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Artist: VARIOUS

Title: The Essential Guide To Bluegrass (3CD)

Label: Essential Guides

Cat No ESGCD318

Alan Lomax described Bluegrass music as “Folk music on overdrive”, and it is true that alongside often tragic ballads the core of its sound frequently rests on high-pitched singing accompanying guitar, fiddle and banjo played at blistering pace.

Here we present an introduction to the best in Bluegrass music; from classic songs which have retained their resonance through many decades and the legendary performers associated with them, to some of the finest contemporary Bluegrass artists of today.

Total 3CD running time: 2 hours 32 mins

Each CD includes an introduction and informative note on each of the 54tracks featured.

Compilation and sleevenotes: Neil Kellas

The perfect introduction to Bluegrass music past and present.

CD1 features classics that have defined the genre – the authentic sound of the American South with a selection of its most enduring songs.

CD2 presents the elite performers such as Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers and Flatt & Scruggs – legends in their own right.

CD3 features contemporary Bluegrass talent from Rounder Records.

The collection also features some of the original tracks popularised by recent films ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ and ‘Deliverance’ that helped to refresh the Bluegrass genre.

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Track Listing for The Essential Guide To Bluegrass (3CD)
CD1: CLASSIC SONGS
The Rouse Brothers – Orange Blossom Special
The Osborne Brothers – Blue Moon Of Kentucky
The Stanley Brothers – Man Of Constant Sorrow
Flatt & Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Bill Monroe – Y’All Come
Don Reno & Arthur Smith – Feudin’ Banjos
Fiddlin’ John Carson - Cotton Eyed Joe
Cliff Carlisle – Footprints In The Snow
Flatt & Scruggs – Earl’s Breakdown
Ernest “Pop” Stoneman – Sally Goodin
Bill Monroe – Uncle Penn
The Stanley Brothers – Molly & Tenbrooks
The Blue Sky Boys – Are You From Dixie?
Molly O’Day – Poor Ellen Smith
Bill Monroe – Muleskinner Blues
Flatt & Scruggs – Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’
Bill & Charlie Monroe – Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
Bill & Charlie Monroe – Will The Circle Be Unbro ken?

CD2 : LEGENDS
Bill Monroe – Bluegrass Breakdown
Charlie Monroe – The Great Speckled Bird
Flatt & Scruggs – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke
The Stanley Brothers – The Little Glass Of Wine
Reno & Smiley – I’m Gone, Long Gone
The Osborne Brothers – Ruby
The Delmore Brothers – Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains
The Bailey Brothers – Heart’s Hall Of Fame
Jim & Jesse – Air Mail Special
Jimmy Martin – Save It, Save It
Flatt & Scruggs – Foggy Mountain Special
The Stanley Brothers – Nobody’s Love Is Like Mine
Uncle Dave Macon – When The Train Comes Along
Blue Sky Boys – In The Hills Of Roane County
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers – Hawkins Rag
Ernest “Pop” Stoneman – Hop Light Ladies
Jimmie Skinner – Doin’ My Time
Bill Monroe – Going Back To Old Kentucky

CD3: CONTEMPORARY BLUEGRASS
Alison Krauss & Union Station – So Long, So Wrong
Dan Tyminski – Think About You Every Day
Norman Blake – Down Home Summertime Blues
Ricky Skaggs – Lost And I’ll Never Find The Way
Rhonda Vincent & The Rage – Ridin’ The Red Line
The Grascals – Leavin’s Heavy On My Mind
Claire Lynch – Love Light
Doc & Merle Watson – Black Mountain Rag
Hazel Dickens, Carol Elizabeth Jones & Ginny Hawker – Love Me Or Leave Me Alone
The Lynn Morris Band – Shape Of A Tear
The Johnson Mountain Boys – Duncan & Brady (He’s Been On The Job Too Long)
James King – Thirty Years Of Farming
Alecia Nugent – I’ll Stay Around
Tony Rice – Carolina Star
Michael Cleveland – North Carolina Breakdown
Bradley Walker – Lost At Sea
Mark O’Connor – Wild Fiddler’s Rag
Del McCoury – Don’t Stop The Music

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