Bluegrass Master Class
August 22, 2010
Rebroadcast On: 08/29/2010
A tribute to the late Kentucky fiddler Art Stamper includes four of his cuts spanning 1961 to 1990, with the Stanley Brothers, Bill Clifton, Larry Sparks, and a solo project. There’s interesting trivia (during a 26-year hiatus in his bluegrass career, Stamper was a successful Louisville hairdresser; Fincastle, VA, site of the first multi-day bluegrass festival, was once capital of the entire Kentucky and Ohio territories) and controversy (about nasal singing, poor grammar, and the Osborne Brothers’ bluegrass/hip-hop version of “Rocky Top” -- which made some listeners madder than hornets). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum.
Program: Bluegrass Master Class
Description
1. The Walls Of Time: Sources Of Songs And Styles
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | O’Connor, Mark
(not in radio version) |
Banks of the Ohio | Rounder | 1978 | 2g DCrary | fragment |
| 2 | Clifton, Bill (Stamper, Art) | Mississippi Sawyer | Bear (Elf) | 1990 | f (Bristol) BSims, DStover, JGaudreau, TGray | 2:10 |
| 3 | Rutland, GA Slim (Tifton, GA ‘16-’69) | Mississippi Sawyer | Triagle Far | 1953 | f (Mobile) wife (piano) 1st rec Henry Whitter 1924 | fragment |
| 4 | Carter Family | Jimmie Brown the Newsboy (WSHays,1875,rvrboat cptn) | Bear (Victor) | 1929 | (Atlanta Women’s Club)
S(lvah), M(lg) |
fragment |
| 5 | Flatt & Scruggs | Jimmie Brown the Newsboy | Bear (Columbia | 1961 | MCarter(ah), CSeckler, J Graves, PWarren, JTullock | 2:36 |
| 6 | Chandler, Dillard | Rain and Snow | Smiths Folkways | 1975 | (Trad) ac Sodom, NC, b. 1909 | fragment |
| 7 | Rowan, Peter (Greene, Richard) | Rain and Snow | Sierra | 1984 | (Japan) AStatman, TTrischka, RMason | 4:20 |
| 8 | Chieftains (Watson, Doc & Merle) | Fisherman’s Hornpipe | Victor | 1981 | PMoloney, SKeane, KConneff, MMolloy, D Bell | fragment |
| 9 | Dillards (Berline, Byron) | Fisher’s Hornpipe | Elektra | 1965 | f (JFishar, 1780) BB(f), D &RDillard DWebb MJayne | 1:45 |
| 10 | Patterson, Red’s PiedmontLogRollers | Down on the Banks of the Ohio | RCA (Victor) | 1927 | (Charlotte) f, 2b, g | fragment |
| 11 | Country Gentlemen | Banks of the Ohio | Rebel | 1965 | CWaller(lv), JDuffey, EAdcock, EFerris | 3:00 |
| 12 | Andersen, Eric | Close the Door Lightly When You Go | Arista | 1977 | (EA) orig ‘66 on “’Bout Changes and Things” | fragment |
| 13 | Waldron, Cliff | Close the Door Lightly When You Go | Rebel | 1971 | M&D&JAuldridge, EFerris BEldridge, BPoffinberger, | 2:46 |
2. Dawn of the Bluegrass Era: 1936-1954
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Hall, Roy & Blue Ridge Entertainers | Where the Roses Never Fade (tn: Rosewood Casket) | JSP (Vocalion) | 1938 | (Columbia, SC) Roy(v), TAldridge, PSherrill? | 2:39 |
| 2 | Parker, Byron & his Mountaineers | We Shall Rise | JSP (Bluebird) | 1940 | (Atlanta) LnStokes, PSher-rill, SJenkins, ClyRobbins | 2:44 |
| 3 | Story, Carl | Will There Be a Traffic Light? | Indigo (Mercury) | 1949 | (MMcCarty) RRector, CBoone, LBell(lv)? | 2:29 |
| 4 | Surratt, Cecil & West Virginia Ramblers | Where Will You Spend Eternity | JSP (Rich-R-Tone) | 1951 | (WOPI, Bristol) (Coalwood, McDowell Cty) LniParsley, RmdJohnston | 2:29 |
| 5 | Maddox Brothers & Rose | Dear Lord Take My Hand | Arhoolie (Four Star | 1950 | (HMaddox) Rose(lv), Cliff, Don, Cal, BDuncan(st) | 2:34 |
| 6 | Johnnie & Jack | Too Much Sinning | Bear (RCA) | 1950 | (JWright-JAnglin) KWells, PWarren, EmMartin, RAtkins, ENewton | 2:51 |
| 7 | Louvin Brothers | They’ve Got the Church Outnumbered | Country Music Fdn | 1951 | (Danville, VA radio) (I&CL) PgHepler(f) | 2:11 |
| 8 | Monroe, Bill | I’m Working on a Building (“holiness song” Carters’34) | Bear (Decca) | 1954 | JMartin, CCline, MEstes, ENewton | 2:46 |
| 9 | Reno & Smiley | Springtime in Heaven | King | 1954 | (DR) BHaney, JLunsford, NBenton, HRabon, TFaile | 2:40 |
| 10 | Stanley Brothers | Harbor of Love | Bear (Mercury) | 1954 | (CS) BLowe, LChance JMeadows, ChCline, | 2:20 |
3. Starving Out: 1955-1964
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Eddy, Duane | Cripple Creek (from “Songs of Our Heritage”) | Jamie | 1959 | b (Phoenix) CCasey, DOwens, ACasey, JTroxell, JHorn | 1:45 |
| 2 | Wiseman, Mac | Step It Up and Go | Bear (Dot) | 1957 | (Hollywood) BVaughn, BKessel, JMarshall, LBreen, DShanahan, JkHalloranSngrs | 1:44 |
| 3 | Brown, Hylo | Take a Look | Starday | 1961 | (Foster-Redfern) JDrumright, JGraves, CWise, JHuskey | 2:12 |
| 4 | Stanley Brothers | You’re Still to Blame | King | 1961 | (CStanley) CLambert, AStamper, Shuffler(eb) | 2:15 |
| 5 | Monroe, Bill | Come Back To Me In My Dreams | Bear (Decca) | 1957 | (BM. ‘45) LSandy, DStover, BMauldin, GTerry, JStuart, DPotter | 2:23 |
| 6 | Kentucky Travelers
(radio: Morehead, Ashland, TV:Htgtn) |
When You’re Out of My Arms | Starday box | 1959 | KRichmond, BWilson, SUnderwood, Talor | 2:07 |
| 7 | Duncan, Bill (wkd WOAY-TV, OakHill,WV) | Daisies Never Tell | King box | 1961 | (OdelBarbe) BD, DnSowards, DnvJackson, BSpicher, EdSmith | 2:45 |
| 8 | Moore, Charlie
(Grnville, Anderson, Spartanburg TV) |
Why Is Mother Buried (in a Grave So Deep) | Starday box | 1959 | (AGuthrie) AG, CEllis, DSisk, BEllis | 2:31 |
| 9 | Kentucky Colonels | There Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone | Vanguard | 1964 | (Newport FF) (McAuliffe-Tailor) RWhite(lv), CWhite, RBush, BRLathum | 2:51 |
| 10 | Greenbriar Boys | Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down (unreleased) | Vanguard | 1964 | JHerald(lv), RRinzler, BYellin | 3:19 |
4. The Festival Era: 1965-1982
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Stanley, Ralph | Poor Rambler (Country Blues, DBoggs) | King | 1967 | (RS-CRCline) LSparks, CRCline, MGoins, ETaylor, JMcCall | 3:02 |
| 2 | Stamper, Art | The Long Fork of Buckhorn | County | 1982 | f (llrnd from father. Knott Cty, KY) HBickel, DJones, BStamper, SCooley | 2:46 |
| 3 | Martin, Jimmy | Just an Old Standby (unissued) | Bear (Decca) | 1968 | PWilliams, CWarner, VDerrick, BYates, SMiller | 2:56 |
| 4 | Owens, Buck | I Know You’re Married But I Love You Still | Capitol | 1971 | (Reno-Magaha) DRich, DSinger, JWiggins, JShaw | 2:10 |
| 5 | Second Generation | Let’s (Unreleased)
(EAdcock for CG) |
Starday box | 1972 | EA WThatcher, GJohnson, JWisor RStockwell MClem | 2:30 |
| 6 | Skaggs, Ricky & Rice, Tony | Have You Someone in Heaven Awaiting | Sugar Hill | 1980 | (R&CStanley) | 2:57 |
| 7 | Jim & Jesse | I Will Always Be Waiting for You | CMH | 1980 | (J&JMcReymolds) DMcHan, BSprouse, AShelton, KMcReynolds | 2:30 |
| 8 | Lost and Found | Love of the Mountains | Rebel | 1982 | (AMills) AM(lv), DYoung, BChandler, GParker, BHicks, MAuldridge | 2:24 |
5. 1983-Now: Modern Roots
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Stoney Lonesome | How’s the World Treating You? | Prairie Home Compan | 1982 | (PHC, WldThtr, StP) (BBryant-CAtkins) KMac-Kenzie B&KBarnes, DLoh-man JNiemann JTrimbach | 3:19 |
| 2 | Sparks, Larry | I’d Like to Be a Train | Rebel | 1987 | (PGoble-LDrumm) BCrabtree, AStamper, RJones, LDS | 4:01 |
| 3 | Nashville Bluegrass Band | Home of the Blues | Rounder | 1991 | (JCash) AO’Bryant, PEnright(v), SDuncan, GLibbea, RWhite | 2:49 |
| 4 | Scruggs, Earl (Stuart, Marty) | Mr. John Henry, Steel Driving Man | MCA | 1999 | b&m (from “The Pilgrim”) | 2:00 |
| 5 | Isaacs | Reaping in the Spirit | Horizon | 1999 | (JIsaacs) ac Ben, Rebecca, Sonya | 2:50 |
| 6 | Rigsby, Don | Come In Out Of the Rain | Sugar Hill | 2003 | (LShell/LCordle) JHurst, SDuncan, RKohrs, RnMcCoury, BIsaacs, G&RBowman | 3:15 |
| 7 | Johnson Mountain Boys | Roll on Blues | Rounder | 1993 | (CGately) DConnell(lv), DMcLaughlin, EStubbs, RAdams, EYager | 2:03 |
| 8 | Lonesome Standard Time | Heaven’s Green Fields | Sugar Hill | 1993 | (JRushing-AShamblin) GDuncan, BRose, BBaldassari, LPerkins | 2:46 |
| 9 | Uglum, Eric | Lovers’ Quarrel | Back Country | 2003 | RBlock(tv) SDuncan, IHees | 3:11 |
6. The Walls Of Time To Come: Modern Branches
| Artist | Title | Label | Date | Comment | Time | |
| 1 | Skaggs, Ricky | Brand New Strings | Skaggs Family | 2004 | (KSewell) MFain, CKilby, ALeftwich, JMills, JHyland, RLHoward, KS | 3:47 |
| 2 | Hard Ryde | Two Souls (from “A Touch of Canada 1”) | NorthBlue (northernbluegrass.com) | 2003 | (Shly&NckMcDonald) Shelbourne,Ont) DgDe-boer(lv) NcyMacLellan NM WynFerguson, SlyRyba | 3:50 |
| 3 | Crooked Stovepipe | Park Avenue Swing | crookedstovepipe.com | 1997 | f (DonRandell) St. Johns, Nfld DR, NRosenberg, Td Rowe ScSwinden JmRillie | 3:09 |
| 4 | Northbound | You Alone (from “A Touch of Canada 1” ) | NorthBlue (northernbluegrass.com) | 2003 | (WynBester) WB(lvg), JryMcNulty, MkWalsh, DonDay, KnGroomes, ShldnSpeedle | 3:03 |
| 5 | Stuart, Chris & Backcountry | The Jealous Crow | Backcountry | 2003 | (JB) JntBeasley(b,rec,v), IRosenberg, MTuttle | 4:26 |
| 6 | McClung, Kevin | Ghost and a Memory | kevinmclung.com | 2004 | (KM) JHurst, LFranklin, APerkins, MRaines | 4:01 |
| 7 | Nashville Mandolin Ensemble | Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from “Bach, Beatles, & Bluegrass”) | Soundart | 2003 | m (JSB) (live at Vanderbilt) BBaldassari, SDudash, WCarter, JHedgecoth, VManakas, DSpicher | 4:04 |
