Best Loved Bluegrass: 20 All-Time Favorites

by Best Loved Bluegrass: 20 All-ti

Overview

Best Loved Bluegrass is a 20-song collection of bluegrass songs and instrumentals from well-known and nearly forgotten pickers of the '60s and '70s. And while Keith Whitely may be better remembered today as a country singer, and the Boys from Indiana as a long-disbanded group, all of these musicians were "players" in their time. The selections include traditional material like Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys' "Poor Ellen Smith," more progressive cuts like the Seldom Scene's "Darling Corey," old-time-flavored cuts by Ralph Stanley and the Stanley Brothers, and early rustic cuts by Del McCoury ("The White House Blues," about President McKinley's assassination, is excellent). There's a lot of good music on Best Loved Bluegrass, though the liner notes offer little information on the origins of the recordings. In this sense, this collection of odds and ends seems to offer no more than a casual collection for a casual fan. The difference, however, is that the Rebel label was on the forefront of the bluegrass scene during the '60s and '70s. For anyone who fondly remembers the early work of Larry Sparks, the Country Gentlemen, and the Seldom Scene, Best Loved Bluegrass is a high-quality collection for hardcore bluegrass fans. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/25/2008
Label:	Rebel
UPC:	0032511800428
Rank:	24430

Tracks

1. Nine Pound Hammer  - Tony Rice  -  Traditional
2. John Henry  -  Lilly Brothers  - Don Stover  -  Traditional
3. Bringing Mary Home  -  Country Gentlemen
4. Wabash Cannonball  - A.P. Carter  - Claire Lynch
5. White House Blues  - Del McCoury  -  Traditional
6. Footprints in the Snow  -  Traditional  - Mac Wiseman
7. Atlanta Is Burning  -  Boys from Indiana  - Aubrey Holt
8. Fireball Mail  -  Lonesome River Band  - Fred Rose
9. Fox on the Run  -  Emerson & Waldron
10. Poor Ellen Smith  - Ted Lundy  -  Lundy  -  Southern Mountain Boys  -  Traditional
11. Love of the Mountains  -  Lost & Found  - Allen Mills
12. Darling Corey  -  Seldom Scene  -  Traditional
13. Little Glass of Wine  - Ralph Stanley  -  Traditional
14. Train 45  - J.D. Crowe  -  Traditional
15. Little Rosewood Casket  - Don Reno  - Red Smiley  -  Traditional
16. Pig in a Pen  -  Stanley Brothers  -  Traditional
17. Dream of a Miner's Child  - Ricky Skaggs  -  Traditional  - Keith Whitley
18. Down in the Willow Garden  - Dave Evans  -  Traditional
19. Roving Gambler  - Larry Sparks  -  Traditional
20. Lonesome Road Blues  - Larry Richardson  - Happy Smith  -  Traditional

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Don Stover   Primary Artist
Ted Lundy   Primary Artist
Ted Lundy & The Southern Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
Ricky Skaggs   Primary Artist
Ralph Stanley   Primary Artist
The Stanley Brothers   Primary Artist
Dave Evans   Primary Artist
Larry Richardson   Primary Artist
Larry Sparks   Primary Artist
Red Smiley   Primary Artist
The Seldom Scene   Primary Artist
Happy Smith   Primary Artist
Southern Mountain Boys   Primary Artist
The Lost & Found   Primary Artist
Mac Wiseman   Primary Artist
Del McCoury   Primary Artist
Keith Whitley   Primary Artist
The Lilly Brothers   Primary Artist
The Lonesome River Band   Primary Artist
The Boys from Indiana   Primary Artist
J.D. Crowe   Primary Artist
Tony Rice   Primary Artist
Claire Lynch   Primary Artist
The Country Gentlemen   Primary Artist
Don Reno   Primary Artist
Emerson & Waldron   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Mark Freeman   Production Coordination
Allen Mills   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
David Glasser   Remastering,Mastering
David Freeman   Compilation Producer
Aubrey Holt   Composer