Bluegrass

Guitarist Billie Ray Johnson (c. 1929–2013) joins son David (b. 1954) on this 1983 instrumental album, which consists of traditional and contemporary bluegrass songs; the artists arranged all of them paying particular homage to the bluegrass styles of Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs. David was taught to play guitar by his father at a very young age. “By the time I was 4 or 5 years old,” he explains, “I would get [my dad’s] guitar and bang around on it. He started showing me the proper way to make chords. Finally be bought me my own guitar and he started teaching me how to play.” Liner notes include background information about each of the 12 selections.

Track Listing

101	Blue Grass Breakdown	David and Billie Ray Johnson	03:17
102	Sally Goodin'	David and Billie Ray Johnson	03:26
103	Kentucky Waltz	David and Billie Ray Johnson	03:45
104	Billy in the Lowground	David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:46
105	Beaumont Rag	David and Billie Ray Johnson	03:09
106	Earl's Breakdown	David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:38
201	Grey Eagle	David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:54
202	Back Up and Push	David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:42
203	Rose Conley / Wildwood Flower	David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:59
204	Fisher's Hornpipe	David and Billie Ray Johnson	03:32
205	Gold Rush	David and Billie Ray Johnson	03:29
206	Groundspeed	David and Billie Ray Johnson	02:16