parton sings lead on “Smoky Mountain Memories” but her presence adds nothing to the album; indeed she makes it sound more Nashville commercial than Appalachian pure. With the exception of this cut and one or two others, this is a great CD. Bluegrass at its best.