Various Artists Essential Guide to Bluegrass 3CD

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Alan Lomax described Bluegrass music as “Folk music on overdrive”, and it is true that alongside often tragic ballads the core of its sound frequently rests on high-pitched singing accompanying guitar, fiddle and banjo played at blistering pace. Here we present an introduction to the best in Bluegrass music; from classic songs which have retained their resonance through many decades and the legendary performers associated with them, to some of the finest contemporary Bluegrass artists of today.

CD1: CLASSIC SONGS
1 The Rouse Brothers – Orange Blossom Special 2 The Osborne Brothers – Blue Moon Of Kentucky 3 The Stanley Brothers – Man Of Constant Sorrow 4 Flatt & Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Breakdown 5 Bill Monroe – Y’All Come 6 Don Reno & Arthur Smith – Feudin’ Banjos 7 Fiddlin’ John Carson - Cotton Eyed Joe 8 Cliff Carlisle – Footprints In The Snow 9 Flatt & Scruggs – Earl’s Breakdown 10 Ernest “Pop” Stoneman – Sally Goodin 11 Bill Monroe – Uncle Penn 12 The Stanley Brothers – Molly & Tenbrooks 13 The Blue Sky Boys – Are You From Dixie? 14 Molly O’Day – Poor Ellen Smith 15 Bill Monroe – Muleskinner Blues 16 Flatt & Scruggs – Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’ 17 Bill & Charlie Monroe – Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms 18 Bill & Charlie Monroe – Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

CD2: LEGENDS
1 Bill Monroe – Bluegrass Breakdown 2 Charlie Monroe – The Great Speckled Bird 3 Flatt & Scruggs – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke 4 The Stanley Brothers – The Little Glass Of Wine 5 Reno & Smiley – I’m Gone, Long Gone 6 The Osborne Brothers – Ruby 7 The Delmore Brothers – Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains 8 The Bailey Brothers – Heart’s Hall Of Fame 9 Jim & Jesse – Air Mail Special 10 Jimmy Martin – Save It, Save It 11 Flatt & Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Special 12 The Stanley Brothers – Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine 13 Uncle Dave Macon – When The Train Comes Along 14 Blue Sky Boys – In The Hills Of Roane County 15 Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers – Hawkins Rag 16 Ernest “Pop” Stoneman – Hop Light Ladies 17 Jimmie Skinner – Doin’ My Time 18 Bill Monroe – Going Back To Old Kentucky

CD3: CONTEMPORARY BLUEGRASS
1 Alison Krauss & Union Station – So Long, So Wrong 2 Dan Tyminski – Think About You Every Day 3 Norman Blake – Down Home Summertime Blues 4 Ricky Skaggs – Lost And I’ll Never Find The Way 5 Rhonda Vincent & The Rage – Ridin’ The Red Line 6 The Grascals – Leavin’s Heavy On My Mind 7 Claire Lynch – Love Light 8 Doc & Merle Watson – Black Mountain Rag 9 Hazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones & Ginny Hawker – Love Me Or Leave Me Alone 10 The Lynn Morris Band – Shape Of A Tear 11 The Johnson Mountain Boys – Duncan & Brady (He’s Been On The Job Too Long) 12 James King – Thirty Years Of Farming 13 Alecia Nugent – I’ll Stay Around 14 Tony Rice – Carolina Star 15 Michael Cleveland – North Carolina Breakdown 16 Bradley Walker – Lost At Sea 17 Mark O’Connor – Wild Fiddler’s Rag 18 Del McCoury – Don’t Stop The Music