Before she embarked on a career as a solo recording artist in 1997, Pam Gadd was a member of two groups, the traditional bluegrass-oriented New Coon Creek Girls and the country outfit known as Wild Rose. She effectively blended the best of both genres on The Long Road, her first solo album, that was aimed at the alternative bluegrass market. The native of Kentucky played banjo and guitar, and contributed lead vocals to Wild Rose; the group broke into the Top Ten with "Breaking New Ground" in 1989. Gadd and the group's other four members recorded for Universal Records and Capit...