Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways

It all began in 1956 with the release of the historic Folkways album American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style (SFW 40037), the first-ever full-length bluegrass LP. From that point on, Folkways Records was synonymous with great bluegrass music. Folkways founder Moses Asch released scores of bluegrass albums, and this collection comprises the cream of the crop from these recordings, including works from giants of the genre such as Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, the Stanley Brothers, and The Country Gentlemen. It serves as an outstanding introduction to the wealth of great bluegrass Smithsonian Folkways has to offer. Extensive notes, photos, 62 minutes. Compiled and annotated by Lee Michael Demsey and Jeff Place.

Track Listing

101	White House Blues Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys	02:01
102	Our Last Goodbye The Johnson Mountain Boys	02:35
103	When He Reached Down His Hand for Me Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	02:48
104	Tiny Broken Heart Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard	03:05
105	New Camptown Races Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, and the Kentuckians	02:34
106	Suzanne Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band	02:40
107	I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer The Nashville Grass	03:10
108	Teardrops in My Eyes The Friendly City Playboys	02:29
109	Cumberland Gap Snuffy Jenkins	01:33
110	Live and Let Live Red Allen and the Kentuckians	02:47
111	The World is Waiting for the Sunrise Roger Sprung and Doc Watson	02:40
112	Hello City Limits Hugh Moore	02:22
113	Legend of the Brown Mountain Light The Country Gentlemen	02:36
114	Lonesome Road Blues Roni Stoneman	01:14
115	The Train that Carried My Girl from Town Doc Watson	02:19
116	The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake The New Lost City Ramblers	03:31
117	Little Birdie The Stanley Brothers	02:40
118	Rabbit in a Log The Stanley Brothers	02:24
119	Grey Eagle David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:50
120	Wayfaring Stranger Cullen Gaylean and The Virginia Mountain Boys	05:10
121	Billy in the Lowground The Lonesome Strangers	01:03
122	The Rebel Girl Hazel Dickens with The Johnson Mountain Boys	03:00
123	Train 45 Smiley Hobbs	02:22
124	'Neath that Cold Grey Tomb of Stone The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover	03:06
125	Get up John Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys	02:36