Down The Road: Bluegrass Songs Of Flatt And Scruggs

Rounder Select – CD 0345

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 I'll Never Shed Another Tear (3:00)
02 Down The Road (2:17)
03 Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky (2:50)
04 Is It Too Late Now? (2:41)
05 Your Love Is Like A Flower (2:58)
06 The Old Home Town (3:05)
07 Come Back Darlin' (2:28)
08 I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darlin' (2:35)
09 Somehow Tonight (3:04)
10 I'd Rather Be Alone (3:05)
11 Head Over Heels (2:34)
12 So Happy I'll Be (2:36)
[Credits]
Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Doyle Lawson (mandolin/tenor vocals) J.D. Crowe (banjo/baritone vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro/baritone vocals) Bobby Hicks (fiddle) Todd Phillips (bass)
Producer: Anthony Rice, Liner Notes: Brad San Martin, Compiler: Louisa Hufstader, Designer: Scott Billington, Photographer: Rick Olivier, Engineer: David Glasser and Bill Wolf
[Notes]
The Bluegrass Album Band is a bluegrass supergroup consisting of A-list session players and established bandleaders who got together in the early '80s to record an album of straight-ahead bluegrass standards; the result was called simply The Bluegrass Album, and it was so popular that the same pickup group (in slightly changing configurations) made five more such recordings over the course of the next 15 years. This compilation focuses on their renditions of songs either written or made famous by the great Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, known to most Americans as the composers and performers of the theme from The Beverly Hillbillies. Led by the rich voice and powerful guitar playing of Tony Rice, the Bluegrass Album Band never sound less than completely tight and assured, and on timeless material like "The Old Home Town," "I'll Never Shed Another Tear," and the charming novelty tune "Head Over Heels," their affection for their illustrious musical forebears is both obvious and infectious. J.D. Crowe's banjo playing, which in other contexts can get a bit adventurous, here pays explicit tribute to the metronomic solidity of the classic Scruggs sound, and Bobby Hicks' fiddling is similarly old school. The Bluegrass Album Band's full-length albums are a better value for your money (this collection is offered at mid-price, but contains only a half-hour of music), but there's no denying the consistently high quality of the music on this one.-- AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson

Peter Rowan & Don Edwards: High Lonesome Cowboy featuring Tony Rice and Norman Blake

Western Jubilee WJRC117520

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country, Old Time
[Tracklist]
01 Take Me Back To The Range (4:12)
02 The Old Chisolm Trail (4:19)
03 Ramblin' Cowboy (4:31)
04 Reno Blues (3:26)
05 The Old Grey Mare Came Tearing Out Of The Wilderness (2:06)
06 Trail To Mexico (2:32)
07 The Night Guard (4:03)
08 Buddies In The Saddle (3:29)
09 Goodbye Old Paint (4:16)
10 Midnight On The Stormy Deep (9:04)
11 I'm Going To Leave Old Texas Now (6:00)
[Credits]
Peter Rowan (guitar/mandolin/banjo/vocals) Don Edwards (guitar/vocals) Norman Blake (guitar) Tony Rice (guitar) Nancy Blake (guitar) Billy Brigh (mandolin)
Producer: Don Edwards and Peter Rowan, Photographer: Owen Perkins and Donald Kallaus, Designer: David Weed and Jenna Shearn, Engineer: Sam McFadin, Doug Wilson, Butch Hause, Robert Vosgien and Pete Papageorges
[Notes]
High Lonesome Cowboy is a collaboration between legends of the acoustic music scene - cowboy singer Don Edwards, bluegrass pioneer Peter Rowan, roots icons Norman and Nancy Blake, and bluegrass guitar favorite Tony Rice. It was a top-selling recording when initially released by the Western Jubilee Recording Company in 2002 and was nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album at the 45th Grammy Awards. High Lonesome Cowboy showcases the heritage common to the traditional music of the Western ranges and the old-time mountain music of Appalachia. The eleven selections feature a mix of traditional songs and the works of songwriters foundational to the development of folk and country music, including Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, and Maybelle Carter.

Bluegrass Class of 1990: A Rounder Records Sampler

Rounder Records – CD AN 07

Format: CD, Sampler
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Lost and I'll Never Find the Way: Ricky Skaggs (02:07)
02 I'll Love Nobody But You: Jim & Jesse (02:18)
03 Let the Whole World Talk: The Johnson Mountain Boys (02:41)
04 Love You in Vain: Alison Krauss (02:23)
05 Bitter Green: Tony Rice (02:44)
06 Feast Here Tonight: David Grisman (02:33)
07 Old Devil's Dream: The Nashville Bluegrass Band (02:32)
08 What Was I Supposed to Do?: Lynn Morris (02:49)
09 Leather Britches: Sam Bush (03:43)
10 Old Home Place: J.D. Crowe (02:49)
11 Devil, Take the Farmer: Dry Branch Fire Squad (03:53)
12 Mansion on the Hill: Whistein Brothers (02:23)
13 Medley: Fiddler's Dream / Whiskey Before Breakfast: Norman Blake / Tony Rice (04:40)
14 This Old House: The Rice Brothers (04:56)
15 Foolish Heart: Alison Krauss (03:27)
16 Whitewater: Béla Fleck (03:10)
17 Preachin', Prayin', Singin': The Bluegrass Album Band (02:33)
18 Don't Worry: The Johnson Mountain Boys (03:00)
19 John Henry: Tony Furtado (02:43)
20 I Ain't Broke (But I'm Badly Bent): David Grisman (01:58)
21 Greenlight on the Southern: Tony Rice (03:23)
22 No Hiding Place: The Nashville Bluegrass Band (02:49)
[Notes]
This compilation album reads like a who's-who of the progressive bluegrass/new acoustic music movement: pros like mandolinist David Grisman, guitarist Tony Rice, dobro player Jerry Douglas and a pre-Flecktones Bela Fleck are all represented, as well as the (very) young Alison Krauss and many, many others. -- AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson

Tony Rice: Plays And Sings Bluegrass

Rounder Records – CD 0253

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1993
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 I've Waited As Long As I Can (2:58)
02 Brown Mountain Light (3:40)
03 How Mountain Girls Can Love (2:26)
04 Carolina Star (3:09)
05 Thunderclouds Of Love (2:50)
06 On And On (3:04)
07 This Morning At Nine (2:18)
08 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (3:12)
09 Galveston Flood (3:28)
10 Will You Be Loving Another Man (3:01)
11 Girl From The North Country (4:19)
12 Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (2:50)
13 I'll Stay Around (3:21)
[Credits]
Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Bill Emerson (banjo/tenor vocals/baritone vocals) Jimmy Gaudreau (mandolin/baritone vocals) John Duffey (mandolin/tenor vocals) and Larry Rice (tenor vocals) Sam Bush (mandolin/baritone vocals) Mike Auldridge (mandolin/dobro/baritone vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Mark Schatz (bass) Producers: Bill Wolf and Anthony Rice, Photographer: Tim Talley, Engineer: David Glasser
[Notes]
Tony Rice, one of the most innovative guitarists to emerge from the "third generation" of bluegrass musicians, returns to his roots on TONY RICE PLAYS AND SINGS BLUEGRASS, his first real bluegrass album since 1977. This collection of classics, mostly from the '50s and '60s, is given an exuberant reading by Rice and his band of bluegrass veterans. Rice's lead vocals evoke the "high lonesome" sound of Bill Monroe. His guitar work is stunning in its attack, rhythmic intensity, and choice of notes--his solo on Lester Flatt's "I'll Stay Around" twists and turns, hits a few pungent blue notes, and is gone, all in eight bars, while the guitar break on "Thunderclouds of Love" explodes in a flurry of notes and slurred jazz chords. Dobro star Jerry Douglas adds his unmistakable fluid touch. Bill Emerson, a founding member of the Country Gentlemen, is on hand to play some hellified banjo and to pass the torch. Balancing respect for tradition with modern virtuosity and willingness to take risks, TONY RICE PLAYS AND SINGS BLUEGRASS is about as good as it gets. -- AllMusic Review by AllMusic

Blake & Rice

Rounder Records CD 0233

Format: CD, Album
Country: USA & Canada
Released: 1992
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 New Chance Blues (2:15)
02 Green Light On The Southern (3:43)
03 I'm Not Sayin' (2:16)
04 Texas Gales (3:38)
05 Ridge Road Gravel (2:25)
06 Monroe's Hornpipe (2:14)
07 Last Train From Poor Valley (3:32)
08 New River Train (3:25)
09 Stoney Point (2:11)
10 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (3:32)
11 Little Beggarman/Gilderoy (3:05)
12 The Shipyard Apprentice (4:13)
13 Medley: Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast (4:40)
14 I'm Comin' Back But I Don't Know When (2:43)
[Credits]
Norman Blake (guitar/mandolin/vocals) Tony Rice (guitar/vocals)
Recorder and Photographer: Bill Wolf, Engineer: George Horn
[Nptes]
Like consummate musicians, for their first album together Norman Blake and Tony Rice largely ignored flash and speed in favor of songs and mood. There is some exceptional flatpicking here, but even the more manic passages are tempered by a softness that is striking, and perhaps even a little disappointing, in its modesty. Once the listener gets past the desire to hear hardcore chops, though, the album reveals its full beauty, especially in Blake's gorgeous "Last Train From Poor Valley" and Rice's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "I'm Not Sayin'." Perky fiddle tune medleys and bluegrass standards provide some balance, but this is gentle listening throughout. - AllMusic Review by Jim Smith

Norman Blake & Tony Rice 2

Rounder Records CD-0266

Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1990
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 It's Raining Here This Morning (3:37)
02 Lost Indian (3:06)
03 Georgie (2:49)
04 Father's Hall (2:17)
05 The Two Soldiers (4:35)
06 Blackberry Blossom (3:14)
07 Eight More Miles To Louisville (2:46)
08 Lincoln's Funeral Train (The Sad Journey To Springfield) (4:14)
09 Molly Bloom (2:39)
10 D-18 Song (Thank You, Mr. Martin) (3:58)
11 Back In Yonder's World (3:54)
12 Bright Days (2:14)
13 Salt Creek (3:10)
[Credits]
Norman Blake (guitar/mandolin/vocals) Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Doc Watson (guitar) Nancy Blake (mandolin/cello/vocals) Mark Schatz (bass)
[Notes]
Norman Blake and Tony Rice 2 is an album by American guitarists Norman Blake and Tony Rice, released in 1990. It is their second album together. They previously released Blake & Rice in 1987. Doc Watson appears as a guest. Recorded at Bias Recording Co., Springfield, Virginia.

Skaggs & Rice: Ricky Skaggs & Tony Rice

Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-3711

Format: CD, HDCD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 2000
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
01 Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow (2:42)
02 Mansions For Me (3:41)
03 There's More Pretty Girls Than One (3:03)
04 Memories Of Mother And Dad (2:29)
05 Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies (2:34)
06 Talk About Suffering (2:08)
07 Will The Roses Bloom (2:49)
08 Tennessee Blues (1:48)
09 The Old Crossroads (2:42)
10 Have You Someone In Heaven Awaiting (2:55)
[Credits]
Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Ricky Skaggs (mandolin/vocals)
Designer: Raymond Simone & Sue Meyer, Photographer: Jon Sievert, Engineers: Donivan Cowart & Richard Adler, Remastered: David Glasser
[Notes]
Skaggs & Rice is a lovely duet album between Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice. The two musicians run through a number of bluegrass classics, performing them in a spare, simple old-timey style, backed only by their guitar and mandolin. Not only are the performances breathtaking, but so are the song selections -- including Bill Monroe classics like "Mansions for Me" and "Tennessee Blues" as well as other standards like "Talk About Suffering" and "Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting)."

The Old Home Place: Bluegrass And Old-Time Mountain Music

Rounder Records CD 1166105142

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 2003
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, Country
[Tracklist]
01 Home Again: Livewire 2:48
02 Letter To Home: IIIrd Tyme Out (3:08)
03 Old Home Place:J.D. Crowe (2:47)
04 Who Will Watch The Home Place: Laurie Lewis (5:26)
05 To Be Back Home Again: Spectrum (3:52)
06 Leaving This Land: Suzanne Thomas (3:38)
07 My Native Home: Nashville Bluegrass Band (2:50)
08 Little Whitewashed Chimney: The Cox Family (2:47)
09 This Old House: The Rice Brothers (4:54)
10 Home: Jim & Jesse (2:37)
11 Lonesome Old Home: Longview (4:42)
12 Home Is Where The Heart Is: Connie & Babe (2:00)
13 Squad Auction At The Home Place: Dry Branch Fire (3:42)
14 Old Kentucky Home: Vern Williams (2:45)
15 Cheer Of The Home Fires: Bill Grant & Delia Bell (2:50)
16 You Don't Have To Go Home: Alecia Nugent (3:12)
17 Hills Of Home: Hazel Dickens (4:12)
[Credits]
Compile: Ken Irwin, Design: Sarah Lainie Smith, Liner Notes: Bill C. Malone
[Notes]
Few things surpass the importance of home in traditional folk and country music. The Old Home Place gathers 17 songs taken from the past recordings of Rounder Records' illustrious cadre of artists. Songs chosen from the catalogs of Jim & Jesse, J.D. Crowe, and Laurie Lewis run the gauntlet of old-time and bluegrass styles. The Nashville Bluegrass Band's version of A.P. Carter's "My Native Home" captures the lonesome feel of the lyrics, while the Cox Family brings their trademark harmony to bear on "Little Whitewashed Chimney." Ed Hamilton's classic "Lonesome Old Home" gets a fresh makeover from Longview, while "Home Is Where the Heart Is" receives a traditional rendering by Connie & Babe. The cumulative effect of this disc is comparable to listening to an hour of old favorites on the radio with no commercials. The album ends with Hazel Dickens' heartbreaking "Hills of Home," a song that captures the modern changes that overtook and scattered many rural households. There's a similar melancholy to "Auction at the Home Place" by the Dry Branch Fire Squad. Besides good music, The Old Home Place works as a mediation on "home" and what it means in a changing and uncertain world. Bluegrass and old-time fans, along with those who long for the old home place, will enjoy this collection.

Emmylou Harris: Roses in the Snow

Warner Bros. Records BSK-3422

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: United States
Released: 1980
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, & Country
[Tracklist]
A1 Roses In The Snow (2:32)
A2 Wayfaring Stranger (3:26)
A3 Green Pastures (3:08)
A4 The Boxer (3:16)
A5 Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (3:22)
B1 I'll Go Stepping Too (2:16)
B2 You're Learning (2:57)
B3 Jordan (2:07)
B4 Miss The Mississippi (3:40)
B5 Gold Watch And Chain (3:12)
[Credits]
Emmylou Harris (guitar/vocals) Ricky Skaggs (banjo/guitar/mandolin/fiddle/vocals) Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Buck White (keyboards/piano/vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro/guitar) Bryan Bowers (autoharp) Albert Lee (mandolin) John Ware (drums/percussion) Emory Gordy (bass) Brian Ahern and Willie Nelson (guitars) Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Sharon White & The Whites (vocals)
Arranger & Producer: Brian Ahern, Design & Photographer: Tom Wilkes, Engineer: Brian Ahern, Donivan Cowart & Stuart Taylor
[Notes]
Recorded in The Enactron Truck (July 1979). Mixed in Enactron Studio Two. Combining acoustic bluegrass with traditional Appalachian melodies (and tossing one contemporary tune, Paul Simon's "The Boxer," into the mix), Roses in the Snow ranks among Emmylou Harris' riskiest -- and most satisfying -- gambits. (AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny)

Old Home Place: J.D. Crowe & The New South

Trio Records PA-3072

Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Japan
Released: 1975
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Old Home Place (2:42)
A2 Some Old Day (2:25)
A3 Rock Salt & Nails (2:58)
A4 Sally Goodin (3:11)
A5 Ten Degrees 2:13
B1 Nashville Blues (3:23)
B2 You Are What I Am (2:17)
B3 Summer Wages (4:21)
B4 I'm Walkin' (2:05)
B5 Home Sweet Home Revisited (3:17)
B6 Crying Holy (2:11)
[Credits]
J.D. Crowe (banjo/baritone vocals) Tony Rice (guitar/lead vocals) Ricky Skaggs (mandolin/fiddle/viola/tenor vocals) Jerry Douglas (dobro) Bobby Slone (bass/fiddle)
Liner Notes: John Hartford, Photography: John Duvall
[Notes]
Reacorded at Track Recorders, Silver Springs, Md. in Janualy 1975
[Other Versions]
Rounder Records 0044 (1975)

Bill Keith‎– Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass

Rounder Records‎ RB-1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 No Expectations
A2 Green Mountain Hop
A3 I'll Stay Around
A4 Crazy Creek
A5 Pain In My Heart
A6 Farewell Blues
B1 Caravan
B2 Detour
B3 Sugar Foot Rag
B4 Jordu
B5 Rickett's Hornpipe
B6 Auld Lang Syne
[Credits]
Bill Keith (banjo) Jim Rooney (guitar/vocals) Tony Rice (guitar) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Tom Gray (bass) Ken Kosek (banjo/piano) David Grisman (mandolin) Al Jones (vocals: A5)
Liner Notes: Tony Trischka

Tony Rice: California Autumn

Seven Seas GFX-6008

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Japan
Released: 1976
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 California Autumn
A2 Bullet Man
A3 Mr. Poverty
A4 Billy In The Low Ground
A5 Red Haired Boy
A6 Good Woman's Love
B1 You Don't Know My Mind
B2 Alone And Forsaken
B3 Bugle Call Rag
B4 Georgia On My Mind
B5 Scarborough Fair
B6 Beaumont Rag
[Credits]
Tony Rice (guitar/vocals) Tom Gray (bass) Mike Auldridge (dobro) Larry Rice (mandolin) Ben Eldridge (banjo) Ricky Skaggs (fiddle/viola/mandolin) John Starling (guitar) J.D. Crowe (banjo) Jerry Douglas (dobro)
[Notes]
Recorded at Track Recorders, Silver Spring, Maryland on September 1974
Licensed from Rebel Records, Manufactured by King Record Co. Ltd