Bluegrass Master Class
December 27, 2009

Rebroadcast On: 01/03/2010

You’ll hear examples of how the folk era of the ‘60s (and its aftermath) impacted bluegrass. Included are “Sowing on the Mountain” by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Erik Darling, “Dark-Eyed Sally” by Jack Tottle’s Lonesome River Boys, “Different Drum” by the Greenbriar Boys, “Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water” by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, “Dreamless” by Earth Opera, “Hippy Dippy Dan” by Red Allen, and “The Fighting Side of Me” by both Merle Haggard and the Osborne Brothers. A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.

Program: Bluegrass Master Class

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Program #82 (produced 8/15/04)

The Walls Of Time: Sources Of Songs And Styles

	Artist	Title	Label	Date	Comment	Time
1	Watson, Doc & Merle	Banks of the Ohio (not in radio version)	Vanguard	1968	(live Jordan Hall, Boston)	fragment
2	Monroe, Bill	Dusty Miller	Bear (Decca)	1967	m JM, LGrier, BBerline, RGreene, PRowan	2:19
3	Helton, Osey	Rocky Road To Dublin (Dusty Miller)	Rounder (Broadwy)	1924	(NYC) day labor Asheville, worked w. JRodgers 1927	fragment
4	Coon Creek Girls	Sowing On the Mountain	Old Hmstd (Conquero	1938	(Chicago) RosieL(22,tv) LilyMayLedford(21,lv),	fragment
5	Elliott, Jack	Sowing On the Mountain	Vanguard	1964	EDarling(b)	2:12
6	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Were You There?	Curb	2003	(Nashville) 1st tour, 1871	fragment
7	Seldom Scene	Were You There?	Rebel	1978	JDuffey(v)	3:15
8	Delmore Brothers	Honey I’m Ramblin’ Away	JSP	1941	(NYC) (A&RDelmore)	fragment
9	Lonesome River Band	Honey I’m Ramblin’ Away	Doobie Shea	2002		3:06
10	Wells, Kitty	What About You	Bear (Decca)	1957	(Jk&JmAnglin-JWright) RCrisp, LInnis, HMorrison,	fragment
11	Allen, Red	What About You	Rebel (County)	1965	RGreene, B&WYates, PChurch	3:15
12	Haggard, Merle	The Fightin’ Side of Me	Capitol	1970	(MH) live, Philadelphia	fragment
13	Osborne Brothers	The Fightin’ Side of Me	Bear (Decca)	1970	RReno DSledd, LRhodes, HRugg,	2:29
14	Jones, George & Tammy Wynette	Golden Ring	Epic	1976	(BBraddock+)	fragment
15	Dry Branch Fire Squad	Golden Ring	Rounder 25	1981	RThomason, JBaker, DErwin, JHisey, KBaker	4:10

Dawn of the Bluegrass Era: 1940-1954

	Artist	Title	Label	Date	Comment	Time
1	Monroe Brothers	Pearly Gates	Bear (Bluebird)	1938	(Charlotte Hotel) jubilee song (light and comical, assoc with Sun. School)	2:32
2	Monroe, Bill	A Voice From On High	Bear (Decca)	1954	(BM-BMauldin) qt. JMartin, CCline, MEstes, ENewton	2:35
3	Magness, Tommy & the Orng Blos Boys	Last Night/Outro Orange Blossom Special	BRI	1947	(WDBJ,Roanoke) C&SHall WPoindexter, SIdaho	3:40
4	Mainer, Wade & Sons of the Mtnrs	Old Reuben (related to “Ruby”)	JSP (Bluebird)	1941	(Atlanta) WMainer(b), ZMorris(g	2:40
5	Woolum, Dave	Ain’t Gonna Let Her Do It	Excellent	1954	(NYoung-EstLee) DW Laurel Cty, KY. NCrase, NY, OsWoolum	2:39
6	Maddox Brothers & Rose	I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again	Arhoolie (Four Star	1947	(Hollywood) Rose(lv), Cliff(m), Don(f), Cal(h)	2:09
7	Jackson, Tommy	Chinese Breakdown (“McKinley’s March” in KY)	Dot	1954	f HGarland(m)	2:26
8	Rebe & Rabe	Mother, Sweet Mother	JSP (Tenn)	1952	ReGosdin, RaPerkins, ChFranklin, CFagan. successful in Birmingham	2:48
9	Wiseman, Mac	Fire Ball Mail	Bear (Dot)	1954	(FJenkins (FRose)+) DBryant, DHoaglin, TJackson, DPotter	2:11

Starving Out: 1955-194

	Artist	Title	Label	Date	Comment	Time
1	Cooper, Wilma Lee & Stoney	Intro/Tramp On the Street	Radio Gems	1958	(live radio) WLC(lv), SC(intro), JElrod(b), GMcCormick(bs)
2	Country Gentlemen	Tomorrow’s My Wedding Day (Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow)	Starday	1960	(Washington) JDuffey(lv), EAdcock, CWaller, JCox (Carter insp W&SCooper)	2:07
3	Franklin County Boys	Franklin County Special	Rebel	1964	b MHowell(b), FJoyner (g), PHowell(bs), DCurtis(m), RHooper(d) (from PI 70-song collection ‘65)	2:15
4	Moore & Napier	No Longer a Sweetheart of Mine	King	1963	(Swift-Reno-Smiley) 2 gtrs	2:05
5	Osborne Brothers & Red Allen	Della Mae	Bear (MGM)	1956	(TSutton+) double b, GTerry, ENewton	2:27
6	Connie & Joe (Connie & Babe)	Dark Waters	JSP (Starday)	1958	(BLofton) BL, CGately, JDrumright, GTurner, CSmith, TWasher	2:29
7	Jones, George & Melba Montgomery	I’d Jump the Mississippi (from “Vintage Collections”	Capitol (United Artists)	1964	(JMathis-GJones) (dv), T Jackson, SJackson, CMcPeak	2:15
8	Webster Brothers (Earl & Audie)	Thank God for the U.S.A.	Stomper (Ridgetop)	1963	(RMayo) (WBIR-TV, Knoxville) x-pick mandolin	3:00
9	Stoneman, Scott	Cotton Eyed Joe	Old Hmstd	1962	f Donna, Roni, Van, Jimmy	1:46
10	Lonesome River Boys	Dark-Eyed Sally	Battle	1963	(JTottle) JT, JKaparakis, RChurchill, JBuchanan, DStowe	2:06

The Festival Era: 1965-1982

	Artist	Title	Label	Date	Comment	Time
1	Martin, Jimmy	Lost Highway	Bear (Decca)	1965	(LPayne) BEmerson, BTorbert, VDerrick, LChance, WAckerman	2:45
2	Kentucky Colonels	Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down & Intro	thespps.org	1965	(Cobblestone Club NHolly-wood) SStoneman, RBush R&CWhite, BRLatham,	2:23
3	Taylor, Tut	B tune	TutLee	1965	d CWhite	1:22
4	Greenbriar Boys	Different Drum (got song at a party after Ash Grove, top 20 for LRonstadt.)	Vanguard	1966	(MNesmith) JHerald(v), FWakefield, JBuchanan, BYellin, RSavakus.	3:03
5	Ronstadt, Linda (Stone Poneys)	Up To My Neck In High Muddy Water	Capitol	1966	(FWakefield-JHerald-BYellin)	2:35
6	Jim & Jesse	Live & Let Live (from The Jim & Jesse Show)	Pinecastle (Old Dominion)	1972	(WWalker-GSullivan) (Varnville, SC) JmMcReynolds(lv), CJohnson, JBrock, DSmith, VJordan	2:34
7	Moore, Charlie & Don Reno	Why Not Confess	Wango	1973	JArnold, JDacus, HDockery, LJefferson	2:12
8	Stover, Don	West Virginia Coal Miner’s Blues	Old Homestead	1973	(DS) DDillon, JHall, BTidwell, BDennoncourt	2:45
9	McCoury, Del	High on a Mountain	Copper Creek	1979	(OReed) (Mito, Ibaragi, Japan) JM, DSmith, HSizemore, SMiller	3:18
10	Bluegrass Cardinals	Angels Rock Me To Sleep	CMH	1980	(qt) Dv&DnParmley, ESykes, NWright	2:25

1983-Now: Modern Roots

	Artist	Title	Label	Date	Comment	Time
1	Paisley, Bob	Forty Years of Trouble	Mountain Laurel	1985	(TroySpencer) B,D&MPaisley, JAllison, LMumma, RBoring	3:04
2	Inaba, Kazuhiro	Are You Wasting My Time	Copper Creek	2003	(I&CLouvin) BSpicher, BMoore, KLittle	2:23
3	Bluegrass 1997	Jerusalem Ridge	Pinecastle	1997	f (BMonroe-KBaker) AHaynie, RIckes MSchatz, RkSimpkins, JAutry, WBenson, SVestal	4:40
4	Arnold, Jimmy	Lorena (from “Southern Soul”)	Rebel	1983	MAuldridge, RSelf, JScheneman, TCallahan, TReynolds	2:05
5	Lynch, Claire	If Wishes Were Horses	Rounder	1997	(GPeters) RIckes, JHurst, MRaines LLynch MMcLain	2:37
6	Skaggs, Ricky	Rank Stranger	Skaggs	1997	(ABrumley)	3:03
7	Lawson, Doyle & Quicksilver	Trouble Keeps Hanging Round My Door	Brentwood	1992	DLawson JMills JBowman, SFeazell, JEdmonds	2:31
8	Bowman, Ronnie	Three Rusty Nails (Song of the Year, 1999)	Sugar Hill	1998	(RBowman+) DRigsby, DTyminski, BBales, KSmith AHaynie JDouglas	4:03
9	Vincent, Rhonda	Ridin’ The Red Line	Rounder	2003	(RVincent+) BSutton, AHaynie, D&RV, CKilby	2:30

The Walls Of Time To Come: Modern Branches

	Artist	Title	Label	Date	Comment	Time
1	Gill, Vince	High Lonesome Sound (C&W)	MCA	1996	(VG) RBlock, JGuernsey, ASteffey, JWhite	3:24
2	New Grass Revival	Revival	Liberty	1986	(PRowan) SBush(lv), JCowan, BFleck, PFlynn	3:51
3	Adcock Band, Eddie	Call Me The Breeze	CMH	1994	(JJCale) MA, ESykes, JWisor	3:56
4	Earth Opera	Dreamless	Elektra	1968	(PRowan) PR, DGrisman, JNagy, BMundi, BStevenson(harpsichord),	2:50
5	Dillard, Doug	Hard Times (from the Banjo Album)	Rural Rhythm (Together)	1968	b (RStanley) BLeadon J Hartford RMitchell DBeck ABelling(harpsichord) MHolland(tabla) GClark	2:07
6	Allen, Red	Hippy Dippy Dan	Folkways	1983	HAllen, KChiavola, VClements, MLilly, LNager, MStuart
7	Nickel Creek	Reasons Why	Sugar Hill	2000	(SaWatkins-DPuckett) Sa (lv), SeWatkins, C&SThile	4:08
8	Pickin’ on Zeppelin	D’yer Mak’er	CMH Sampler	2000	(Jones+) REckstein, KBlackwell, GWitcher,	3:54