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Classic bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways [sound recording]

Catalog Data

Author:
Taylor, Earl 1929-1984  Search this
Monroe, Bill 1911-1996  Search this
Dickens, Hazel  Search this
Gerrard, Alice 1934-  Search this
Allen, Red  Search this
Wakefield, Frank  Search this
Jenkins, Snuffy 1908-1990  Search this
Sprung, Roger  Search this
Watson, Doc  Search this
Moore, Hugh  Search this
Stoneman, Roni  Search this
Johnson, David 1954-  Search this
Johnson, Billie Ray  Search this
Galyean, Cullen  Search this
Hobbs, Smiley  Search this
Stover, Don  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Stony Mountain Boys  Search this
Johnson Mountain Boys  Search this
Blue Grass Boys  Search this
Kentuckians (Musical group)  Search this
Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band  Search this
Nashville Grass (Musical group)  Search this
Friendly City Playboys  Search this
Country Gentlemen (Musical group)  Search this
New Lost City Ramblers  Search this
Stanley Brothers  Search this
Virginia Mountain Boys  Search this
Lonesome Strangers (Musical group)  Search this
Lilly Brothers  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Date:
2002
1956
P2002
Notes:
Originally released by Folkways Records and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1956-1993.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Lee Michael Dempsey and Jeff Place, with bibliography and discography (31 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Various performers.
Contents:
White House blues (Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys) (1:58) -- Our last goodbye (the Johnson Mountain Boys) (2:32) -- When he reached down his hand for me (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) (2:44) -- Tiny broken heart (Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard) (3:01) -- New camptown races (Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, and the Kentuckians) (2:31) -- Suzanne (Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band) (2:37) -- I heard my mother call my name in prayer (the Nashville Grass) (3:07) -- Teardrops in my eyes (the Friendly City Playboys) (2:26) -- Cumberland Gap (Snuffy Jenkins) (1:31) -- Live and let live (Red Allen and the Kentuckians) (2:44) -- The world is waiting for the sunrise (Roger Sprung and Doc Watson) (2:37) -- Hello city limits (Hugh Moore) (2:19) -- (Legend of the) Brown Mountain light (the Country Gentlemen) (2:32) -- Lonesome road blues (Roni Stoneman) (1:10) -- The train that carried my girl from town (Doc Watson) (2:16) -- The little girl and the dreadful snake (the New Lost City Ramblers) (3:29) -- Little birdie (the Stanley Brothers) (2:37) -- Rabbit in a log (the Stanley Brothers) (2:20) -- Grey eagle (David and Billie Ray Johnson) (2:47) -- Wayfaring stranger (Cullen Gaylean [i.e. Galyean] and the Virginia Mountain Boys) (5:07) -- Billy in the lowground (the Lonesome Strangers) (1:00) -- The rebel girl (Hazel Dickens) (2:57) -- Train 45 (Smiley Hobbs) (2:19) -- 'Neath that cold grey tomb of stone (the Lilly Brothers and Don Stover) (3:03) -- Get up John (Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys) (2:36)
Topic:
Bluegrass music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000388
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745728