June 08, 2008
This week, some Flatt & Scruggs from their first and last years together–their cover of a Bob Dylan hit has to be heard to be believed! Charlies Patton and Jordan and even Mississippi John Hurt are content with mere spoonfuls, while Milton Brown and Lonnie Johnson try to make us look like monkies. Further treats include fiddle variations on Sally Goodin and some country trios with bass voices replacing baritones. It’s the Obsolete Music Hour–what more need be said?
| Artist | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Foggy Mountain Breakdown |
Bear Family BCD 15975 |
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Sing a Little Baby to Sleep |
Bear Family BCD 15975 |
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 |
Bear Family BCD 15975 |
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms |
Rebel CD-2003 |
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Rainbow of My Dreams |
Rebel CD-2003 |
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
That Home Above |
Rebel CD-2003 |
|
Eddy Arnold |
I Couldn’t Believe It Was True |
Bear Family BCD 15726 |
|
Jim Edward, Maxine & Bonnie Brown |
I’ll Hold You in My Heart |
Bear Family BCD 15665 |
|
Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton |
Lover’s Return |
Asylum 62275-2 |
|
Charley Patton |
A Spoonful Blues |
Yazoo 2069 |
|
Mississippi John Hurt |
Coffee Blues |
Vanguard VMD-79220 |
|
Howlin’ Wolf |
Spoonful |
MCA CHD-5908 |
|
Bascom Lamar Lunsford |
Dry Bones |
Smithsonian Folkways CD 40082 |
|
Wade Mainer |
Mainer’s Melody |
Old Homestead OHCD-90014 |
|
Wade Mainer |
Waiting |
Old Homestead OHCD-90014 |
|
Lonnie & James Johnson |
I Done Told You |
Columbia Legacy CK 46221 |
|
James Gordon |
Neck Bones Blues |
Yazoo 2065 |
|
James “Stump” Johnson |
Bound to Be a Monkey |
Yazoo 2065 |
|
Milton Brown |
You’re Bound to Look Like a Monkey |
OJL TXR CD 3 |
|
Georgia Slim & Howdy Forrester |
Cindy |
Tri-Agle-Far CD TR 710 |
|
Bob Wills |
Ida Red |
Bear Family BCD 15933 |
|
Eck Robertson |
Sallie Gooden |
County CD-3515 |
|
Bartow Riley |
Sally Goodin |
County CD-2742 |
|
Bill Monroe |
Sally Goodin’ |
Bear Family BCD 15529 |
|
Johnnie & Jack |
Dream When You’re Lonely |
Bear Family BCD 15553 |
|
Blue Sky Boys |
As Long As I Live |
Copper Creek CCCD-0121 |
|
Blue Sky Boys |
Get Along Home, Cindy |
Copper Creek CCCD-0121 |
|
Blue Sky Boys |
Will You Miss Me? |
Copper Creek CCCD-0126 |
|
Blue Sky Boys |
Lord Be With Us, Amen |
Bear Family BCD 15951 |
|
Blind Willie Johnson |
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down |
Columbia Legacy C2K 52835 |
These are from out of print sources:
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
My Little Honeysuckle Rose |
|
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs |
Shady Grove |
|
Charlie Jordan |
Just a Spoonful |
|
Connie & Babe |
How Will the Flowers Bloom |
|
Golden Eagle Gospel Singers |
He’s My Rock |
|
Henry Johnson & His Boys |
Neck Bones and Beans |
|
Kelly Harrell |
Oh My Pretty Monkey |
|
Lonnie Johnson & Spencer Williams |
Monkey and the Baboon |
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