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Strictly Instrumental

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Released
  
1967

Length
  
23:43

Producer
  
Don Law

Genres
  
Bluegrass, Folk music

Recorded
  
December 12, 1966

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Columbia Nashville Legacy

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Strictly Instrumental (1967)
  
Old-Timey Concert (1967)

Artists
  
Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt

Similar
  
Doc Watson albums, Folk music albums

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Strictly Instrumental is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, released in 1967.

Contents

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Thom Owen wrote the album "Flatt & Scruggs and Watson play with a startling fluidity — these instrumentals are so rich and skillful that vocals would have been superfluous. For lovers of instrumental bluegrass, this album is a must-hear."

Track listing

  1. "Pick Along" (Earl Scruggs) – 1:46
  2. "Nothin' to It" (Doc Watson) – 2:46
  3. "Evelina" (Buck Graves, Josh Lambert) – 2:00
  4. "Jazzing" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) – 2:02
  5. "Liberty" (Flatt, Scruggs) – 2:13
  6. "Tammy's Song" (Flatt) – 1:55
  7. "John Hardy was a Desperate Little Man" (A.P. Carter) – 2:14
  8. "Lonesome Ruben" (Scruggs) – 2:19
  9. "Spanish Two-Step" (Bob Wills) – 1:58
  10. "Careless Love" (W. C. Handy, Martha Koenig, Spencer Williams) – 1:55
  11. "Bill Cheatham" (Traditional) – 2:35

Personnel

  • Doc Watson – guitar
  • Earl Scruggs – banjo
  • Lester Flatt – guitar
  • Grady Martin - guitar
  • Charlie McCoy - harmonica
  • Buddy Harman - snare drum
  • Buck Graves - dobro
  • Paul Warren - fiddle
  • Jake Tullock - bass
  • Production

  • Producers: Don Law, Frank Jones
  • Liner Notes: Robert Shelton
  • Cover art: Thomas B. Allen
  • Songs

    1Pick Along1:49
    2Nothing to It2:50
    3Evelina2:03

    References

    Strictly Instrumental Wikipedia