The Country Gentlemen: Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains

Smithsonian Folkways – SFW 40175

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2007
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (2:01)
02 Going To The Races (2:09)
03 Azzuro Campana (2:42)
04 Dark As A Dungeon (5:06)
05 Copper Kettle (3:00)
06 Billy In The Low Ground (2:20)
07 I Saw The Light (2:09)
08 Tom Dooley # 2 (2:55)
09 Brown Mountain Light (2:44)
10 Electricity (2:31)
11 Daybreak In Dixie (2:23)
12 Mary Dear (3:52)
13 Sad And Lonesome Day (2:40)
14 Cripple Creek (2:50)
15 Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky (3:17)
16 Muleskinner Blues (3:58)
[Credits]
Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Tom Gray (bass/vocals)
Producer: D.A. Sonneborn and Daniel Sheehy, Production Manager: Mary Monseur, Liner Notes: John Hartley Fox, Designer: Joe Parisi, Editor: Carla Borden, Engineer: Pete Reiniger
[Notes]
Modern bluegrass was born on July 4, 1957 when the original Country Gentlemen took the stage at the Admiral Grill in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia. The foursome heard on this disc is the "classic" Country Gentlemen—Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray, one of the greatest ensembles in bluegrass history. This reissue of the Gents' 1973 album catches the band in its prime. 28-page booklet. 16 tracks. 46 minutes.

The Country Gentlemen Vol 4: Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains

Folkways Records – FTS 31031

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (2:03)
A2 Going To The Races (2:07)
A3 Azzuro Campana (2:35)
A4 Dark As A Dungeon (4:39)
A5 Stage Patter: Charlie and John (4:11)
A6 Copper Kettle (3:00)
A7 Billy In The Low Ground (2:18)
A8 I Saw The Light (2:10)
A9 Tom Dooley #2 (3:04)
B1 Brown Mt. Light (2:35)
B2 Stage Patter: Charlie (0:12)
B3 Electricity (2:28)
B4 Daybreak In Dixie (2:19)
B5 Mary Dear (3:56)
B6 Sad And Lonesome Day (2:41)
B7 Cripple Creek (2:48)
B8 Don't The Road Look Rough And Rocky? (3:16)
B9 Muleskinner Blues (4:11)
[Credits]
Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Eddie Adcock (bass/vocals)
Photographer: Paul Nelson, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Washington DC's The Country Gentleman bring together a collection of classic Bluegrass songs from the Blue Ridge Mountains. The album compiles a mix of both fast energetic songs and slow ballads that reflect the wide repertoire of The Country Gentlemen and the styles of Bluegrass. The Country Gentleman performed in the Georgetown area for over 15 years eventually earning a place in the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. Liner notes include song information.

Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall: John Duffey & Charlie Waller and The Country Gentlemen

Starday Records SLP-174

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1962
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 I Know I've Lost You (3:00)
A2 Nobody's Business (2:06)
A3 Down Where The Still Waters Flow (3:50)
A4 Country Concert (2:20)
A5 A Letter To Tom (2:58)
A6 Two Little Boys (3:10)
A7 These Men Of God (2:15)
B1 Red Rockin' Chair (2:03)
B2 I'll Never Marry (2:50)
B3 Willie Roy - The Crippled Boy (3:55)
B4 Sunrise (3:12)
B5 Silence Or Tears (2:37)
B6 New Freedom Bell (2:26)
B7 The Church Back Home (2:30)
[Credits]
Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Tom Gray (bass/vocals)
[Notes]
Originally released on Starday in 1962, Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall isn't a live album, even though the title suggests that it is. Instead, it is a collection of excellent studio recordings made around the same time as their 1961 appearance at Carnegie Hall, that rank among their finest early recordings. -- AllMusic Review by Thom Owens

Protobilly: The Minstrel & Tin Pan Alley DNA of Country Music 1892-2017

JSP Records JSP5202

Format: 3xCD, Compilation, Limited Edition, Stereo, Mono
Country: UK
Released: October 25, 2019
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Old Time, Country, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
Disc One
101 Casey Jones: Billy Murray
102 Casey Jones: Fiddlin' John Carson
103 Southern Casey Jones: Jesse James
104 Steamboat Bill: Arthur Collins
105 Casey and Bill: Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
106 Steamboat Bill Boogie: Delmore Bros.
107 Red Wing: Frank C Stanley & Henry Burr
108 Red Wing: Doc Williams & the Border Riders
109 Just Break the News to Mother: George J Gaskin
110 Take the News to Mother: Louvin Bros.
111 In the Shadow of the Pines: Royal Fish & Vernon Archibald
112 In the Shadow of the Pine: Kelly Harrell
113 Are You From Dixie?: Billy Murray & Irving Kaufman
114 Are You From Dixie: Grandpa Jones
115 Home, Sweet Home: Eleanora de Cisneros
116 Home, Sweet Home: Don Reno
117 The Party That Wrote Home Sweet Home, Never Was a Married Man: Ed Morton
118 The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home, Never Was a Married Man: Mack Woolbridge & Charlie Parker
119 I'm Alabama Bound: Prince's Orchestra
120 Alabama Bound: Papa Charlie Jackson
121 Unter dem Doppleadler: Olbrig's Zither Trio
122 Under the Double Eagle: Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
123 Blue Bell: Harry Macdonough
124 Blue Bell: Merle Travis
125 Virginia Bluebell: Eddie Adcock
126 The Foolish Frog: May Irwin
127 The Foolish Frog: Frank Corso
Disc Two
201 Haul The Woodpile Down: Charles A Asbury
202 Hold That Wood-Pile Down: Uncle Dave Macon
203 Darling Nellie Gray: The American Quartet
204 Darling Nellie Gray: Roland Cauly & Lake Howard
205 Darling Nellie Gray: Louis Armstrong & the Mills Brothers
206 I Got Mine: Arthur Collins & Joseph Natus
207 I Got Mine: Frank Stokes
208 Go Easy Mabel: Edward Meeker
209 Go Easy Mabel: Delmore Bros
210 Smoke Goes Up the Chimney: Dan W Quinn
211 Smoke Goes Up the Chimney: Fiddlin' John Carson
212 When the Bees Are In the Hive: Peerless Quartet
213 When the Bees Are In the Hive: Bill Monroe
214 Don't You Leave Me Here: Charles Johnson's Original Paradise Ten
215 I'm Alabamy Bound: Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
216 Don't Go Down In the Mine, Dad: Stanley Kirkby
217 Dream Of a Miner's Child: Keith Whitley
218 I Loved You Better Than You: Byron G Harlan & Frank C Stanley
219 I Loved You Better Than You: The Carter Family
220 I Loved You Better Than You: Johnnie and Jack
221 By The Watermelon Vine: Edison Male Quartet
222 Lindy: Proximity String Quartet
223 Who Broke The Lock: Cousins and DeMoss
224 Who Stole De Lock: The Georgia Browns
225 Who Stole The Lock: Jack Bland & his Rhythmmakers
226 Lovesick Blues: Emmett Miller
227 Lovesick Blues: Hank Williams
228 I'm the Father of a Little Black Coon: Charles A Asbury
Disc Three
301 May Irwin's Bully Song: May Irwin
302 Bully Of the Town: Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers
303 Fille de la Fille: Vin Bruce
304 Turkey in the Straw: Billy Golden
305 Turkey Buzzard Blues: Peg Leg Howell & Eddie Anthony
306 Old Dan Tucker: Harry C Browne
307 Old Dan Tucker: Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers
308 The Arkansas Traveler: Len Spencer
309 The Arkansaw Traveler: Jilson Setters (J.W Day)
310 Arkansas Traveler: Clayton McMichen & his Georgia Wildcats
311 The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee: S.H Dudley & Harry Macdonough
312 Sunny Tennessee: Floyd County Ramblers
313 Nigger Blues: George O'Connor
314 The Blues Ain't Nothing But: Georgia White
315 I'se Gwine Back to Dixie: Brilliant Quartet
316 I'se Gwine Back to Dixie: Uncle Dave Macon
317 Baby Mine: Elizabeth Spencer
318 Going Around This World: Leslie Keith
319 All Night Long: Anna Chandler
320 All Night Long: Roy Acuff & his Crazy Tennesseeans
321 Laughing Rag: Sam Moore & Horace Davis
322 Mexican Rag: Darby & Tarlton
323 I Don't Care If I Never Wake Up: Silas Leachman
324 My Money Never Gives Out: Arthur Collins
325 My Money Never Runs Out: Banjo Joe (Gus Cannon)
326 My Money Never Gives Out: Dom Flemons & Guy Davis
[Notes]
This 3 CD reissue anthology is the first to track 20th century American vernacular music of old time country, bluegrass, jazz and blues by tracing their beginnings in 19th century blackface minstrelsy and Tin Pan Alley. The set includes a 76 page booklet with song annotations, sheet music covers, photographs and period graphics, biographies and discographies Driven by songwriting and publishing songs are refashioned again and again showcasing stylistic as well as lyrical changes over the past 100 years The foundation of the American popular songbook traces its beginnings to the Vaudeville, Circus, Minstrel, Music Hall and Theatre stages of the mid-late 1800s The songs spread throughout the country and world creating a new musical tapestry that included both black and white performers of all backgrounds By aligning performances from the earliest cylinder recordings with later 78 rpm, LP and CD versions, PROTOBILLY brings to life 81 historic recordings more than half never before reissued all brilliantly remastered to vividly demonstrate the checkered and enormously powerful elasticity of American music.

Duffey･Waller･Adcock & Gray: Classic Country Gents Reunion

Sugar Hill Record SH-CD-3772

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Fare The Well (2:45)
02 Stewball (4:05)
03 I'll Be Here In The Morning (2:59)
04 Champagne Breakdown (2:22)
05 Here Today And Gone Tomorrow (3:26)
06 Gonna Get There Soon (2:29)
07 Hey Lala (2:58)
08 Casey's Last Ride (4:21)
09 Wild Side Of Life (2:23)
10 Wait A Little Longer (3:28)
11 Back Home In Indiana (2:32)
12 Thinking Of You (2:32)
13 Say Won't You Be Mine (2:42)
[Credits]
John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Tom Gray (bass/vocals) Mike Auldridge (dobro)
Producers: Penny Parsons and Eddie Adcock, Liner Notes: Penny Parsons, Designer: Raymond Simone, Photographer: Brant Gamma, Engineer: Mike Zook and Jim Loyd
[Notes]
Classic Country Gents Reunion is an album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen, released in 1989. The first classic lineup from the 60' reunites here to record this album.

The Country Gentlemen: Country Songs, Old and New

Folkways Records FA 2409

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Roving Gambler (3:07)
A2 The Little Sparrow (3:31)
A3 Drifting Too Far (3:27)
A4 Weeping Willow (2:01)
A5 Tomorrow's My Wedding Day (2:09)
A6 The Story Of Charlie Lawson (3:03)
A7 Turkey Knob Written (2:18)
A8 Paul And Silas (2:26)
B1 Ellen Smith (2:13)
B2 The Long Black Veil (3:35)
B3 Honky Tonk Rag (2:26)
B4 Jesse James (2:35)
B5 Have Thine Own Way (2:51)
B6 A Good Woman's Love (3:25)
B7 The Double Eagle (2:54)
B8 Darling Alalee (2:04)
[Credits]
Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Jim Cox (bass/vocals)
Cover photo and desingn by John Cohen, Discography by Mike Seeger and Pete Kuykendall, Liner notes by Mike Seeger and John Duffey
[Notes]
Recorded by Mike Seeger at studio of Capitol Transcription Inc., Washington D.C. Original 1st pressing with the Black outer cover with a 1/2 wrap around green cover. The vinyl label is the original Folkways Blue w/ Silver print.

Bill Clifton Meets the Country Gentlemen

King Records SLH-42

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: JP
Released: 1966
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Saturday Night (2:36)
A2 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (2:25)
A3 Take Me Back (2:07)
A4 Lamp In The Window (2:24)
A5 I'll Be Satisfied (2:25)
A6 My Cindy Girl (1:33)
A7 When I Lay My Burdens Down (2:22)
B1 Dixie Ramble (1:43)
B2 Going Back To Dixie (3:36)
B3 Lonely Little Cabin (2:22)
B4 Old Rueben (3:28)
B5 At My Window (3:50)
B6 Big Bill (1:49)
B7 Mother Still Prays For You (4:02)
[Credits]
Bill Clifton (guitar/vocals) Charlie Waller (guitar/vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/vocals) Eddie Adcock (banjo/vocals) Tom Gray (bass) Paul & Roy Justice (fiddles) Mike Seeger (Autoharp/banjo/vocals)