Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Folk Songs and Bluegrass

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1961, reissued in 1988

Length
  
43:03

Release date
  
1961

Label
  
Smithsonian Folkways

Recorded
  
1961

Artist
  
The Country Gentlemen

Producer
  
The Country Gentlemen

Folk Songs & Bluegrass httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaen44e196

Folk Songs & Bluegrass (1961)
  
Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (1962)

Genres
  
Bluegrass, Progressive bluegrass

Similar
  
Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mo, Bluegrass at Carnegie, Folk Session Inside, Country Songs - Old and New, Good as Gold!

Folk Songs & Bluegrass is the second studio album by the progressive bluegrass band The Country Gentlemen, recorded in 1961 and reissued in 1988. Considered as one of the best and classical records by the group, it features their 1st classic lineup with Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Tom Gray and Eddie Adcock.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Train 45 (trad.) 2:26
  2. Little Bessie (trad.) 3:26
  3. The Fields Have Turned Brown (Stanley) 3:00
  4. They're at Rest Together (trad.) 2:56
  5. Strutting on the Strings (Adcock) 2:26
  6. Remembrance of You (Roberts) 2:49
  7. Red Rocking Chair (Duffey, York) 2:00
  8. Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Acuff, Christian) 2:50
  9. Handsome Molly (Duffey, Kuyekendall) 2:26
  10. Victim to the Tomb (Duffey) 3:38
  11. Behind These Prison Walls of Love (Bolick, Jarrard) 2:54
  12. Wear a Red Rose (Duffey) 2:06
  13. I'm Coming Back (Monroe) 3:05
  14. Southbound (Duffey) 2:00
  15. Come All Ye Tender-Hearted (trad.) 3:08
  16. Standing in the Need of Prayer (trad.) 1:53

Personnel

  • Charlie Waller - guitar, vocals
  • John Duffey - mandolin, vocals
  • Eddie Adcock - banjo, vocals
  • Tom Gray - bass, vocals
  • Songs

    1Train 452:28
    2Little Bessie3:30
    3The Fields Have Turned Brown3:05

    References

    Folk Songs & Bluegrass Wikipedia