Bluegrass For Beginners (2003)

Product Summary Label: Cmh/dwell/vitamin Records UPC: 00027297521926 Release Date: 7/22/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60606439 Item#: MF4VQW Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Wynn Osborne ~ Various Artists 2. Darlin' Corey - Jimmy Martin/Ricky Skaggs ~ Various Artists 3. Wabash Cannon Ball - Benny Martin ~ Various Artists 4. Salty Dog Blues - Benny Martin/Josh Graves ~ Various Artists 5. Little Georgia Rose - The Seldom Scene ~ Various Artists 6. Rose Of Old Kentucky - Jimmy Martin/Marty Stuart ~ Various Artists 7. Jimmie Brown The Newsboy - Mac Wiseman ~ Various Artists 8. Rocky Top - The Osborne Brothers ~ Various Artists 9. Great Speckled Bird - Jim & Jesse ~ Various Artists 10. I'm Just A Used To Be To You - Bluegrass Cardinals ~ Various Artists 11. Dueling Banjos - Ron Reno ~ Various Artists 12. I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home - The Osborne Brothers/Mac Wiseman ~ Various Artists 13. Wildwood Flower - Merle Travis/Joe Maphis ~ Various Artists 14. Bringin' In The Georgia Mail - Don Reno/Bill Harrell ~ Various Artists 15. Bluebirds Are Singing For Me - The Osborne Brothers/Mac Wiseman ~ Various Artists 16. Durham's Bull - Fiddlin' Ronnie Stuart/Lester Flatt/The Nashville Grass ~ Various Artists 17. Paradise - Jim & Jesse ~ Various Artists 18. Mule Skinner Blues - Grandpa Jones ~ Various Artists 19. Body And Soul - Bill Monroe ~ Various Artists 20. Orange Blossom Special - Lester Flatt & The Nashville Blues ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Tim Clifford. The cover of Bluegrass for Beginners cleverly resembles a spiral notebook, as though the listener were taking a college course in mountain music. Luckily, the cost for taking this intro class is fairly reasonable, and the material is much more interesting than the average textbook. As might be expected, there are a number of bluegrass standards here, the type of songs a listener needs to be familiar with before traipsing off to the local bluegrass festival. The collection shoves off with Wynn Osborne's version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," and the Osborne Brothers themselves perform their classic, "Rocky Top." There's a top-notch take on Bill Monroe's "Little Georgia Rose" by the Seldom Scene, and Don Reno delivers a spunky, live version of "Dueling Banjoes." There's also a fine rendition of John Prine's classic "Paradise" by Jim & Jesse, and the daddy of bluegrass himself, Bill Monroe, shows up for a fine take on "Body and Soul." Since a lot of the bluegrass essentials are fairly short by modern standards, the folks at CMH managed to fit 20 songs/instrumentals on Bluegrass for Beginners. While the neophyte will be glad that a test doesn't accompany this beginner's guide, chances are that he or she will memorize the material nonetheless from repeat listens. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.   Technical Info Release Date : 07/22/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 5219 Label : CMH Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00027297521926