Another criminally underrated out of print album from Earl Scruggs. This is the one people.....this album is fantastic. Recorded in 1969 for a television documentary, not released on vinyl till 1971. This album is where that Byrds clip a few posts back came from. At the time Earl's son Randy was still in high school, of which there are some humerous soundbites about during his performance of Black Mountain Rag. Features such heavyweights as Doc Watson, The Byrds, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan (though he doesn't sing). If you are a fan of the Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" album.....this is right up your alley. And besides, where else are you gonna hear 1. foggy mt. breakdown played on a synthesizer, and 2. Earl Scruggs speak out against the Vietnam war?
There is a DVD available of this (
Get the DVD here) that I will surely be getting. You can watch the
trailer here (sorry, embedding was disallowed)
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Lonesome Ruben
- My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountain (with Joan Baez)
- Love is Just a Four Letter Word (with Joan Baez)
- The Last Thing On My Mind (with Doc Watson)
- Streamlined Cannonball (with Doc Watson)
- Nashville Skyline Rag (with Bob Dylan)
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown (with Gil Tryhall)
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (with The Byrds)
- Nothin' To It (with The Byrds)
- Salty Dog Blues (with The Morris Brothers)
- On Top Of Old Smokey (with The Morris Brothers)
- Black Mountain Rag (Randy Scruggs)
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown
MP3
Earl Scruggs - His Family and Friends
Around here 4th of July means 3 things...Cookouts, Fireworks, and Bluegrass. So to celebrate, here is an old Doc Watson show with his late son Merle recorded on Independence Day 29 years ago. So break out the watermelon and sparklers, kick back and enjoy this great show by two of the greatest pickers of all time. This set also included one of my favorite songs of all time....The Cuckoo (she never....says cuckoo.....till the 4th day....of July....)
Another criminally underrated out of print album from Earl Scruggs. This is the one people.....this album is fantastic. Recorded in 1969 for a television documentary, not released on vinyl till 1971. This album is where that Byrds clip a few posts back came from. At the time Earl's son Randy was still in high school, of which there are some humerous soundbites about during his performance of Black Mountain Rag. Features such heavyweights as Doc Watson, The Byrds, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan (though he doesn't sing). If you are a fan of the Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" album.....this is right up your alley. And besides, where else are you gonna hear 1. foggy mt. breakdown played on a synthesizer, and 2. Earl Scruggs speak out against the Vietnam war?
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