Vintage Bluegrass Essentials: 40 Bluegrass Classics

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Worried Man Blues
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys1:57
2Molly and Tenbrooks
Don Reno, Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups1:55
3A Beautiful Life
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups1:34
4Handsome Molly
Hylo Brown & The Timberliners1:26
5Lee Highway Blues
Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers1:42
6Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down
Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks1:31
7Home Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys2:02
8Pallet on the Floor
J.E. Mainer and the Mountaineers2:14
9Take This Hammer
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups1:56
10Raymond’s Repeating Banjo
The Frosty Mountain Boys with Raymond Fairchild1:40
11Little Pal
Don Reno, Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups2:22
12Wild Bill Jones
Hylo Brown1:43
13Mule Skinner Blues
Ernie & Mack & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups2:12
14Wreck of the Old ’97
recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
Mac Wiseman1:56
15False Hearted Love
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys2:02
16This Rambler’s Ramblin’
Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers2:14
17Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks1:37
18900 Miles
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups1:33
19Weeping Willow
Hylo Brown & The Timberliners2:01
20Whiskey Before Breakfast
Clarence "Tater" Tate2:41
21Ghost Train
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys2:41
22Footprints in the Snow
Don Reno, Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups2:06
23Cumberland Gap
J.E. Mainer and the Mountaineers2:05
24Watermelon on the Vine
Jim Greer & The Mac-O-Chee Valley Folks1:48
25Double Eagle
Lee Moore1:20
26I Am a Pilgrim
Hylo Brown1:46
27Lonesome Road Blues
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys2:18
28Somebody Touched Me
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups2:36
29Swingin’ A Nine Pound Hammer
Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers2:38
30Flop Eared Mule
Raymond Fairchild & The Maggie Valley Boys1:43
31Poor Ellen Smith
Don Reno, Bill Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-Ups2:03
32Rovin’ Gambler
recording of:
Roving Gambler
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 498)
Mac Wiseman1:50
33(Lost All My Money but a) Two Dollar Bill
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys2:01
34Short Life of Trouble
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups2:31
35Mississippi Sawyer
Curly Fox0:55
36Uncle Pen
recording of:
Uncle Pen
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (in 1975)
Log Cabin Boys2:15
37Lost to a Stranger
The Frosty Mountain Boys (featuring Raymond Fairchild)1:55
38Darling Corey
Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with the Stoney Mountain Boys1:48
39I’m Coming Back but I Don’t Know When
Hylo Brown1:16
40Salt Creek
Red Smiley & The Bluegrass Cut-Ups1:22