15th Anniversary Celebration

by The Seldom Scene

Overview

This all-star tribute to America's finest progressive bluegrass band took place at the Kennedy Center in November of 1986, and featured performances by artists as prominent as Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt and as influential as Charlie Waller, Ricky Skaggs, and Tony Rice. The program is a delight from beginning to end, and includes the band's own renditions of classic material ("Workin' on a Building," "Rose of Old Kentucky") as well as a number of tribute performances by the guest artists. Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White deliver a gorgeous duet version of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You," while Harris and Ronstadt team up on "The Sweetest Gift." Original lead singer John Starling joins the Scene on several songs, and the resulting sound will make longstanding fans of the band wistful for the old days; though mandolinist and tenor singer John Duffey is beginning to sound his age at this point, the old magic is still there on "You Don't Know My Mind" and "Rose of Old Kentucky." The band's rollicking rendition of the traditional gospel classic "Take Me in Your Lifeboat" is the perfect finale. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/08/1993
Label:	Sugar Hill
UPC:	0015891220222
Rank:	83150

Tracks

1. Sitting on Top of the World
2. Big Train (From Memphis)
3. Lorena
4. Dark as a Dungeon
5. Blue Ridge
6. Raised by the Railroad Line
7. You Don't Know My Mind
8. Drifting Too Far from the Shore
9. Those Memories of You
10. Keep Me from Blowing Away
11. Wheels
12. Carolyn at the Broken Wheel Inn
13. If I Needed You
14. Rose of Old Kentucky
15. I Couldn't Find My Walking Shoes
16. Working on a Building
17. Say You Lied
18. High on a Hilltop
19. The Sweetest Gift
20. Take Me in Your Lifeboat

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Seldom Scene   Primary Artist
Charlie Waller   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
John Starling   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Paul Craft   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jonathan Edwards   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Tony Rice   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Emmylou Harris   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Ricky Skaggs   Guest Artist,Fiddle,Vocals,Mandolin
Linda Ronstadt   Guest Artist,Vocals
Lou Reid   Vocals,Bass (Electric),Fiddle,Guitar
Peter Bonta   Piano
Mike Auldridge   Dobro,Vocals
Sharon White   Vocals
Bobby Hicks   Fiddle
John Duffey   Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Tom Gray   Vocals,Bass (Upright)
Alan O'Bryant   Banjo,Vocals
Robbie Magruder   Drums
Ben Eldridge   Banjo,Vocals
Stuart Duncan   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Merle Travis   Composer
Jimmie Skinner   Composer
Paul Craft   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Bob McDill   Composer
Bill Wolf   Engineer,Producer,Remixing
Bill Monroe   Composer
Bill Mueller   Remix Assistant
Chris Hillman   Composer
Chester Burnett   Composer
James B. Coats   Composer
Ed Eastridge   Assistant Engineer
John Duffey   Composer
Russell Smith   Composer
John Fogerty   Composer
John Starling   Producer
Mike Auldridge   Composer
Tommy Collins   Composer
Alan O'Bryant   Composer
Grant Hart   Composer
Townes Van Zandt   Composer
Paul Overstreet   Composer
M. Brown   Composer
Walter Vinson   Composer
Ronnie Freeland   Assistant Engineer
Jim Rushing   Composer
The Seldom Scene   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Gram Parsons   Composer
Bob Artis   Composer
Raymond Simone   Artwork
Lonnie Chatmon   Composer
James Loyd   Mastering
Al Sevilla   Photography
Gary Oelze   Producer,Executive Producer
Ed Casey   Assistant Engineer