Bluegrass Master Class
April 12, 2009
Rebroadcast On: 04/19/2009
Listener requests take us to Nova Scotia, Canada; Brown County, Indiana; Hugo, Oklahoma; Buckhorn Canyon, Colorado; Olive Hill, Kentucky; New York, New York; and Nashville, Tennessee. Learn about the history of bluegrass while enjoying great music in this production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum.
Program: Bluegrass Master Class
Description
Banks Of The Ohio: Music From The Homeplace Of Bluegrass
The Walls Of Time: Sources Of Songs And Styles
Dawn of the Bluegrass Era: 1936-1954
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Monroe Brothers | Let Us Be Lovers Again (Jack and Mae) | Bear (Bluebird) | 1937 | (Charlotte Hotel) | 2:53 |
| 2 | Monroe, Bill | Kentucky Waltz (country) | Bear (Decca) | 1951 | OBradley(o), GMartin, TJackson, JShook, FCoursey, ENewton |
3:18 |
| 3 | Butler, Carl & Lonesome Pine Bys | Heartbreak Express | Bear (Capitol) | 1951 | SWhite, AWooten, SKrise, JWhisnant, JTullock |
2:25 |
| 4 | Johnnie & Jack | What About You (JimAnglin 1st wife, brkup after svc) |
Bear (RCA) | 1949 | (1st RCA, Atlanta) CBaum PWarren SJackson Grean. |
3:00 |
| 5 | Murphy Brothers (Blue River Quartet) | Little White Church | Cattle | 1950 | (WPAQ, MtAiry, NC) intro. Fred(g,lv), Dewey(m,tv), John(bsv) JMedford (bav) |
3:47 |
| 6 | Wiseman, Mac | Little White Church | Bear (Dot) | 1951 | (EWellman) TMullins, JMedford, DDavis, RMayo |
2:35 |
| 7 | Hunter, Frank & Black Mountain Boys | Long Time No See (WKSR, Pulaski,TN) | Rounder (Rich-R-Tone) | 1952 | FH(FL g,lv), GChristian (f,tv), PWButtrey(b), JrHuskey(bs) |
2:21 |
| 8 | Stanley Brothers | Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Bouquet |
Bear (Columbia | 1949 | (Baumgartner) PLambert, BSumner, JHughes | 2:53 |
| 9 | Sauceman Brothers | Fire On the Mountain/Closing Theme | Copper Creek | 1950 | f (WCYB) AFreeman(f), C&JPS, JStuart, Seckler, |
2:14 |
Starving Out: 1955-1964
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Martin, Jimmy | You’ll Be a Lost Ball | MME | 1958 | (KWKH, LA intro FYoung) PWilliams, JCrowe | 2:33 |
| 2 | Story, Carl | For My Lord (Working On a Building) | Starday | 1958 | (WFLW-Winchester, KY) “holiness number” reel of tape wo. credits |
2:00 |
| 3 | Reno & Smiley | Pretending | King | 1959 | (DR-RS) MMagaha, CHoward, JPalmer | 2:41 |
| 4 | Bailey, Charlie & Happy Valley Boys | Everlasting Joy | Old Homestd | 1955 | (WWVA, live) B&S Osborne, PhMcCumby(a) | 2:01 |
| 5 | Lilly Brothers & Stover, Don | I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home | Prestige | 1962 | Bea(lv), Everett, HHooven, FRichmond | 3:27 |
| 6 | Jenkins, Snuffy | Spanish Fandango | Arhoolie (Folklyric) | 1962 | b solo (Columbia, SC) d’90 | 1:20 |
| 7 | Allen, Red & Frank Wakefield | Crying Heart Blues | ACD | 1963 | (Hyattsville, MD) (Anglin/Wright) | 1:47 |
| 8 | Baker, Billy | Baker’s Hornpipe | Rebel | 1963 | f DMcCoury(g), CTomlinson(b)? | 1:30 |
| 9 | Watson, Doc | House Carpenter | Sugar Hill | 1962 | (Gerde’s, NYC) intro | |
| 10 | Hillmen | Brown Mountain Light | Sugar Hill (Together) | 1963 | (LA) (SWiseman – TFaile ‘62) CHillman, DnParmley, VGosdin, RGosdin |
2:19 |
The Festival Era: 1965-1982
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Jim & Jesse | If You’ve Seen One You’ve Seen Them All |
Bear (Columbia | 1965 | (BJoy) JBrock AShelton R Edenton LChance BHarmn |
2:22 |
| 2 | Osborne Brothers (Bluegrass Banjo Pickers) | Foggy Mountain Breakdown (from “Music from the Bonnie & Clyde Era:) |
Bear (Camden) | 1967 | b (ES) DSledd, BSpicher, JrHuskey | 2:41 |
| 3 | Flatt & Scruggs | A Picture of Bonnie (from “The Story of Bonnie & Clyde”) |
Bear (Columbia | 1968 | (TTHall) R&GScruggs, JGraves, JTullock, JJohnson, PWarren |
2:57 |
| 4 | Haggard, Merle | Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
[WBeatty, FDunaway, ‘67) |
Bear (Capitol) | 1968 | #1 (MH) GCampbell(lg), BMize, RNichols, NHamlett, JWard, BOwens |
2:07 |
| 5 | Cooper, Wilma Lee & Stoney
NOT WYSO |
Hills of Roane County (Learys taught to RAcuff’38 wasn’t allowed to sing on Opry because of real names so wrote “Precious Jewel”) |
Rounder | 1976 | BCarver, BRobins, JBrockJr, GDavis, JShook. |
4:51 |
| 6 | Clifton, Bill | Six Bells | Bear (County) | 1976 | ah (BC) BKeith JBrock M Auldridge TGray CCollins |
2:02 |
| 7 | McPeak Brothers | Simon Crutchfield’s Grave | County | 1977 | (DBlack) De(b), La(bs), Mk(g), JBuchanan, RSkaggs, JDouglas |
|
| 8 | Monroe, Bill | You Won’t Be Satisfied That Way | Bear (MCA) | 1973 | (Bean Blossom) (JDavis) JM, GStevenson, JHicks, J&JMcReynolds, BFowler, CJackson, KBaker, |
2:04 |
| 9 | Boys From Indiana | Satisfied | Old Heritage | 1981 | (MCarson) AHolt(lv), HGabbard, BThomas, RCase |
3:08 |
1983-Now: Modern Roots
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Stanley, Ralph | Little Mathie Grove | Columbia | 2002 | NBlake, SDuncan, MCompton, DCrouch | 4:30 |
| 2 | Greene, Richard | Little Rabbit | Sierra | 1984 | f AStatman, TTrischka PRowan, RMason | 4:56 |
| 3 | Ever Call Ready | Living in the Name of Love | Maranatha | 1985 | (JRushing+) CHillman(lv), BLeadon, APerkins, DMansfield, JScheff |
2:11 |
| 4 | Grant, Bill & Delia Bell | Flame in My Heart | Rounder | 1988 | (GJones) DConnell DMc Laughlin MWilborn T Adams RWilliams EStubbs |
3:42 |
| 5 | Hall, Tom T. | Waiting On the Other Shoe To Fall | Mercury | 1997 | (THall) TRoady(perc), JFerguson (bs,hv), JGilkinson(b,h), BAll(g), RBowlin(f,m), TWhite(d) |
2:23 |
| 6 | Emerson, Bill | We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart | Webco | 1992 | (LFlatt-EScruggs) TRice(v), ABlaylock, Rn&RkSimpkins, TRice |
3:17 |
| 7 | Open Road | Cold Wind (on Fletcher Hill) | Rounder | 2002 | (BradfLeeFolk) Mouth of Buckhorn Canyon, CO BF(lv), CRoberts JRunnels BO’Connor, SDuncan |
2:13 |
| 8 | Blue Ridge | Side By Side | Sugar Hill | 2004 | (ABibey) AB(v) JSisk JCox EBiggerstaff AJohnson |
3:45 |
The Walls Of Time To Come: Modern Branches
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | New Grass Revival | Fly Through the Country | Flying Fish | 1975 | (JWebb) JCBurch, SBush(sl-m), CJohnson | 5:16 |
| 2 | Scruggs, Gary & Randy | Earl’s Breakdown | Vanguard | 1970 | Gary(bs,pi,or), Randy(b,g) | 2:20 |
| 3 | Hartford, John | Gentle on My Mind | etown | 2001 | (Retrograss) (JH) (Boulder Theater) DGrisman, MSeeger, NForster |
fragment |
| 4 | Phillips, Stacy | Outwood Echoes | Revonah | 1980 | d (SP) TTrischka(g), RBarenberg(uk), AStatman(m), KKosek(f), THagymasy(f) “Yiddish Calypso” |
2:43 |
| 5 | Douglas, Jerry | I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby | Sugar Hill | 1992 | AKrauss(v), SDuncan, MSchatz, CSmith, SNygaard, ASteffey |
3:10 |
| 6 | Marks, Tad | Carlene | Crop Circle | 2003 | MMunford, ZMcLeod | 3:47 |
| 7 | White, Jack | Great High Mountain (from “Cold Mountain” soundtrack) |
DMZ/Columbia | 2003 | (Trad) MCompton(m) SDuncan(f), DPowell(b), NaBlake(c), CFranklin/ TimEriksen(hv) |
4:30 |
