Like many Rhino compilations, this is geared more to the novice or the casual fan than the aficionado, but that's not a criticism. If someone wants a basic primer of the bluegrass sound past and present that manages to be accessible and avoid unduly clichéd track selection, this 18-song compilation fits the bill well. Most of the biggest names are ...
Appalachian Swing! by the Kentucky Colonels (featuring Clarence White) is one of those records that has simply refused to die. Issued without any promotion in 1964, it nonetheless went on to become one of a handful of contemporary standard bluegrass LPs, right up there with Flatt & Scruggs' Carnegie Hall live album. It survived being chopped down ...
The Kentucky Colonels only played together for a short period of time, but the legacy of Roland White, and even more so of guitarist Clarence White, has kept the band's name alive. But the White brothers are only two of the many reasons to appreciate this band. For starters, there is the instrumental dexterity of fiddler Scotty Stoneman, banjoist ...
Founded in 1959 by Theodore Bikel, Oscar Brand, Pete Seeger, George Wein, and Albert Grossman, and modeled after the already established and successful Newport Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival ran in its original configuration throughout the '60s before running out of gas in 1971 (the festival was revived in 1985 and has run annually ever ...
Appalachian Swing! is one of the most influential albums in the whole of bluegrass music, primarily because of the stunning playing of Clarence White. With his vibrant, innovative flat-picking, White helped pioneer a new style in bluegrass; namely, he redefined the acoustic guitar as a solo instrument instead of confining it to just background ...
The second release in the Vanguard label's Gospel series includes the Stanley Brothers' "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet," Pete Seeger's "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" and Maybelle Carter & the Lost City Ramblers' "The Old Gospel Ship." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Although traditional country, old-timey music, and Appalachian folk are all distinct musical genres with as many differences as similarities, in recent years they have all been increasingly lumped together in the public's perception as bluegrass, itself a distinct genre, and a relative newcomer to the dance at that. As frustrating as this trend is ...
The Kentucky Colonels are heard at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival on this Vanguard CD. A quartet at the time, as fiddler Scotty Stoneman had not yet joined the band, their performances include both instrumentals and vocals, with bassist Roger Bush also serving as the MC. Guitarist Clarence White, mandolinist Roland White, banjo player Billy Ray ...
This is an expanded version of the group's debut album, Appalachian Swing, originally issued in England in this form after Clarence White's death in 1973 and reissued over there in 1997 by the Beat Goes On label. The original 12-song album (which was also available here as a ten-song LP at one point late in the 1970s) is here, newly remastered, ...
This disc rounds up some outstanding picking by the best names in the bluegrass game. From J.D. Crowe and Norman Blake to Clarence White and Doc Watson, this disc has no filler, but the real deal. ~ Tim Sheridan, All Music Guide
This second volume in the country part of this series rounds up 18 hot examples of hot hillbilly pickin'. Kicking off with Jimmy Bryant amazing take on "Little Rock Getaway," the set also includes legendary moments from Chet Atkins, Jerry Byrd, James Burton and Ralph Mooney, Clarence White, Merle Travis, Roy Clark, and Jerry Reed. Heading up the ...
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