Best Loved Bluegrass:20 All Time Favo (2008)

Product Summary Label: Eidos UPC: 00032511800428 Release Date: 3/25/2008 Buy.com Sku: 207499878 Item#: M4346X Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Nine Pound Hammer - Tony Rice ~ Various Artists 2. John Henry - Don Stover/The Lilly Brothers ~ Various Artists 3. Bringing Mary Home - The Country Gentlemen ~ Various Artists 4. Wabash Cannonball - Claire Lynch ~ Various Artists 5. White House Blues - Del McCoury ~ Various Artists 6. Footprints In the Snow - Mac Wiseman ~ Various Artists 7. Atlanta is Burning - Boys From Indiana ~ Various Artists 8. Fireball Mail - The Lonesome River Band ~ Various Artists 9. Fox On the Run - Emerson & Waldron ~ Various Artists 10. Poor Ellen Smith - Ted Lundy & The Southern Mountain Boys ~ Various Artists 11. Love of the Mountains - Lost & Found ~ Various Artists 12. Darling Corey - The Seldom Scene ~ Various Artists 13. Little Glass of Wine - Ralph Stanley ~ Various Artists 14. Train 45 - J.D. Crowe ~ Various Artists 15. Little Rosewood Casket - Don Reno/Red Smiley ~ Various Artists 16. Pig In a Pen - Stanley Brothers ~ Various Artists 17. Dream of a Miner's Child - Keith Whitley/Ricky Skaggs ~ Various Artists 18. Down In the Willow Garden - Dave Evans ~ Various Artists 19. Roving Gambler - Larry Sparks ~ Various Artists 20. Lonesome Road Blues - Happy Smith/Larry Richardson ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Audio Remasterer: David Glasser. 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. Producer: David Freeman (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 03/25/2008 Original Release Date : 2008 Catalog ID : 118004 Label : Rebel Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00032511800428   Professional Reviews Dirty Linen (p.77) - "[With] some of bluegrass' greatest gems....'Bringing Mary Home' is a tradition-based ghost ballad. Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggas' brother duet, 'Dream of a Miner's Child,' is equally haunting."    Product Image