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Gary Adams & The Bluegrass Gentlemen – New Freedom Bell

A Michigan bluegrass gem from the Old Homestead label.

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Charlie McVay and the Lone Pine Boys

Benny Strong, bass & lead vocals; John Stomp, fiddle; Bill Adams, guitar; Gene Daugherty, Mandolin; Charlie McVay, 5-string banjo.

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The Kentucky Colonels 1965-1966

Includes many incredible live tracks. Ripped from the original Rounder LP 0070 [1976].

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II Generation – Second Impression

This long lost LP has a truly unique "newgrass" sound that has to be heard to be appreciated.

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The Dixie Gentlemen – Together Once More

w/John Montgomery, bass; James Bryan & Vassar Clements, fiddle; Jake Landers, guitar; Rual Yarborough, banjo; Hershel Sizemore, mandolin.

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John Hartford – You And Me At Home

w/Charles Dungey, Kenny Malone, Jeanie Seely, Jackie Greene, Benny Martin, and Buddy Emmons.

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Lorne Buck & Bluegrass Jam – Sharing The Joy

This rare Canadian gospel bluegrass LP was recorded in Oshawa in 1981.

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Home For Christmas

A compilation of folk, gospel, and bluegrass from the 1982 Book Of The Month Club 3-LP boxset.

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Working Christmas Blues 2011

w/Del McCoury, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Marty Robbins, and more.

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Denis Lepage – The Doctor Is In

Classic Canadian bluegrass right out of Southern Ontario. Denis LePage is the legendary banjo player from the Dixie Flyers, who are still going strong after 3 decades.

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Old & In The Way – 4 November 1973

An incomplete show that is missing: Drifting Too Far From The Shore, Wicked Path Of Sin, Knockin' On Your Door, Uncle Pen, and High Lonesome Sound.

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Pretty Polly is Haunting Me!

Another classic, sung in the first selection by the scariest damn banjoist that ever lived. Dock Boggs was a tough old Virginian who, when he wasn't performing music worked in a coal mine or made...

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Eddie Poirier – Banjo Bluegrass

The "East Coast Music Ambassador" was inducted into the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990.

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The Southern Lawmen In Concert

The Southern Lawmen in Concert was recorded at the Sounding Board studio in 1980 for the Norfolk Southern Railway Company.

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Dueling Banjos – The Deliverance Soundtrack

Dueling Banjos was actually written and recorded as "Feudin' Banjos" by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith and Don Reno in 1955. The 1972 version in Deliverance was played by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel....

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Lifestyle Radio Sampler – Spring 2003

w/J. Rowley, Brady Jenkins, Greg English and Red Wind, and Bloodwurm.

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The Osborne Brothers – Up This Hill And Down

This is perhaps one of the finest sounding bluegrass albums you will ever hear. The melodies, harmonies and tonal delivery of the vocals are just plain flawless. This is where the emotional power of...

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Mystics, Vagabonds and Troubadours

w/Vic Chesnutt, Danny Schmidt, Peter Rowan, Michelle Shocked, Bela Fleck, Garcia & Grisman, Osborne Brothers, Steve Earle, Nina Simone, Lightnin' Hopkins, Beck, Tom Wilson, Donovan, Bonnie Dobson,...

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Homegas

w/Peter Narvaez, Dave Satterfield, Richard Blaustein, Neil Rosenberg, John Hyslop, Jim Barden, Dave Brock. Produced by John Fahey for Takoma records, 1971.

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Don McLean – Playin’ Favorites

A collection of cover versions of folk, pop and blue-grass numbers. 'Everyday', 'Fool's Paradise', and 'Mountains of Mourne' became hit singles.

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Steve Martin plays the Banjo

Video and interview with Steve Martin about his love of the banjo.

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Pat Burton – We’ve Been Waiting For This

Despite having a history with some of best bluegrass players around, somehow Pat Burton became a forgotten man. Getting his start in Clinton, Illinois in 1963, Pat spent some time recording and touring...

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Homer and the Barnstormers – Bluegrass Banjos on Fire

Ripped from the 1963 Somerset label LP (SF-195).

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Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole – 5 Strings Attached With No Backing

A collection of traditional and original tunes capturing the beautiful sound of the old time clawhammer 5 string banjo.

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Glen Campbell – Big Bluegrass Special

Back from his days with the Green River Boys.

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Musings from Bent Creek Pass

Mountain music collected from an annual pilgrimage to Asheville, North Carolina.

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Country Gazette – American and Clean

One of the most influential bluegrass acts of the 1970s that planted the seeds for the newgrass movement of the 1980s.

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Cross Country Grass – Tribute to Bluegrass

Produced by banjo player Dennis LePage of the Dixie Flyers, for Stompin' Tom's Boot Records in 1981.

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