Various Artists - Bluegrass Number 1's - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Collected in the mountain country of southwestern Virginia by Eric H. Davidson, Paul Newman, and Caleb E. Finch, this recording focuses specifically on the string band music of Grayson and Carroll counties and was intended to give recognition to the intricate instrumental band music which attained high levels of development in the region. Thus, examples of the oldest indigenous band style-as heard on InchWestern CountryInch-can be found alongside tracks recorded in later styles such as Irish band music. The liner notes help clarify the relationships between the different string band styles, and chart the course of musical development through half a century of cultural change. Album Tracks 1. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 2. Walkin' in the Parlor 3. Jenny Put the Kettle on 4. Soldier's Joy 5. Sally Goodin' 6. John Lover Is Gone 7. Cindy 8. Sally Ann 9. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 10. Ragtime Annie 11. Paddy on the Turnpike 12. Skip to My Lou 13. John Hardy 14. Cotton Eyed Joe 15. Train on the Island 16. Eighth Day of January 17. Jesse James 18. Walkin' in My Sleep 19. Banks of the Ohio 20. Old Joe Clark

There's nothing like a healthy does of bluegrass music, much like the 23 songs on this terrific compilation. With the Pike County Boys, Smiley Hobbs and a whole host of other talent, you'll hear some of the finest examples of a genre is timelessly enjoyable. Album Tracks 1. Katy Hill - Tex Logan 2. Katy Cline - Stover, Lilly & Anthony 3. Short Life of Trouble - Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys 4. The Philadelphia Lawyer - Bob Baker and the Pike County Boys 5. Little Willie - Bob Baker and the PCB 6. Leather Britches - Smiley Hobbs 7. Natchez Under the Hill - Tex Logan 8. Old Joe Clark - Yellin, Seeger & Weissberg 9. There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - Stover, Lilly & Anthony 10. White House Blues - Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys 11. They're at Rest Together - Earl Taylor and the SMB 12. Foggy Mountain Top - Earl Taylor and the SMB 13. Nine Pound Hammer - Smiley Hobbs 14. Cricket on the Hearth - Anthony and Stover 15. New River Train - Anthony, Seeger & Yellin 16. Fox Chase - Earl Taylor & the SMB 17. Feast Here Tonight - Bob Baker & the PCB 18. Snow Dove - Bob Baker & The PCB 19. Drifting Too Far from the Shore - Bob Baker & the PCB 20. Rocky Run - Stuart, Kuykendall, Hobbs & Gray 21. Bile 'Em Cabbage Down - Stover, Lilly & Anthony 22. All the Good Times Have Past and Gone - Earl Taylor and the SMB 23. Sally Ann - Earl Taylor and the SMB

Album Tracks 1. David Johnson - Blue Grass Breakdown 2. The Country Gentlemen - Roving Gambler 3. Doc Watson, Fred Price, and Clint Howard - Daniel Prayed 4. Half and Half - Fourteen-Carat Mind 5. Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - Won't You Come and Sing for Me? 6. Jerry Stuart, Pete Kuykendall, Smiley Hobbs, and Tom Gray - Rocky Run 7. Red Clay Ramblers - the Girl Behind the Bar 8. B. Lilly, Chubby Anthony, and Don Stover - Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me 9. Red Allen and Frank Wakefield - Are You Afraid to Die 10. Bill Monroe and Peter Rowan - Walls of Time 11. Friendly City Playboys - Back Up and Push 12. Ola Belle Reed - I've Endured 13. Harley Allen - Carolina in the Pines 14. Eric Weissberg - Jesse James 15. The Georgia Pals - Two Orphans 16. Nashville Grass - China Grove, My Home Town 17. Bill Price - Bluegrass Spectacular 18. Sonny Miller - Stoney Creek 19. Larry Richardson - Little Maggie 20. John Hartford - Miss Ferris 21. Earl Taylor - Foggy Mountain Top 22. Lilly Brothers and Don Stover - Sinner, You Better Get Ready 23. Doc Watson - Sitting on Top of the World 24. Bob Everhart - Renegade 25. Bill Price - Possum Holler 26. Tom Morgan - Red Wing 27. Red Allen - I'll Take the Blame 28. Bill Monroe and Doc Watson - Watson's Blues