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Clarence
White Clarence White guitar playing is sort of
like a combination of three of my favorite guitarist, Jerry
Garcia,
Roy Buchanan, and James Burton. He plays with the melody of Jerry,
the tone and brilliance of Roy, and the conciseness and sweetness of
James. Now that is saying something. Of
the three he had the most in common with Jerry Garcia. They both
started in bluegrass before becoming electric guitar masters. They
also both played in a David Grisman / Peter Rowan line-up in the
1972 - '73 period, with Clarence on guitar with Muleskinner, and
Jerry on banjo with Old and in the Way. Their approach to playing
also have some similarities with a melodic approach and the way
they sound like their chasing the vocal line. Another trait they
share in common is their non-stop playing. I have a Jerry Garcia
section that details his solo work, seemingly whenever the Grateful
Dead weren't on tour Garcia played with one of his side bands.
Likewise, Clarence was non-stop with his musical endeavors. We're
still working on our Clarence White section, so stop by for updates.
It is not the final product. Until then, we've put together
some of Clarence White's best releases. We've
attempted to categorize the select discography, primarily what is
readily available and his best material in segments, though with so
many side projects there is crossover. |
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Flatpicking / Sessions etc.
Kentucky Colonels
Rick
Nelson
Nashville West
The Byrds
Muleskinner |
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Clarence
White - Flatpicking / Sessions / Misc. |
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Clarence White-Flatpick |
Audio CD |
Deluxe |
1. John Henry Blues
2. Reno Ride
3. Salt Creek
4. Kickin' Mule
5. Big Sandy River
6. Sheik of Araby
7. Black MTN Blues & Soldier's Joy
8. Durham's Reel
9. Barefoot Nellie
10. Weeping Willow
11. Ragtime Annie
12. When You're Smiling
13. Columbus Stockade Blues
14. Texas Gales & Blackberry Rag
15. Silver Bells
16. San Antonio Rose
17. Listen to the Mocking Bird
18. Laughing Guitar
19. Alabama Jubilee (1973)
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Clarence
White-Flatpick - Deluxe |
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This
two disc release is a limited edition collector's Extended.
DISC ONE:
1. John Henry Blues
2. Reno Ride
3. Salt Creek
4. Kickin' Mule
5. Big Sandy River
6. Sheik of Araby
7. Black MTN Blues & Soldier's Joy
8. Durham's Reel
9. Barefoot Nellie
10. Weeping Willow
11. Ragtime Annie
12. When You're Smiling
13. Columbus Stockade Blues
14. Texas Gales & Blackberry Rag
15. Silver Bells
16. San Antonio Rose
17. Listen to the Mocking Bird
18. Laughing Guitar
19. Alabama Jubilee (1973)
Disc Two:
1. Kickin' Mule
2. Sheik Of Araby
3. Soldier's Joy & Black Mountain Blues (Rag)
4. Way Downtown
5. Crawdad Song
6. New River Train
7. Julius Finkbine's Rag
8. Billy In The Lowground
9. Fire On The Mountain
(Guitar Instruction Tape):
10. Sally Goodin'
11. Black Mountain Rag
12. Farewell Blues
(Live Spring 1973):
13. Moonlight Waltz
14. Old Joe Clark
15.
Lost Highway
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"Clarence White-Flatpick Collector's Extended, Limited Edition 2CD Set" is a follow up to Sierra's previous "Clarence White-33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals" CD. This special two CD set is limited to 1000 copies. The commercially released, edited single CD version is also available on Sierra (CD1024) but it only contains the songs from the first disc of this special two CD set. This special Collector's Edition has the additional Disc 2 of rarer Clarence White guitar instrumentals from tape recordings just discovered only two months ago!
On the first disc (Rural Rhythm/Sierra Records release and on this Collectors Edition) Clarence is featured on recordings from the Spring of 1964, made within weeks of the now famous "Appalachian Swing" sessions. This first disc closes with a 1967 performance of Jimmy Bryant's "Laughing Guitar" and finally, one of Clarence's last recordings before his death in 1973, the studio recording of "Alabama Jubilee" that appeared on the long out of print Sierra vinyl LP, "Silver Meteor".
The second disc, which is only available in this special Collector's Edition, begins with the original 1970 tapes recorded in true two channel stereo featuring Clarence on lead guitar and Roger Bush on rhythm guitar, during the time Clarence was a member of the Byrds. This is followed by three examples of Clarence's guitar instruction tape that he made for his guitar students. Yes, Clarence did give guitar lessons back in the early 60s. You hear Clarence play a flatpick tune, slowed down, as he picks it note for note then the same tune at "normal" speed. This special limited, second disc closes with instrumental recordings made in Spring of 1973, with the last track being a special surprise giving the listener a glimpse of what is in the works for the future!
This 2 CD set is packaged in a special 5-Color bronze metallic, Digipak tray case with a resealable protective cover unlike the commercial release which is in a standard plastic jewel case. Exclusive to Sierra Records, it will be sold out soon, so order now, first come, first serve.
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33 ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS |
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Track
list
1. Wildwood Flower
2. Master's Bouquet
3. Burry Me Beneath the Willow
4. Black Mountain Blues
5. Billy in the Low Ground
6. I'm So Happy
7. He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
8. Sugarfoot Rag
9. Nine Pound Hammer
10. Cripple Creek
11. Under the Double Eagle
12. Farewell Blues
13. I Am a Pilgrim
14. Country Boy Rock & Roll
15. Forsaken Love
16. False Hearted Lover
17. Black Jack Davy
18. Banks of the Ohio
19. Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
20. Sally Goodin
21. Buckin' Mule
22. Shady Grove
23. Pike Country Breakdown
24. Old Joe Clark
25. Arkansas Traveller
26. Footprints in the Snow
27. In the Pines
28. Journey's End
29. Pretty Polly
30. Cotton Eyed Joe
31. Clinch Mountain Backstep
32. Randy Lynn Rag
33. Mandolin Medley |
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Description:
From the personal tape library of the late Clarence White comes a collection of recently discovered solo acoustic flatpicking guitar recordings. This album, first in a series of compact disc releases, feature his lead flatpick guitar from start to finish on this all instrumental album, plus a bonus track of Clarence playing lead mandolin! He made these recordings himself with rhythm guitarist Roger Bush in 1962. Included with the CD are never before seen rare photos of Clarence, a statement of authenticity from the Estate of Clarence White and comments by
Jerry Garcia, Doc Watson, Tony
Rice, Roger McGuinn and others (see also "Deliverance: Soundtrack " under "Most Popular"
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DOBRO COUNTRY : TUT TAYLOR featuring CLARENCE WHITE |
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FREIGHT TRAIN
DOBRO COUNTRY
PICKIN' FLAT
LONESOME DOBRO
HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME
STEEL GUITAR RAG
JUST BECAUSE
A FOOL SUCH AS I
THE SINKING OF THE RUEBEN JAMES
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
NOBODY'S DARLIN BUT MINE
BLACK RIDGE RAMBLE |
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Sierra
Records Description:
One of the most sought after Clarence White recordings, the 1964 album, the "Dobro
Country-Tut Taylor" features Clarence & Roland White on this new compact disc import release is exclusive to Sierra Records Mail Order and not available from any other source whether by mail order or the internet.
*******ONLY A LIMITED QUANTITY REMAIN IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY********
This new CD import was released this past June in part to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the birth of John
Dopyera, the inventor of the resophonic (dobro) guitar in little village of Dolna Krupa in what now is the country of Slovakia, as well as the 100th anniversary of his arrival in the USA, the 20th anniversary of his death and on June 26th, the 17th Annual
Dobrofest, to be held in Trnava, Slovakia. June 7th also mark the 64th birthday anniversary of Clarence White.
"Dobro Country" was recorded in early 1964, within weeks at the same World Pacific Records Studio as the classic Kentucky Colonels' "Appalachian Swing!" album was recorded, highlighted by the equally legendary, trailblazing performances by Clarence White. This album also features Clarence White flatpicking not only on 6 string guitar but for the first and only time on any recording, on 12 string guitar as well. Clarence and Roland take lead breaks on all the twelve songs, backing up the equally legendary flat picking dobro of Tut Taylor with Billy Ray Lathum on banjo, Gary Carlson on rhythm guitar and Victor Gaskin on bass. Simply put, this is a most have album for any Clarence White fan, period. It is packaged with the original LP album cover and original liner notes by the late Louise (Mrs. Earl) Scruggs!
Again, this is an exclusive offer from Sierra Records Mail Order and available from no other source either on the internet or in retail stores. |
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Tuff
and Stringy Sessions 1966-68 |
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Track Listings
1. Hong Kong Hillbilly (Nashville West)
2. Mother in Law
3. Make Up Your Mind
4. Grandma Funderbunk's Music Box
5. Guitar Pickin' Man
6. Vaccination for the Blues
7. Don't Pity Me
8. Gotta Go See the World
9. Everybody Has One But You
10. She's Gone
11. Tuff and Stringy
12. I'm Tied Down to You
13. Hey Juliana
14. Last Date
15. I'll Live Today
16. Not Enough of Me to Go Round
17. Riff Raff
18. If We Could Read
19. Rocks in My Head
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Sierra Records Description:
Ace Records (UK) release of recordings by Clarence White for Gary Paxton labels from 1966-68. Note: only seven of the tracks feature Clarence playing lead guitar instrumentals. The remaining 19 tracks has Clarence only playing backup guitar to various local California country music vocalists of the time.
Amazon Product Description
Subtitled - Sessions 1966-68. Former Kentucky Colonel, future Byrd,
& a true guitar legend, White defined the country guitar. Here
he's showcased on country/folk-rock sessions from 1966-1968
including super rare singles, demos, & his first recordings as a
soloist. Featuring previously unknown electrified demos by The
Kentucky Colonels. 26 tracks plus a 20-page booklet featuring many
rare photos & extensive liner notes. Ace. 2003. |
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Guitar Workshop |
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DVD Release Date: December 12, 2006
Run Time: 40 minutes
Product Description
Sierra's first DVD release features Clarence's April 1973 appearance on the "Guitar Workshop" broadcast (previously released on Sierra Home Video as part of "Together Again For the Last Time" - now out of print). The former lead guitarist of the "Kentucky Colonels", then later "The Byrds" this legendary guitarist's life was cut short a few months later by a drunk driver. The broadcast tape was transferred direct to digital using state of the art digital video compression equipment and then authored for DVD replication with improved sound and picture insuring the highest quality reproduction on your home DVD player. The DVD contains additional rare audio and film footage of the Kentucky Colonels as well as an additional Clarence White, Kentucky Colonels scrapbook. See and hear Clarence White's vibrant, innovative flat-picking which helped pioneer a new style of bluegrass. His music still sounds alive, even timeless, because of the strength of Clarence White's vision and talent. DVD is NTSC - All Regions and is copy protected to prevent unlawful duplication. Performance: WILDWOOD FLOWERLISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRDTHE CRAWDAD SONGI AM A PILGRIM SOLDIER'S JOYSALLY GOODIN |
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New Sound of Bluegrass |
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Tracks:
1. Three Finger Blues
2. I'll Be Coming Home Tomorrow
3. If You're Ever Gonna Love Me
4. Banjo Picking Fever
5. I Might Take You Back Again
6. Memphis Special
7. Cabin In The Sky
8. LeRoy's Ramble
9. Howdy Hoss
10. Won't You Call Me Darling
11. Rainbow Shining Somewhere
12. 420 Special
13.Just Joshing
14. To Prove My Love For You
Bonus tracks on CD:
Just Like Old Times
Buck's Run
I Hear Him Calling
Produced by Ralph & Carter Stanley.
With Clarence White, Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum & LeRoy Mack.
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Sierra Records Description:
In September 1962, the bluegrass group, then called, "The Country Boys"; Clarence White, Leroy Mack, Roger Bush and Billy Ray (Roland was overseas serving in the military) with guest fiddler Gordon Terry, entered the Sundown Recording Studios in Whittier California with producers Carter and Ralph Stanley to record their very first album. That's right, The Stanley Brothers, were recruited by executive producers, Joe Maphis and Johnny Bond to produce this album with Carter Stanley also doing some of the engineering as well. Released in October 1963 the Briar International label titled, "The New Sound of Bluegrass America", the band was renamed, The Kentucky Colonels. Thus the legend was born!
Here for the first time since that original LP vinyl release (out of print since 1965) is the compact disc release of those original 14 songs. Three bonus tracks, never before released have been added to special limited release. With a great mix of vocals and original banjo and dobro instrumentals, it features Clarence White's first ever recorded lead guitar breaks, on two songs. It is packaged in it's original album cover and liner graphics but in a mini retro CD jacket. It includes an folded insert that contains song lyrics, additional notes on the sessions showing rare photos of the band and a mini color poster of that band on the folded back.
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Appalachian Swing! |
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Release 1964
1. Clinch Mountain Backstep
2. Nine Pound Hammer
3. Listen to the Mocking Bird
4. Wild Bill Jones
5. Billy in the Low Ground
6. Lee Highway Blues
7. I Am a Pilgrim
8. The Prisoner's Song
9. Sally Goodin
10. Faded Love
11. John Henry
12. Flat Fork
13. Pickin' Flat
14. A Fool Such as I
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Product Description:
Marking the 40th Anniversary of the "Sergeant Pepper's" of all bluegrass albums, the Kentucky Colonels classic "Appalachian Swing!" with three bonus tracks is one of the most influential albums in all of bluegrass music, primarily because of the stunning guitar playing of Clarence White and the musical interplay with brother, Roland White's mandolin.
Mastered by renowned audio engineer, Steve Hoffman, and released for the first time in this audiophile edition,
the original 1964 World Pacific Records album by the Kentucky Colonels was subsequently released in the early 90's on another label, but it suffered from a number of problems both in audio quality and production. Now our joint venture friends at Rural Rhythm/S&P Records have expanded that release to include three bonus tracks featuring the instrumental performance of Clarence and Roland White along with Billy Ray Lathum on the other World Pacific album at the time,
"Tut Taylor-Dobro Country".
This "new re-released" for the first has been mastered directly from the original World Pacific 3-track audio masters and you will finally hear picking like it was meant to be heard! With compact disc liner notes by Sierra Records' John
Delgatto, hear Clarence White's vibrant, innovative flat-picking which helped pioneer a new style of bluegrass. The sound was revolutionary upon its release in May of 1964 and the music still sounds alive, even timeless, because of the strength of Clarence White's vision and talent. Special color booklet
(BK 3001) with detailed information on the Appalachian Swing! session is also available.
(See also Tut Taylor: Dobro Country CD 501)
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Long Journey Home |
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1. Roll On Buddy
2. Bill Cheatham
3. There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
4. Shuckin' The Corn
5. Beautiful Life, A
6. Get Down On Your Knees And Pray
7. Over In The Glory Land
8. Sally Ann
9. Brakeman's Blues
10. Soldier's Joy
11. Listen To The Mockingbird
12. Farewell Blues
13. Lonesome Road Blues
14. Beaumont Rag
15. Footprints In The Snow
16. Long Journey Home
17. In The Pines
18. Chicken Reel
19. Old Hickory
20. Auld Lang Syne
21. Nola
22. Flat Fork
23. Shady Grove
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Livin' In The Past: Legendary Live Recordings |
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Track Listing
1. Fire on the Mountain
2. If You're Ever Gonna Love Me
3. Band Introduction
4. Julius Finkbine's Rag
5. Dark Hollow
6. Memphis Special
7. He Said If I Be Lifted Up
8. Get Down on Your Knees and Pray
9. Introduction
10. Lee Highway Blues
11. A Woman Named Ruth
12. Shuckin' the Corn
13. Ocean of Diamonds
14. Angel of Death
15. Barefoot Nellie
16. Train 45 (Intro: Mayne Smith)
17. Hard Hearted
18. Chug
19. Alabama Jubilee
20. Sunny Side of the Mountain
21. Journey's End (A Life of Sorrow)
22. The Sheik of Araby
23. Good Woman's Love
24. Mother's Milk Routine
25. Listen to the Mocking Bird
26. Old Joe Clark
27. Introduction
28. I Am a Pilgrim
29. Jordan
30. Shady Grove
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Description:
The first and the best of the live albums by this legendary
bluegrass band is now available for the first time on compact disc.
It features six bonus tracks including a newly discovered live
recording of Clarence White playing "I Am A Pilgrim!" With
Clarence's amazing guitar and spine tingling vocals by his brother
Roland, the group is rounded out by Billy Ray Lathum and Roger Bush
along with Scotty Stoneman's pyrotechnic fiddling. From Jerry
Garcia's 1964 stage introduction at the opening, to the in-depth
notes and many photographs, this is the consummate package that
Clarence envisioned before his untimely death in 1973...
Performer Clarence White, Roland White, Billy Ray Lathum, Roger Bush with Scotty Stoneman, Leroy (Mack) McNees, Bobby Slone.
Note Recorded from 1961 to 1965.
Date details
Recorded September 25, 1961 (as THE COUNTRY BOYS) at the "Ash
Grove"
(Clarence & Roland White, LeRoy Mack, Billy Ray Lathum &
Roger Bush):
Memphis Special / Journey's End (A Life Of Sorrow)
Recorded fall of 1963 at the "Second
Fret" in Philadelphia
(Roger Bush & Billy Ray Lathum):
A Girl Named Ruth / Why Mothers Milk Is Better
Recorded March 25, 1964 at the "Ash
Grove"
Clarence & Roland White, Billy Ray Lathum, Roger Bush &
Bobby Slone
He Said If I Be Lifted Up / Angle Of Death
Recorded April 17, 1964 at &quto;The Cabale",
Berkeley
(Clarence & Roland White, Billy Ray Lathum & Roger Bush):
Barefoot Nellie
Recorded April 18, 1964 at "The Cabale"
Berkeley
(Clarence & Roland White, Roger Bush & Billy Ray Lathum):
Hard Hearted / Jordan - Shady Grove
Recorded April 19, 1964 at "The Cabale"
Berkeley
(Clarence & Roland White, Roger Bush & Billy Ray Lathum):
I Am A Pilgrim (bonus track on CD)
Recorded November 15, 1964 at "Comedia
Theatre, Palo Alto, CA
(Clarence & Roland White, Roger Bush & Billy Ray Lathum):
Sheik Of Araby
Recorded November 20, 1964 at "The Cabale",
Berkeley
(Clarence & Roland White, Billy Ray Lathum & Roger Bush):
Shuckin' The Corn
Recorded March 27, 1965 at the "Ash
Grove"
(Clarence & Roland White, Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum &
Scotty Stoneman):
Fire On The Mountain / If You're Ever Gonna Love Me / Julius
Finkebines's Rag / Dark Hollow / Train 45
Chug-A-Lug / Listen To The MockingBird - Old Joe Clark / Ocean Of
Diamonds (bonus track on CD)
Alabama Jubilee (bonus track on CD)
Sunny Side Of The Mountain (bonus track on CD)
Recorded April 25, 1965 at the "Ash
Grove"
(Clarence & Roland White, Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum &
Scotty Stoneman):
Get Down On Your Knees And Pray (bonus track on CD) / Lee Highway
blues (bonus track on CD)
Recorded August 9, 1965 at the "Cobblestone
Club" North Hollywood
(Clarence & Roland White, Roger Bush, Billy Ray Lathum &
Scotty Stoneman):
A Good Woman's Love
Bonus tracks on CD release:
Get Down On Your Knees And Pray / Lee Highway Blues / Ocean Of
Diamonds / Alabama Jubilee
Sunny Side Of The Mountain / I Am A Pilgrim
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Live in L.A.
Scotty Stoneman w/ the Kentucky
Colonels |
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Track Listing
1. Oklahoma Stomp *
2. Once a Day
3. Eighth of January *
4. Any Damn Thing
5. Lee Highway Blues *
6. Down Yonder *
7. Sally Goodin *
8. A Wound Time Can't Erase
9. Shuckin' the Corn *
10. Listen to the Mockingbird *
11. Cherokee Waltz *
12. Cacklin' Hen *
13. Orange Blossom Special *
14. Goodnight Irene
*Instrumental
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Sierra
Records Description:
Mar 27, 1965-Aug 1965
The Kentucky Colonels featured Clarence White (guitar), Roland White (mandolin), Bill Ray Lathum (banjo), Roger Bush (bass), and Scott Stoneman (who had just joined the band on fiddle after Bobby Slone left the group).
This classic 1978 Sierra release is now available
for the first time on compact disc with bonus tracks. Jerry Garcia
called Scotty Stoneman the "Bluegrass Charlie Parker "
while others called him "the Jimi Hendrix " of the fiddle.
Live In L.A. is the only album featuring this innovative country
fiddler with both instrumentals and vocals along with the legendary
Kentucky Colonels featuring Clarence White. Mastered from the
original audio tapes, this release also features many new, rare
photos with notes by Richard Greene, Peter Rowan and Jerry Garcia,
as well as faithful reproductions of the original LP color graphics
plus four bonus track not on the original vinyl LP release.
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RICK NELSON : BRIGHT LIGHTS & COUNTRY MUSIC / COUNTRY FEVER |
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Rick
Nelson Bright Lights & Country Music/Country Fever |
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Bright Lights and Country Music
1. Truck Drivin' Man
2. You Just Can't Quit
3. Louisiana Man
4. Welcome to My World
5. Kentucky Means Paradise
6. Here I Am
7. Bright Lights and Country Music
8. Hello Walls
9. No Vacancy
10. I'm a Fool to Care
11. Congratulations
12. Night Train to Memphis
Country Fever
13. Take a City Bride
14. Funny How Time Slips Away
15. Bridge Washed Out
16. Alone
17. Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (Desert Blues)
18. Mystery Train
19. Things You Gave Me
20. Take These Chains from My Heart
21. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
22. Walkin' Down the Line
23. You Win Again
24. Salty Dog
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Rick Nelson's
first two country albums on the old Decca label, Bright Lights & Country Music/Country Fever,
were reissued together as a two-fer.
Bright Lights
and Country Music sessions were recorded in December 1965 and Feb. 22 -
24, 1966, which had different bands. The December sessions was a
James Burton line-up, and Feb. 1966 a was Clarence White line-up.
According to the Rick Nelson box-set Legacy credits Bright Lights and Country
Music appears to include all of the Clarence material recorded
and none of the seven songs record in December 1965.
Meanwhile, Country
Fever sessions were recorded in April 1967
and had 17 songs recorded. Of them, 12 are included on the
album.
This Rick Nelson band featured James Burton on lead guitar.
As a side note, both Clarence White and James
Burton went on to play some of the best country rock with Gram
Parsons, but at different times. Clarence with The
Byrds and James on the two solo Gram
Parsons albums.
The Rick Nelson county albums noted below have rotating
personnel, but a mainstay is one of the top pedal steel guitarist
Tom Brumley from Buck Owens' band.
Others members include Randy Meisner from Poco, and The Eagles, Linda
Rondstat (her early Capital albums), and several others played
with the New Riders at
different times.
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Rick Nelson in Concert (The Troubadour, 1969)
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Garden Party/Windfall
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Rick Sings Nelson/Rudy the Fifth
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Rick Nelson in Concert
* Rick Nelson - guitar, vocals
* Randy Meisner - bass guitar, guitar, vocals
* Allen Kemp - guitar
* Tom Brumley - steel guitar
* Patrick Shanahan - drums
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Garden
Party
* Rick Nelson - guitar, lead vocals
* Allen Kemp - lead guitar, background vocals
* Tom Brumley - steel guitar
* Stephen A. Love - bass, background vocals
* Patrick Shanahan - drums
* Don Nelson - wood flute
Windfall
* Rick Nelson - guitar, lead vocals
* Dennis Larden - lead guitar, background vocals
* Tom Brumley - steel guitar
* Jay DeWitt White - bass, background vocals
* Ty Grimes - drums
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Rick Sings
Nelson
* Rick Nelson - guitar, piano, lead vocals
* Allen Kemp - lead guitar, background vocals
* Tim Cetera - bass, background vocals
* Tom Brumley - steel guitar
* Patrick Shanahan - drums
Rudy the Fifth
* Rick Nelson - guitar, piano, lead vocals
* Allen Kemp - lead guitar, background vocals
* Randy Meisner - bass, background vocals
* Tom Brumley - steel guitar
* Patrick Shanahan - drums
* Andy Belling - piano
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Nashville
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Nashville West featuring Clarence White
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1. Nashville West (Intro) - Nashville West, White, Clarence
2. Mental Revenge - Nashville West, Tillis, Mel
3. I Wanna Live - Nashville West, Loudermilk, John D.
4. C C Rider - Nashville West, Traditional
5. Sweet Susannah - Nashville West, Guilbeau, Gib
6. Green, Green Grass of Home - Nashville West, Putman, Curly
7. Love of the Common People - Nashville West, Hurley, John
8. Tuff & String (Intermission Theme) - Nashville West, Paxton, Gary [1] S.
9. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water - Nashville West, Babcock, Joe
10. Greensleeves - Nashville West, Traditional
11. Ode to Billy Joe - Nashville West, Gentry, Bobbie
12. Mom & Dad's Waltz - Nashville West, Frizzell, Lefty
13. Louisiana Rains - Nashville West, Guilbeau, Gib
14. Sing Me Back Home - Nashville West, Haggard, Merle
15. Columbus Stockade Blues - Nashville West, Traditional
16. Memphis - Nashville West, Berry, Chuck
17. By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Nashville West, Webb, Jimmy [1]
18. Nashville West (Reprise) - Nashville West, White, Clarence
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Sierra
Records Description
Nashville West was one of the first and best
pre-Byrds country-rock bands featuring the late, great Clarence
White with some truly trailblazing electric guitar playing. Guitar
Player magazine proclaimed it one of the top "20 Essential
Country " albums of all time. Now with an improved sound
quality, this compact disc has four additional unreleased bonus
tracks taken from the original live club recording, newly unearth
band photos and new comments by country music star Marty Stuart.
Clarence is joined by Gene Parsons, drums and vocals Gib Guilbeau,
guitar and vocals and Wayne Moore, bass and vocals. The band has
been credited with laying "the foundation for the Byrds'
country rock phase and the music of Gram
Parsons, Emmylou Harris and
the Eagles" (Guitar Player). Guitar players still marvel at
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The
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We've
highlighted some of live recordings by the Byrds with Clarence White
in the band. This is Clarence most "exciting' work with The
Byrds. If I had to select one of the referenced live recordings, I
go with Live At Royal Albert Hall. It is packed to capacity,
includes the early classic hits and Dylan covers as well as some
great later tracks, my favorite, "Chestnut Mare." It
offers an uninterrupted concert flow, which is a big charm of
the release, at a time when the band was in its prime as a live unit. The
sound quality is good, but if you want to crank it up, it is a bit
lacking.
At a later time, we'll add the studio releases and
details of some of their box sets. Both of their boxes are four
discs, There Is A Season adds a DVD. I think the music flows better by getting individual
releases.
My A list
*Sweetheart of the Rodeo
*A live release.
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Sweetheart of the Rodeo |
Legacy
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have a review of Sweetheart of the Rodeo in my Gram Parsons
page and will direct you to that for more details. It has commentary
on both the 2 disc and single disc options.
To add to it, Clarence White played on that album as a studio musician. This was before he became an official member of the Byrds. If you want the most similar material from Clarence White’s catalog to Sweetheart, go with
Nashville West.
I sometimes think of Sweetheart of the Rodeo as a combination of Nashville West and the Flying Burrito Brothers first album. All three are great. Of them, Sweetheart of the Rodeo is the best overall release, great singing, electric guitar and pedal steel. The Flying Burrito Brothers album, especially their first one, offers the best original song writing, must hear singing, and
pretty good pedal steel. Nashville West offers a really, really solid band paving the foundations of Country Rock
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THE BYRDS:
Live At The Fillmore - February 1969 |
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1. Nashville West
2. You're Still on My Mind
3. Pretty Boy Floyd
4. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
5. Medley: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)/Mr ...
6. Close up the Honky Tonks
7. Buckaroo
8. The Christian Life
9. Time Between
10. King Apathy III
11. Bad Night at the Whiskey
12. This Wheel's on Fire
13. Sing Me Back Home
14. So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
15. He Was a Friend of Mine
16. Chimes of Freedom
With Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons & John York.
Recorded Live in Feb. 1969
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The Byrds Untitled |
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Disc: 1
Live
1. Lover Of The Bayou
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Nashville West
4. So You Want To Be A Rock 'N Roll Star
5. Mr. Tambourine Man
6. Mr. Spaceman
7. Eight Miles High
Studio
8. Chestnut Mare
9. Truck Stop Girl
10. All The Things
11. Yesterday's Train
12. Hungry Planet
13. Just A Season
14. Take A Whiff On Me
15. You All Look Alike
16. Well Come Back Home
Bonus tracks on re-issue
Disc: 2
Studio
1. All The Things
2. Yesterday's Train
3. Lover Of The Bayou
4. Kathleen's Song
5. White's Lightning Pt. 2
6. Willin'
Live
7. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
8. Old Blue
9. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. Ballad Of Easy Rider
11. My Back Pages
12. Take A Whiff On Me
13. Jesus Is Just Alright
14. Wheels On Fire
With Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons
& Skip Battin. |
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Live at Royal Albert Hall 1971 |
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Time 1:17
1. Lover of the Bayou
2. You Ain't Going Nowhere
3. Truck Stop Girl
4. My Back Pages
5. Baby, What You Want Me to Do
6. Jamaica, Say You Will
7. Black Mountain Rag / Soldier's Joy
8. Mr. Tambourine Man
9. Pretty Boy Floyd
10. Take a Whiff (On Me)
11. Chestnut Mare
12. Jesus Is Just Alright
13. Eight Miles High
14. So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
15. Mr. Spaceman
16. I Trust
17. Nashville West
18. Roll Over Beethoven
19. Amazing Grace
With Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons
& Skip Battin. |
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Liner
Notes - Scott Schinder
Product Description
From their earliest days as 12-string-wielding folk-rockers, to the thrilling psychedelic excursions of their raga-rock period to their 1968 birthing of country-rock, the Byrds were always accorded a hero's welcome in England. What better place to record founding Byrds member/guitarist/singer Roger McGuinn's new version of the band--featuring fretboard ace Clarence White, bassist Skip Battin and drummer Gene Parsons--than London's Royal Albert Hall!
Rescued from a tape that had sat forgotten in McGuinn's
climatized garage for decades, this stellar 1971 set, featuring live versions of the current band's studio faves ("Lover of the Bayou," "Chestnut Mare") as well as adventurous reworkings of Byrds classics ("Mr. Tambourine Man," "My Back Pages," "Eight Miles High," "So You Want to Be a Rock `n' Roll Star") might be the most accurate and stirring live performance yet of the legendary Los Angeles combo. By 1971, the guitar interplay of McGuinn and White had become a jaw-dropping highlight of their live performances, as had their stripped-down, acoustic mini-set and peerless four-part vocal harmonies. As McGuinn, in typically understated fashion, says of this new Sundazed release, available now on both compact disc and as a high-definition vinyl, double-gatefold LP: "It was a great night, so I'm happy there's a record of it!"
Sierra Records Description:
Available for the first, this never before
released album (in any format,) features the 1971 BYRDS lineup of
Roger McGuinn, Clarence White, Gene Parsons and Skip Battin.
THIS IS A MUST HAVE ALBUM FOR ANY CLARENCE WHITE FAN! INCREDIBLE
EXAMPLE, MAYBE THE BEST, OF ANY OF HIS ELECTRIC GUITAR RECORDINGS TO
DATE!
From their earliest days as 12-string-wielding folk-rockers, to the
thrilling psychedelic excursions of their raga-rock period to their
1968 birthing of country-rock, the Byrds were always accorded a
hero's welcome in England. What better place to record founding
Byrds member/guitarist/singer Roger McGuinn's new version of the
bandfeaturing the legendary Clarence White, in all his stringbender
glory, bassist Skip Battin and drummer Gene Parsons, than London's
Royal Albert Hall! Rescued from a tape that had sat forgotten in
McGuinn's climate controlled garage for decades, this stellar 1971
set, featuring live versions of the current band's studio faves
("Lover of the Bayou," "Chestnut Mare") as well
as adventurous reworking of Byrds classics ("Mr. Tambourine
Man," "My Back Pages," "Eight Miles High,"
"So You Want to Be a Rock n' Roll Star") might be the most
accurate and stirring live performance yet of the legendary Los
Angeles combo. By 1971, the guitar interplay of McGuinn and White
had become a jaw-dropping highlight of their live performances, as
had their stripped down, acoustic mini-set and peerless four-part
vocal harmonies. For fans of Clarence White, his performances on
"Truck Stop Girl," "Jamaica, Say You Will,"
"Take A Whiff On Me" and the seminal "Nashville
West" on this most have album, said it all! |
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Muleskinner
Wikepedia
Muleskinner was an American bluegrass band, consisting of Clarence White (guitar, vocals), Peter Rowan (guitar/vocals), Bill
Keith (banjo), Richard Greene (fiddle) and David Grisman (mandolin). Muleskinner formed to play on television, resulting in a live recording that was, for many years, a lost bluegrass legend before a copy was found and released. The band was an all-star lineup of young bluegrass stars, chosen to play with Bill Monroe, the originator of the genre, in the hopes of mainstream success. The attempt failed, however, to cross over, and the first release of the recorded was quickly out of print.
Of Interest:
Old And In The Way
David Grisman
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A Potpourri of Bluegrass Jam |
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1. Mule Skinner Blues
2. Blue and Lonesome
3. Footprints in the Snow
4. Dark Hollow
5. White House Blues
6. Opus 57 in G Minor
7. Gunways of the Moon
8. Roanoke
9. Rain and Snow
10. Soldier's Joy
11. Blue Mule |
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Product Description
Muleskinner could be considered the world's first bluegrass supergroup. Originally formed as a way to honor Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys on public television, legends David Grisman, Clarence White, Peter Rowan, Richard Greene and Bill Keith created an indelible, elastic bluegrass album. Combining elements of folk and rock, Muleskinner's
A Potpourri of Bluegrass Jam is an essential addition to any collection. |
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Muleskinner Live -- Original Television Soundtrack |
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1. New Camptown Races
2. Dark Hollow
3. Land of the Navajo
4. Blackberry Blossom
5. Knockin' on Your Door
6. Opus 57 in G Minor
7. Red Rocking Chair
8. Going to the Races
9. Eighth of January
10. I Am a Pilgrim
11. The Dead March
12. Sitting Alone in the Moonlight
13. Orange Blossom Special |
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Sierra Records Product Description
MULESKINNER - LIVE : ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK - Clarence White, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Richard Greene, Bill Keith ..CD
This is the historic, believed lost, soundtrack of the first ever nationally televised program of bluegrass music by this legendary group that influenced a new generation of bluegrass musicians. Taped before a live in-studio audience at
KCET-TV, Hollywood, this 13 song compact disc contains the nine songs from the original televised PBS program. Four bonus songs, edited from the final TV broadcast, have been unearthed and are heard here on this CD. Muleskinner Live is a bluegrass classic!
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DVD - Available through Sierra
Records
Performances: NEW CAMPTOWN RACES / DARK HOLLOW / LAND OF THE NAVAJO / BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM /
KNOCKIN' ON YOUR DOOR / OPUS 57 IN G MINOR / RED ROCKING CHAIR / THE DEAD MARCH / ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
Sierra is proud to announce the release on DVD of it's 1992 video,"Muleskinner- Live" and is now in stock. This Sierra DVD release is exclusive to Sierra and not available from any other retail or mail order company in the USA. The first super group of bluegrass music, "Muleskinner", as they were later to be called, made their first appearance ever on what was the first nationally televised program of bluegrass music. Taped before a live in-studio audience in Hollywood CA in February 1973, Clarence White, David Grisman, Richard Greene, Peter Rowan and Bill Keith reunited after years of individually playing rock and roll music in this ground breaking, once believed lost television program for the first time exclusively on this Sierra DVD. Originally released on Sierra VHS tape in 1992, this magical television performance represents the entire edited final tv broadcast from the original 2" analog color videotape transferred direct to digital. The results are spectacular! If you own the older VHS tape version, you will be amazed at the audio and video quality afford by this DVD, playable in ALL Regions. Inside is contained the original liner notes, rare photos and the reproduction of the original VHS cover graphics. This legendary group of would influenced a new generation of bluegrass musicians from Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs to Alison Krause, Nickel Creek and the "O' Brother" generation. After making brief stage appearances a month later followed by one studio album and finally the untimely death of Clarence White in July 1973, Muleskinner never performed again as a group. This DVD as well as the companion original soundtrack Sierra compact disc is dedicated to Clarence White, who was a virtuoso human being and guitarist.
(Production Note) This is the exact same program that was original released on Sierra VHS in 1992, 30 minutes in length but in fair superior quality both in picture and sound. You be amazed to see the clarity as if it was video taped yesterday! As stated in the original notes to both the VHS release and the CD soundtrack of the program, the additional songs that appear on the CD only existed on an audio tape made of the program. The videotape of those performances were erased when the program was edited for broadcast back in 1973. Regrettably, the extra songs were never saved and thus did not appear on the VHS release or now on the DVD.)
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Old
And In The Way
Old
And In The Way is a band very similar to Muleskinner. We have those
reviews in our Jerry Garcia Band section, but provide a high level
orientation below too.
Wikepedia
Old and in the Way
Jerry Garcia - Banjo and vocals
David Grisman - Mandolin and vocals
Peter Rowan - Guitar and vocals
Richard Greene - Fiddle (3-2-1973 to 5-25-1973)
Vassar Clements - Fiddle (6-5-1973 to 4-28-1974)
John Kahn - Acoustic bass
Old and in the Way was a bluegrass supergroup in the 1970s. The group performed traditional tunes such as Pig in a Pen as well as bluegrass-flavored versions of The Rolling Stones'
Wild Horses and Peter Rowan's Panama Red.
Old and in the Way's debut album Old and in the Way which was released in 1975 was the top selling bluegrass album for decades. The group, sans Jerry Garcia and John Kahn, released a reunion album in 2002, called Old and in the Gray.
Old And In The Gray - 2002
David Grisman - Mandolin and vocals
Peter Rowan - Guitar and vocals
Vassar Clements - Fiddle
Herb Pedersen - Banjo, guitar and vocals
Bryn Bright - Acoustic bass
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All three of these
releases were recorded at the Boarding House in San Francisco in October
1 and 8, 1973. I believe that the songs that repeat are
different live performances. |
Old & In the Way |
That High Lonesome Sound |
Breakdown: Live Recordings 1973 |
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1. Pig in a Pen
2. Midnight Moonlight
3. Old and in the Way
4. Knockin' on Your Door
5. The Hobo Song
6. Panama Red
7. Wild Horses
8. Kissimmee Kid
9. White Dove
10. Land of the Navajo
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1. Hard Hearted
2. The Great Pretender
3. Lost
4. Catfish John
5. High Lonesome Sound
6. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
7. Love Please Come Home
8. Wicked Path of Sin
9. Uncle Pen
10. I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home
11. Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
12. I Ain't Broke
13. Orange Blossom Special
14. Angel Band
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1. Introduction - 1:35
2. Home Is Where the Heart Is
3. Down Where the River Bends
4. On and On
5. The Hobo Song
6. Old & In the Way Breakdown
7. 'til the End of the World Rolls 'Round
8. Panama Red
9. You'll Find Her Name Written There
10. Kissimmee Kid
11. Goin' to the Races
12. Midnight Moonlight
13. Working on the Building
14. Mule Skinner Blues
15. Pig in a Pen
16. Drifting Too Far from the Shore
17. Jerry's Breakdown
18. Wild Horses
19. Blue Mule
Hidden track
Catfish John
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David
Grisman
After Old And In The Way, Grisman was involved
in the Great American String Band. While Old And In The Way was in
the mold of bluegrass, this new band meshed the bluegrass sounds of
Bill Monroe with the gypsy jazz brilliance of Django
Reinhardt.
Great American String Band (4-20-1974 to 6-13-1974)
From theJerrysite
* Jerry Garcia - banjo, vocals
* David Grisman - mandolin, vocals
* David Nichtern - guitar, vocals
* Richard Greene - fiddle
* Taj Mahal - bass (4-20-1974 only)
* Buell Neidlinger - bass (4-26-1974 to 6-13-1974)
After some Great American String Band concert performances between April and
June 1974, David Grisman formed a more permanent band releasing
scores of brilliant music, especially his first few albums. For the Django
influenced material, David uses the
mandolin in place of some of the traditional acoustic guitar rhythm
is a sound to behold when in such capable hands and orchestration of
David Grisman.
In his new band Grisman used only a few members from Muleskinner and
Old And In The Way such as Vassar Clements and Bill Keith. He
instead got other top notch musicians for this line-up, players like Jerry Douglass, and
Tony Rice. For a tour he hooked up with Django's long time partner
Stephane Grappelli; thankfully they released a live recording.
Reviews
of the Garcia / Grisman releases from the 1990's.
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A few essential
David Grisman releases. |
David Grisman |
Hot Dawg |
Stephane Grappelli and David Grisman Live |
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1. E.M.D.
2. Swing 51
3. Opus 57
4. Blue Midnite
5. Pneumonia
6. Minor Swing
7. Fish Scale
8. 16 / 16
9. Richochet
10. Dawg's Rag
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1. Dawg's Bull
2. Devlin'
3. Minor Swing
4. Dawgology
5. Neon Tetra
6. Janice
7. Dawg-ola
8. 16 . . . 16
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1. Shine
2. Pent-up House
3. Misty
4. Sweet Georgia Brown
5. Tiger Rag
6. Satin Doll
7. Swing
8. Medley: Tzigani/Fisztorza/Fulginiti
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Hand-Picked:
25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records |
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1. The Old Home Place - Webb, Dean
2. Along About Daybreak - Monroe, Bill [1]
3. High on a Mountain - Reed, Ola Belle
4. Barrel of Fun - Miller, John [Count
5. West Virginia, My Home - Dickens, Hazel
6. Blue Eyed Boston Boy - Traditional
7. The Old Swinging Bridge - Neaves, Glen
8. Golden Ring - Braddock, Bobby
9. Things in Life - Stover, Don
10. The Last Old Shovel - Traditional
11. Sourwood Mountain - Traditional
12. When Someone Wants to Leave - Parton, Dolly
13. I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent) - Public Domain [1]
14. Take Me Back to Happy Valley - Bailey, D
15. Home Is Where the Heart Is - Gately, Connie
16. Drifting Too Far from the Shore - Traditional
17. Montana Cowboy - Park, Ray
18. At the End - Busby, Buzz
19. You Tried to Ruin My Name - King, Pee Wee
20. I'll Be That Good Road Someday - Phillips, Bruce "Ut
21. Crazy Creek - Jackson, Tommy
22. When Springtime Comes Again - Carter, A.P.
23. Old Train - Pedersen, Herb
24. Ragtime Annie - Traditional
25. Blue Days, Black Night - Hall, Ben
26. The Model Church - Traditional
Disc: 2
1. Leavin' - Tottle, Jack
2. Lonesome River - Stanley, Ralph
3. Hard Hearted - McReynolds, Jim
4. My Better Years - Dickens, Hazel
5. Second Wind - Lynch, Claire
6. New Faces in the Field - Allen, Harley
7. New York Chimes - Trischka, Tony
8. Is the Blue Moon Still Shining? - Monroe, Melissa
9. Flop Eared Mule - Jackson, Tommy [1]
10. Every Time You Say Goodbye - Pennell, John
11. Cold on the Shoulder - Lightfoot, Gordon
12. Who's That Knocking at My Door? - Enright, Pat
13. Mr. Engineer - Martin, Jimmy
14. You'll Get No More of Me - Dickens, Hazel
15. Every Humble Knee Must Bow - Public Domain [1]
16. Mama's Hand - Dickens, Hazel
17. Sleepy-Eyed John/Tom and Jerry - Atchison, Tex
18. Whitewater - Fleck, Bela
19. You're That Certain Someone - Prickett, Bill
20. I Feel the Blues Moving In - McCoury, Del
21. When God Dips His Pen of Love in My Heart - Hill, Ralph
22. River of Jordan - Traditional
23. We Believe in Happy Endings - McDill, Bob |
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Liner
notes include track by track song details.
Original Release Date: October 1995
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Rounder
Description:
For the past twenty-five years Rounder Records has offered scores of
talented artists access to a production philosophy that emphasizes
creativity, artistic integrity and self-realization -- an attitude
that continues as the company approaches the twenty-first century,
facing the ever-changing dynamics of the music business. A broad
sampling -- 49 tracks -- of the music that helped build Rounder's
reputation -- vibrant performances of bluegrass and traditional
country music. With Alison Krauss, J.D. Crowe, Hazel Dickens, Stuart
Duncan, the Johnson Mountain Boys, Bela Fleck, Ricky Skaggs, Del
McCoury, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, the Cox Family and Tony Rice are
among the dozens of featured artists. |
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