Series: Newport Folk Festival Classics
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Roll On Buddy (2:18)
02 Bill Cheatham (2:53)
03 There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (2:51)
04 Shuckin' The Corn (1:58)
05 A Beautiful Life (1:58)
06 Get Down On Your Knees And Pray (3:09)
07 Over In The Glory Land (1:52)
08 Sally Ann (1:36)
09 Brakeman's Blues (3:15)
10 Soldier's Joy (1:14)
11 Listen To The Mockingbird (1:13)
12 Farewell Blues (1:58)
13 Lonesome Road Blues (1:18)
14 Beaumont Rag (1:58)
15 Footprints In The Snow (2:08)
16 Long Journey Home (1:58)
17 In The Pines (2:24)
18 Chicken Reel (2:06)
19 Old Hickory (1:27)
20 Auld Lang Syne (3:20)
21 Nola (2:33)
22 Flat Fork (1:36)
23 Shady Grove (1:36)
[Credits]
Roland White (mandolin/vocals) Clarence White (guitar/vocals) Billy Ray Latham (banjo/vocals) Roger Bush (bass/vocals) Doc Watson (guitar) Bill Keith (banjo)
Producer and Liner Notes: Mary Katherine Aldin, Producer: Kent Crawford, Photographers: John Delgato and Bev Male, Engineer: Jeff Zaraya
[Notes]
The Kentucky Colonels are heard at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival on this Vanguard CD. A quartet at the time, as fiddler Scotty Stoneman had not yet joined the band, their performances include both instrumentals and vocals, with bassist Roger Bush also serving as the MC. Guitarist Clarence White, mandolinist Roland White, banjo player Billy Ray Latham, and bassist Roger Bush seem effortless as they delve into bluegrass favorites like "Shuckin' the Corn," "Sally Ann," and "Shady Grove," though there are a few surprises in store. Doc Watson joins Clarence White for six intricate guitar duets (including White's arrangement of "Soldier's Joy" and Watson's chart of "Lonesome Road Blues"). Several of the numbers near the end of the CD actually feature the Kentucky Colonels backing banjo master Bill Keith, who later joined Clarence White in the short-lived group Muleskinner. While there are a few spots where the sound is a tad overmodulated, this vintage live music will be of great interest to serious bluegrass fans.-- AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden
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