Bluegrass Master Class
September 4, 2011
Rebroadcast On: 09/18/2011, 06/24/2012, 06/29/2012, 07/01/2012, 07/06/2012, 04/19/2013
The second half hour features music from 1952, including Don Reno & Red Smiley’s first recording together as the Tennessee Cut-ups, Jimmy Martin with Bill Monroe, and Curly Seckler and Benny Martin with Flatt & Scruggs. Some fascinating live performances include the Lilly Brothers & Don Stover (1952), the New Lost City Ramblers (1962), David Grisman and the New York Ramblers (1964), the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Vassar Clements (1974), Hot Rize (1996), and Rhonda Vincent (2005). A production of the International Bluegrass Music Museum, hosted by Fred Bartenstein.
Program: Bluegrass Master Class
Description
1. The Walls Of Time: Sources Of Songs And Styles
| Artist | Title | Label | Date |
| Sholle, Jon
(not in radio version) |
Banks of the Ohio | Rounder | 1997 |
| Terry, Gordon (Flatt & Scruggs) | Bile Them Cabbage Down
(Southern breakdown) |
Bear (RCA) | 1961 |
| McMichen, Clayton’s Georgia Wildcats | Bile Dem Cabbage Down | BACM (Decca) | 1937 |
| Blue Sky Boys | Story of the Knoxville Girl | Bear (Bluebird) | 1937 |
| Osborne Brothers | Knoxville Girl | Bear (Decca) | 1972 |
| Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolk | I Wish I Was In Bowling Green | Decca | 1947 |
| Lewis, Laurie | Bowling Green | Flying Fish | 1986 |
| Jackson, Mahalia | Take My Hand, Precious Lord | Columbia | 1956 |
| Bowman, Ronnie (Garrett,Jrmy&Glen) | Precious Lord Take My Hand | garrettgrass.com | 2005 |
| Reeves, Del | A Dime At A Time | United Artists | 1967 |
| Steep Canyon Rangers | One Dime At a Time | Rebel | 2005 |
2. Dawn of the Bluegrass Era: 1936-1954
| Artist | Title | Label | Date |
| Reno & Smiley | The Lord’s Last Supper (1st King, 1/15/52) | King | 1952 |
| Lilly Brothers & Don Stover | Intro/Why Don’t You Tell Me So (F&S ’49) | Rounder | 1952 |
| Cooper, Wilma Lee & Stoney | I Cried Again (5/21/52) (JEanes rec. 4 mos. earlier) | Bear (Columbia | 1952 |
| Stanley Brothers | Sweetest Love (4/11/52) | Bear (Columbia | 1952 |
| Wiseman, Mac | Waiting for the Boys (Summer ‘52) | Bear (Dot) | 1952 |
| Jim & Jesse | Purple Heart (6/13/52) | Bear (Capitol) | 1952 |
| Monroe, Bill | Memories of Mother and Dad (7/18/52) | Bear (Decca) | 1952 |
| Lonesome Pine Fiddlers | I’ll Never Make You Blue (10/19/05) | Bear (RCA) | 1952 |
| Flatt & Scruggs | Dear Old Dixie (11/9/52) | Bear (Columbia | 1952 |
| Story, Carl | (We’ll Soon Be Done With) Troubles and Trials | Cattle (Mercury) | 1952 |
3. Starving Out: 1955-1969
| Artist | Title | Label | Date |
| Skinner, Jimmie | Never No Mo’ Blues | Bear (Mercury) | 1961 |
| Martin, Jimmy | Don’t Give Your Heart to a Rambler | Bear (Decca) | 1961 |
| Kirby, Oswald | Why Not Confess | Starday | 1962 |
| Watson, Doc | Old Camp Meeting Time | Vanguard | 1968 |
| New Lost City Ramblers | On Some Foggy Mountain Top | Flying Fish | 1962 |
| New York City Ramblers | Intro/You Better Get Right Little Darlin’
(Stanley Brothers ‘55) |
Vanguard | 1964 |
| Dickens, Hazel & Alice Gerrard | Gabriel’s Call | Smithsonian Folkways | 1965 |
| Webster Brothers | My Heart Won’t Let Me Forget You | Stomper Time (Do-Ra-Me) | 1964 |
| Rector, Red & Smith, Fred | Foggy Valley | County | 1969 |
| Lilly Brothers | We Shall Meet Some Day | Prestige | 1962 |
4. The Festival Era: 1970-1989
| Artist | Title | Label | Date |
| Sparks, Larry | Too Late to Walk the Floor | Pine Tree | 1970 |
| Reno & Harrell | Please Remember That I Love You | Monument | 1975 |
| Boys from Indiana | You Can Mark It Down | King Bluegrass | 1975 |
| Laur, Katie | It Rains Just The Same In Missouri | Vetco | 1977 |
| Rice, Tony | Fare Thee Well | Rounder | 1983 |
| Lewis Family | Jesus Took The Fall | Canaan | 1984 |
| McCoury, Del | Loneliness & Desperation | Rebel | 1984 |
| Monroe, Bill | Sugar Loaf Mountain (1st Grammy “Southern Flavor”) | MCA | 1988 |
| Lawson, Doyle & Quicksilver | Dreaming | Sugar Hill | 1988 |
5. 1990-Now: Modern Roots
| Artist | Title | Label | Date |
| Cherryholmes | Makin’ Time | Skaggs | 2005 |
| Hot Rize | Walk the Way the Wind Blows | Sugar Hill | 1996 |
| Smith, Valerie | Rocky Island/Sally Goodin’ | Bell Buckle | 2005 |
| Williams, Josh (Vincent, Rhonda) | Cheatin’ Kind Of Life | Rounder | 2005 |
| Stanley, Ralph (Stanley, Jeanie) | The Angels Are Singing in Heaven Tonight | CMH | 2005 |
| Beazley, Janet | 5 South | Backcountry | 2005 |
| Mountain Heart | I Want To Live Beyond the Grave | Skaggs | 2004 |
| Starling, John (Newton, Mark) | When We’re Gone | Rebel | 1998 |
6. The Walls Of Time To Come: Modern Branches
| Artist | Title | Label | Date |
| Hartford, Jamie | Don’t Put Him Down For It Now (Let Him Go On, Mama, 1976) | www.jamiehartford.com | 2005 |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Teardrops in My Eyes/Interview With Vassar | United Artists | 1974 |
| Iron Horse | Dark Center of the Universe (from “Pickin’ On Modest Mouse”) | CMH | 2004 |
| Blackjack | Deepest Shade of Blue (from “European World of Bluegrass 2004” | Strictly Country | 2004 |
| Rift | Shangrula | mandolincentral.com | 2005 |
| Crooked Still | Darling Corey | Footprint | 2004 |
| Douglas, Jerry | A Remark You Made | Koch | 2005 |
