Flatt & Scruggs at Carnegie Hall! [The Complete Concert] (1998)

About this title: When Flatt & Scruggs appeared on the Carnegie Hall stage in December of 1962, it was proof that bluegrass music had hit the big time. Guitarist and singer Lester Flatt and banjo god Earl Scruggs (who has been credited, not entirely accurately, with inventing the three-finger picking style that distinguishes bluegrass banjo playing from its old-time antecedents) had fully emerged from the shadow of Bill Monroe, their former boss, and made a national name for themselves. Columbia released an album that included 13 songs from that performance, and this CD reissue adds the rest of the set for a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Salty Dog Blues [Morris/Morris]
2. Durham's Reel [Warren/Cirtin/Stace]
3. Down the Road [Flatt/Scruggs]
4. Rainbow
5. Big Ball in Brooklyn [Monroe]
6. Flint Hill Special [Scruggs]
7. Dig a Hole in the Meadow [Flatt/Scruggs]
8. I Hung My Head and Cried [Davis/Bruner]
9. Hot Corn, Cold Corn [Akeman/Flatt/Scrugg]
10. Little Darlin' Pal of Mine [Carter]
11. You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming
12. Footprints in the Snow [Traditional]
13. The Martha White Theme [White]
14. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [Bond]
15. Old MacDonald Had a Farm [Traditional]
16. He Will Set Your Fields on Fire [Ballew/Bracket]
17. Let the Church Roll On [Certain/Stacey]
18. Wildwood Flower [Carter]
19. Hear That Whistle Blow (A Hundred Miles) [Flatt/Scruggs]
20. Fiddle and Banjo [Warren/Stacey/Cirti]
21. Old Leather Britches [Flatt/Scruggs]
22. Ballad of Jed Clampett [Henning]
23. Yonder Stands Little Maggie [Certain/Stacey]
24. Reuben [Traditional]
25. Mama Blues [Scruggs]
26. I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome [Brockman/Kendis/Vin]
27. Foggy Mountain Rock [Graves/Certain/Stac]
28. Take This Hammer [Leadbelly]
29. McKinley's Gone [Flatt/Scruggs]
30. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms [Monroe]
31. Gotta Travel On [Clayton]
32. Mountain Dew [Lunsford/Wiseman]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.