Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
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Brand: Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Model: SFW40092
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- White House Blues - Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys
- Our Last Goodbye - Johnson Mountain Boys
- When He Reached Down His Hand for Me - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- Tiny Broken Heart - Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
- New Camptown Races - Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, and the Kentuckians
- Suzanne - Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band
- I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer - Nashville Grass
- Teardrops in My Eyes - Friendly City Playboys
- Cumberland Gap - Snuffy Jenkins
- Live and Let Live - Red Allen and the Kentuckians
- The World is Waiting for the Sunrise - Roger Sprung and Doc Watson
- Hello City Limits - Hugh Moore
- (Legend of the) Brown Mountain Light - Country Gentlemen
- Lonesome Road Blues - Roni Stoneman
- The Train That Carried My Girl from Town - Doc Watson
- The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake - New Lost City Ramblers
- Little Birdie - Stanley Brothers
- Rabbit in a Log - Stanley Brothers
- Grey Eagle - David and Billie Ray Johnson
- Wayfaring Stranger - Cullen Gaylean and the Virginia Mountain Boys
- Billy in the Lowground - Lonesome Strangers
- The Rebel Girl - Hazel Dickens
- Train 45 - Smiley Hobbs
- 'Neath That Cold Grey Tomb of Stone - Lilly Brothers and Don Stover
- Get Up John - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
Free Music Notes for Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
Free Music Review: So Good It's Over Too Soon
Hit: 5 Stars
CLASSIC BLUEGRASS was produced as part of the Smithsonian Institute's Folkways series, dedicated to preserving the best of the American folk music tradition. These recordings occurred at various times & under various conditions--and the professional quality of all are deserving of the Smithsonian's impeccable standards. In fact, all the tunes could have been recored at a top studio in Nashville just yesterday.
Bluegrass emerged as a fusion of western European folk music traditions, and in turn formed the source of Country & Western, and merged with Gospel & Cajun as well.
The highlights of the Bluegrass style feature hard driving guitar & banjo picking; precision vocal harmony & compositions that more often than not are based on Christian themes. Fortunately even the religious songs are so upbeat & jesty that they don't really sound "religious" at all.
All the bluegrass greats are included in this CD: Hazel Dickens, Bill Monroe, 2002 Grammy winners Harley Allen & Ralph Stanely, The Nashville Grass & many more. My personal favorite is Wayfaring Stranger performed by Cullen Gaylean & The Virginia Mountain Boys.
Anyone who enjoys ethnic/folk music should find CLASSIC BLUEGRASS to be a real treat.
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Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways Poster
It all began in 1956 with the release of the historic Folkways album American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style (SFW 40037), the first-ever full-length bluegrass LP. From that point on, Folkways Records was synonymous with great bluegrass music. Folkways founder Moses Asch released scores of bluegrass albums, and this collection comprises the cream of the crop from these recordings, including works from giants of the genre such as Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, the Stanley Brothers, and The Country Gentlemen. It serves as an outstanding introduction to the wealth of great bluegrass Smithsonian Folkways has to offer. Extensive notes, photos, 62 minutes. Compiled and annotated by Lee Michael Demsey and Jeff Place.Country Music CDs
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