I meant that I should go to the Bluegrass festival instead of the Blues&Brews. Terrific lineup indeed!
Jerry, I love Red Allen's playing a lot, and he recorded with a bunch of nice lineups. The old Rebel and County recordings of his are favorites of mine. And still enjoyed. You have great taste in music. You've turned me on to some nice music. Thanks!!!!!
Thanks for those nice words! Always happy to recommend something. In post #4 of this thread, I recommended an album that had heavy Red Allen influence. If you don't have it, you need it! Here's what I said, and what the LP/CD looks like: Recently I was listening to the 1975 album "Pistol Packin' Mama" by Frank Wakefield and the Good Old Boys, and was blown away by the brilliant interplay between banjo master Don Reno and legendary fiddler Chubby Wise. It's a shame that the earlier recordings (1962) of those two with Frank Wakefield and Red Allen are scattered and tough to find.
Yes, this one I need to hunt down. This one is worth listening to. A shame about the 1962 Red Allen recordings being so rare and scarce and scattered.
I've been listening to a lot of Eddie Adcock's recordings of late, that $.25 NOS promo 45 of "Limehouse Blues" on CMH sure has seen a lot of spins at Casa de McLover.
You should order the Smithsonian Folkways Red Allen and Frank Wakefield title as well, since you are in radio, you should e-mail them to get you a 60% discount for radio.
I agree with Brad! While the vinyl version is nice to have, the CD version has a ton of bonus cuts, including six outtakes from the album sessions. Banjo great Bill Keith appears on many tracks, from he original album and outtakes. I have both CD and LP. My vinyl copy was autographed by Frank, who between sets of a show in Soquel, CA about 35-40 years ago, chatted me up about learning to play the mandolin, and he kindly gave me a pick! Love how he backs talkwards....
This is a neat story. Here's the link to my previous post for those who wish to order the album. The BLUEGRASS thread
Last Sunday at a record show I finally found one of my elusive bluegrass Holy Grail LPs. So rare that I have only seen pictures of it, and only cuts from it have been released on a CD collection of bluegrass music from the New England region. Fortunately, the vinyl is in near mint shape, considering it was pressed in 1963! I'm a huge Jim Rooney and Bill Keith fan, and the legendary (in these parts) Joe Val is the mandolinist and handles some vocals. I'm a cheapskate when it comes to buying used vinyl, so the $15 price tag shows you how much this album means to me. Worth it alone for Bill Keith's version of "Devil's Dream".
Saw him open for greensky at a Denver run in 2015 (or 14?) and we were blown away. No one had any idea what was coming when he took the stage. It’s been great watching his career really take off.
Doc and Merle Watson’s Guitar album on Flying Fish spinning as I peck, great sound with the expected musical excellence. Another plug for the recent set from the Bear Stanley people, vinyl version is killer, imagine CD box kills as well.
I read a few years ago that some well known person commented that bluegrass musicians were the greatest musicians in the world, that is all they do. When they work, they play music and when they are not working they are playing music. They play music because they love it. Don't recall who said it, and I was paraphrasing.
