Rebel Records 35 Years of Kickin' 'Grass

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Annotation

To commemorate the anniversary of the label, Rebel is releasing a 4-CD boxed set which contains a representative sampling of virtually every artist that has recorded for the label. Accompanying the discs is a twenty page booklet which highlights the history of the label and offers overviews of the artists and songs. The booklet is generously illustrated with many rare photographs.

Annotation last modified on 2024-04-29 14:45 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Little Birdie
engineer:
Pete Kuykendall
producer:
Pete Kuykendall, Red Allen (bluegrass singer and guitarist) and Frank Wakefield
banjo and baritone vocals [baritone vocals on last verse]:
Bill Emerson
guitar, lead vocals [lead vocals on verses] and tenor vocals [tenor vocals on last verse]:
Red Allen (bluegrass singer and guitarist)
mandolin and lead vocals [lead vocals on last verse]:
Frank Wakefield
recorded at:
Wynwood Studio (Pete Kuykendall's) in Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Red Allen2:33
2I Could Change My Mind
engineer:
Pete Kuykendall
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo:
Smiley Hobbs
bass and tenor vocals:
Charlie Tomlinson
fiddle and baritone vocals:
Billy Baker (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Jack Cooke (bluegrass musician, bass, guitar & voaclist)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Russ Hooper (Bluegrass dobro player)
recorded at:
Wynwood Studio (Pete Kuykendall's) in Falls Church, Virginia, United States
recording of:
I Could Change My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Earl Taylor (bluegrass musician)
Charlie Tomlinson1:54
3Earl’s Breakdown
engineer:
Roy Homer (Engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo:
Eddie Adcock and Don Reno (bluegrass banjoist, Reno & Smiley member, father of Don Wayne Reno)
bass:
George Shuffler
guitar:
Charlie Waller (American bluegrass musician)
mandolin:
Ronnie Reno (Country music singer-songwriter and musician)
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States (in 1968-01)
recording of:
Earl’s Breakdown
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Reno & Adcock2:05
4Fox on the Run
engineer:
Jim Hall (engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo and tenor vocals:
Bill Emerson
bass:
Ed Ferris (bluegrass bass player)
fiddle:
Bill Poffinberger (Bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Cliff Waldron
resonator guitar [dobro] and baritone vocals:
Mike Auldridge
vocals:
Mike Auldridge, Bill Emerson and Cliff Waldron
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States
recording of:
Fox on the Run
lyricist and composer:
Tony Hazzard (songwriter)
Emerson & Waldron2:32
5Ice Covered Birches
engineer:
Roy Homer (Engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo:
Ben Eldridge
bass:
Ed Ferris (bluegrass bass player)
fiddle:
Bill Poffinberger (Bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals:
Cliff Waldron
resonator guitar [dobro] and baritone vocals:
Mike Auldridge
snare drum:
Jack Auldridge
tenor vocals:
Dave Auldridge (bluegrass mandolin player & vocalist)
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States (on 1971-04-06)
recording of:
Ice Covered Birches
lyricist and composer:
Carl E. Hoffman
publisher:
Zap Publishing Co.
Cliff Waldron2:35
6Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown
engineer:
Roy Homer (Engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player)
bass:
Jack Cooke (bluegrass musician, bass, guitar & voaclist)
fiddle:
Curly Ray Cline (Fiddler)
guitar and lead vocals:
Keith Whitley (American country music singer)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Roy Lee Centers (bluegrass guitarist, banjo player, singer & composer)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Ricky Skaggs
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States (in 1971-06)
recording of:
Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown
writer:
Ray Pennington and Roy Marcum
publisher:
Fort Knox Music and Trio Music (publisher)
Whitley & Skaggs2:34
7Cold Wind
engineer:
Roy Homer (Engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo:
Ray Edwards (bluegrass multi-instrumentalist and songwriter)
bass and tenor vocals:
Darrell Rowland (bluegrass bass player)
fiddle:
Carl Joyner (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and baritone vocals:
Grady Bullins (bluegrass guitar player)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Roy McMillan (bluegrass mandolin player)
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States (on 1972-10-28)
recording of:
Cold Wind
lyricist and composer:
Roy McMillan (bluegrass mandolin player)
Roy McMillan2:48
8Uncle Bill’s Still
engineer:
Roy Homer (Engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo, lead vocals and tenor vocals:
Al Wood (Bluegrass banjo player - singer)
bass:
Odell Wood (Bluegrass bass player)
drums (drum set):
Ronnie Freeland
guitar and lead vocals [lead vocals on chorus]:
Lester Deaton (Bluegrass guitar player)
mandolin and baritone vocals:
Dewey Farmer (bluegrass mandolin player)
recorded at:
Roy Homer and Associates in Maryland, United States (on 1972-12-09)
recording of:
Uncle Bill's Still
writer:
Odell Wood (Bluegrass bass player) and Al Wood (Bluegrass banjo player - singer)
A.L. Wood2:17
9Wait a Minute
engineer:
George Massenburg
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo:
Ben Eldridge
bass:
Tom Gray (US bluegrass bassist)
guitar:
Paul Craft and John Starling
mandolin and tenor vocals:
John Duffey
resonator guitar [dobro] and baritone vocals:
Mike Auldridge
lead vocals:
John Starling
recorded at:
Track Recorders (location listed as Maryland or Washington, DC) in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States (in 1974-03)
cover recording of:
Wait a Minute
lyricist and composer:
Herb Pedersen
Seldom Scene3:35
10Dark as a Dungeon
engineer:
Bill Tate (Producer and engineer) and Fran Tate
producer:
John Starling
bass:
Tom Gray (US bluegrass bassist)
guitar:
Ben Eldridge
guitar [lead and rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Tony Rice
mandolin:
Larry Rice (bluegrass mandolinist, singer, songwriter)
vocals:
Mike Auldridge
recorded at:
Track Recorders (location listed as Maryland or Washington, DC) in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States (in 1974-09)
cover recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon
lyricist and composer:
Travis
Tony Rice3:59
11Travelling the Highway Home
engineer:
Cecil Jones (American studio engineer)
producer:
Charles R. Freeland (Rebel Records founder and producer)
banjo and tenor vocals:
Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player)
bass and baritone vocals:
Jack Cooke (bluegrass musician, bass, guitar & voaclist)
fiddle:
Curly Ray Cline (Fiddler)
guitar:
Troy "Renfro" Profitt and Keith Whitley (American country music singer)
lead vocals:
Keith Whitley (American country music singer)
recorded at:
Lemco Recording Studio in Lexington, Kentucky, United States (on 1977-05-12)
cover recording of:
Traveling the Highway Home
writer:
Frankie Bailes and Walter Bailes
Ralph Stanley2:04
12Pastures of Plenty
producer:
Dave Evans (Bluegrass artist (banjo) from Portsmouth, OH)
banjo, lead vocals and tenor vocals:
Dave Evans (Bluegrass artist (banjo) from Portsmouth, OH)
bass and baritone vocals:
Kevin Williamson (bluegrass musician)
fiddle:
Tommy Cordell (bluegrass fiddle player)
guitar and lead vocals [lead vocals on chorus]:
Clancy Fields (bluegrass guitar player)
mandolin:
Larry Johnson (bluegrass mandolin player)
recorded at:
Riverside Sound Studios in Kentucky, United States (in 1981)
cover recording of:
Pastures of Plenty
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Dave Evans4:07
13Lost River
engineer:
Howard Beasley (engineer - Threshold Recording Studio Roanoke, VA)
producer:
McPeak Brothers
banjo and lead vocals:
Dewey McPeak
bass and tenor vocals:
Larry McPeak
fiddle:
Gene Elders
guitar and baritone vocals:
Mike McPeak
mandolin:
Jeff Midkiff (mandolin and fiddler player)
recorded at:
Threshold Recordings in Roanoke, Virginia, United States (on 1982-11-07)
recording of:
Lost River
lyricist and composer:
Michael Martin Murphey
publisher:
Rocking Three M Music
McPeak Brothers2:44
14Harvest Time
engineer:
Harold Thompson (engineer)
producer:
Lost & Found (Bluegrass band)
banjo and baritone vocals:
Gene Parker
bass, lead vocals and tenor vocals:
Allen Mills
guitar:
Bubba Chandler
mandolin:
Dempsey Young
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Mike Auldridge
recorded at:
Threshold Recording in Roanoke, Virginia, United States (on 1981-12-08)
cover recording of:
Harvest Time
writer:
Carrol Dunham, Wild Bill Emerson (country singer/songwriter) and Chris Moore (US country songwriter)
publisher:
Golden Horn (country music)
Lost & Found2:09
15In My Robe of White
engineer:
Jimmy Edmonds
producer:
Homer Forbes
banjo, fiddle and tenor vocals:
Homer Forbes
bass and alto vocals:
Lori Forbes
guitar:
Tracy Keenan
mandolin and bass vocals:
Jay Forbes (Forbes Family)
lead vocals:
Homer Forbes and Lisa Forbes
recorded at:
Granite City Studios in Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States (in 1983-08)
cover recording of:
In My Robe of White
lyricist and composer:
Andrea Geniece Ingold
publisher:
Homeward Bound Music
Forbes Family2:35
16Don’t Neglect the Rose
engineer:
Denny Chandler (engineer)
producer:
Larry Sparks
banjo:
Barry Crabtree (banjo player)
bass:
Larry D. Sparks
fiddle:
Art Stamper
guitar:
Larry Sparks
mandolin:
David Harvey (mandolin player)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Tim Sargent (bluegrass dobro player)
vocals:
Larry Sparks
recorded at:
Chandler Audio in Ashland, Kentucky, United States (on 1987-01-12)
Larry Sparks3:14
17Goin’ Gone
engineer:
Bil VornDick (engineer)
producer:
Darrin Vincent, Rhonda Vincent and Bil VornDick (engineer)
banjo:
John Hartford
bass:
Roy Husky (father of Roy Huskey, Jr.)
fiddle [fiddles]:
Blaine Sprouse
guitar:
David Grier
mandolin, lead vocals and other vocals [harmony locals]:
Rhonda Vincent
recorded at:
Denny's Den in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 1988-05) and Martin Sound Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 1988-05)
recording of:
Goin’ Gone
writer:
Pat Alger, Bill Dale (christian gospel songwriter) and Fred Koller
publisher:
Bait and Beer Music, Little Laurel Music (BMI), Lucrative Music (BMI), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Tunecore Digital Music (publisher; not a release label. Use [no label])
Rhonda Vincent4:21
18Jack Rabbit Trail
engineer:
Rich Adler (producer/engineer)
producer:
Butch Baldassari
banjo:
Alan O’Bryant
bass:
Gene Libbea
fiddle:
Stuart Duncan
guitar:
Pat Enright
mandolin:
Butch Baldassari
recorded at:
Burns Station Sound in Burns, Tennessee, United States (on 1989-12-15)
recording of:
Jackrabbit Trail
composer:
Jerome D. Baldassari
Butch Baldassari2:39
19Grandpa’s Mandolin
engineer:
Bil VornDick (engineer)
producer:
IIIrd Tyme Out and Bil VornDick (engineer)
bass [electric bass] and tenor vocals:
Ray Deaton
fiddle:
Mike Hartgrove
guitar and lead vocals:
Russell Moore (US bluegrass guitarist and singer)
mandolin:
Wayne Benson
percussion:
Kenny Malone (session drummer/percussion)
baritone vocals:
Barry Abernathy
recorded at:
Music Row Audio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1993-05-20)
cover recording of:
Grandpa's Mandolin
writer:
Mark Irwin (American country music songwriter), Billy Smith (US bluegrass guitarist and songwriter) and Terry Smith (US bluegrass bassist)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc.
IIIrd Tyme Out3:24
20Lonesome Pine
engineer:
Rich Adler (producer/engineer)
producer:
Blue Highway
banjo:
Jason Burleson (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
bass:
Wayne Taylor (Bluegrass vocalist/bass player; member of Blue Highway)
double bass and lead vocals:
Wayne Taylor (Bluegrass vocalist/bass player; member of Blue Highway) (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
guitar:
Tim Stafford (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
mandolin:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player) (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Rob Ickes (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
background vocals [harmony vocal]:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player) (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02) and Tim Stafford (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
other vocals [harmony vocals]:
Shawn Lane (Bluegrass vocalist, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar player)
recorded at:
Suite 2,000 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1995-02-28) and Suite 2000 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
recording of:
Lonesome Pine (from 1995-02-27 until 1995-03-02)
writer:
Wayne Taylor (Bluegrass vocalist/bass player; member of Blue Highway)
publisher:
Forty WAT Music
Blue Highway3:06