Listening to Ricky Skagg's comedy bits between songs on the recent release J.D. Crowe & The New South "Live in Japan" double CD, he prompted me to pull out a classic live bluegrass album: "Flatt & Scruggs At Carnegie Hall-The Complete Concert." 32 cuts on the CD version. I can't recall if it expands the vinyl version.
No, this is the Japan tour with the original band. The release is titled "Holiday in Japan" and recorded 8/30/75. Ricky does the impressions.
Oh, I see...there was one with Whitley called Live in Japan and I think Whitley did an impression of Lester Flatt, unless I am remembering wrong. https://www.discogs.com/JD-Crowe-And-The-New-South-Live-In-Japan/release/9943808
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A seven CD set recorded May 1 - 4, 1974 in San Francisco. Wonderful fidelity and terrific performances.
I would like to know what I'm buying. 1080p or lousy SD resolution? Does it support chromecast? I don't watch video on my tablet or laptop
I've never heard this one although I have heard another JD Crowe & the New South live album from Japan with Keith Whitley in the band. They do a Flatt & Scruggs routine with Keith doing a spot on imitation of Lester. Good cover of John Conlee's "Rose Colored Glasses" too.
Yeah, but this release has two discs of Tony Rice smokin' up the fingerboard. JD Crowe band at their peak.
My brother suggested we go see Ricky Skaggs with his group Kentucky Thunder while we were in Santa Fe last month while helping our parents out. I like bluegrass - just never seen a concert live. Well, let me tell you - that was one heck of a concert! Ricky played fast and furious and them young boys on fiddle and geetar - whoo wee; Thrash metal got nuthin' on bluegrass. I'd be shaking my head in awe - tight, on point, and kicking!
I got that impression! I collect just about every Tony recording I can. I recently found a copy of this CD that was on my search list for years: Also recently got some other small label releases, like Tony & Vassar with The Low Country All-Star Band, and Hartford, Rice, Clements. I also have a bunch of boot recordings, and especially love the Acoustic All-Stars live recordings. I was lucky enough to see the DG Quintet live right before Tony left, and a bunch of other live shows until he lost his voice. His brother Ron has posted on here and is a wonderful human being and marvelous recording engineer. He even got Tony to sign a copy of his book to me with a personalized message, sent it to me, and refused to take any money! I pray we can see Tony perform again, and hope there'll be many more album releases in our future.
Emailed the company and this was their response. It appears to be streaming on Vimeo. "Hi we are currently not selling DVDs, which are SD. The bundle below and any digital content is full HD." Hope that helps! anna
Hey Jerry, if you're a Tony Rice completist, I've got a few that might be more unusual. Maybe you have them, maybe not. I bought all on vinyl when they came out in the 70s and 80s: With JD Crowe and the New South on Starday / Gusto Records out of Nashville, 1977: Also, New South Live in Japan, with a dark yellow and brown cover. The image may not come through here though. Then, a couple years of the Usual Suspects, compilation albums of several Bay Area groups and others, including Taj Mahal, Bianca Thornton, Norton Buffalo, Peter Rowan, Maria Muldaur, and others. The first is Faraway Places, with Tony doing one tune on the album, Big River. Released in 1985, Tomistoma Productions: The second is It's all Music, with Tony doing the tune Hey Lonesome on the album. Released in 1982, Tomistoma Productions. The album cover image may not be able to post here either (didn't seem to copy and paste).
Nothing beats THIS release. CDs, not vinyl, though: Bear Family, 4-CD, 112 tracks, LP-sized box set with 36-page book. Their complete Mercury recordings, and the Columbia recordings from 1950-1959.
OK, this is weird. I thought to myself a few minutes back "I wonder if there's any news of Tony Rice, his health etc.?" So I Googled him, then hit "News" and this link popped up: 4-day bluegrass bash opens Wednesday I thought "Cool! Hey no idea! Today at 4:05! Then I looked in the corner of my Kindle and saw the time. 4:05pm." Cue the Twilight Zone theme music. I'll have to put Unit of Measure on the stereo... Musician Tony Rice will be inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame during Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Uncle Pen Days Festival, which runs Wednesday through Saturday in Nashville, Indiana. Rice will be inducted at 4:05 p.m. Saturday. Submitted