Imagine you've just bought a house in the middle of the Adirondacks. You're all moved in and ready for what the country life has to offer. You sit back on your porch with nothing but mountains in sight and beer in hand. Now, with the scene set, the music fades in. Junior Barber's Steffi's Waltz fills the air with the rustic comfort you had been seeking.

His dobro has taken him around the world, won him seven nominations for dobro player of the year, and made him an a nationally acclaimed bluegrass musician. The humble personality found in his music displays for listeners what talent is all about.

Simple, sweet, and mellow, Barber unveils the laid back emotion that is often left behind in more upbeat styles of bluegrass. Opening the album with "Summer Rain" Barber provides a vision the kind of restful country day that leaves listeners with a warm smile even after the smooth sliding tones emanating from his dobro have faded.

Moving into the more upbeat "Hazel Time," Barber's guest musician Alan O'Bryant incorporates his 5-string banjo fluidly around Barber's dobro in the background.

With the three-four waltz feel, Barber incorporates Roland White's classic mandolin technique in "Cryin' Heart Blues." Short and calm, the song is fits well into the flow of music on Steffi's Waltz.

The Blues hold a place deep in Barber's heart, and "St. Louis Blues" is a mellow fusion of the classic Bluesy feel with undertones of bluegrass that stem from Mike Compton's sophisticated mandolin.

Rounding off the album with the title track "Steffi's Waltz," Barber has guest Stuart Duncan fiddling throughout the serene movements of the song.

With a few waltzes to be heard and an excellent flow of music throughout, Steffi's Waltz is everything one would come to expect from living legend that is Junior Barber.

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