Railroad Earth Jams Live on Two-CD 'Elko'  Rolling Stone music
critic Christian Hoard reviews Elko, the new live double album
by the jam band Railroad Earth. Unlike most jam bands with
extended electric guitar solos, Railroad Earth is a bluegrass
band — so expect extended mandolin solos, instead.    New Jersey
is not known as a hot bed of bluegrass music, so the group
Railroad Earth is sort of an oddity in the Garden State. Here's
music critic Christian Hoard with a review of the band's new
live album "Elko."  Mr. CHRISTIAN HOARD (Music Critic, Rolling
Stone): So just how many mandolin solos do you think you can sit
through in one concert? If you're a fan of the New Jersey band
Railroad Earth the answer is probably well, a lot. Since 2001
Railroad Earth has been playing bluegrass plus snatches of rock,
folk, and jazz with the same open armed, occasionally long-
winded approach that's helped jam bands like Phish and the
String Cheese Incident earn throngs of rabid fans.  (Soundbite
of song "Lordy, Lordy")  Mr.