Classic Bluegrass from Smithsonian Folkways Vol. 2

Classic Bluegrass

from Smithsonian Folkways Vol. 2

Catalogue Number: SFMCD40163

Title: Classic Bluegrass Volume 2

Artist: Various

Label: Smithsonian Folkways

Format: 1 CD

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Compiled from over 40 years of classic bluegrass recordings on the Folkways and Smithsonian Folkways labels, Classic Bluegrass, vol. 2 showcases many of the key artists who shaped the sound of this internationally-acclaimed, all-American music. "Father of Bluegrass" Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Hazel Dickens, The Country Gentlemen, Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, John Hartford, and many others bring us the best of this diverse music tradition.

Track listing:

1. DAVID JOHNSON: Blue Grass Breakdown
2. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Roving Gambler
3. DOC WATSON, FRED PRICE & CLINT HOWARD: Daniel Prayed
4. HALF & HALF: Fourteen-Carat Mind
5. HAZEL DICKENS & ALICE GERRARD: Won't You Come and Sing for Me?
6. JERRY STUART, PETE KUYKENDALL, SMILEY HOBBS, & TOM GRAY: Rocky Run
7. RED CLAY RAMBLERS: The Girl Behind the Bar
8. B. LILLY, CHUBBY ANTHONY, DON STOVER: Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me
9. RED ALLEN & FRANK WAKEFIELD: Are You Afraid to Die
10. BILL MONROE & PETER ROWAN: Walls of Time
11. THE 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. THE 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 & THE STONY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Foggy Mountain Top
22. LILLY BROTHERS & 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 & DOC WATSON: Watson's Blues

About Smithsonian Folkways – the original and best Jazz and Blues Label in the world!

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. We are dedicated to supporting cultural diversity and increased understanding among peoples through the documentation, preservation, and dissemination of sound. We believe that musical and cultural diversity contributes to the vitality and quality of life throughout the world. Through the dissemination of audio recordings and educational materials we seek to strengthen people's engagement with their own cultural heritage and to enhance their awareness and appreciation of the cultural heritage of others. Our mission is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document "people's music," spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world. The Smithsonian acquired Folkways from the Asch estate in 1987, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has continued the Folkways commitment to cultural diversity, education, increased understanding, and lively engagement with the world of sound.

History of Smithsonian Folkways

Folkways Records & Service Co. was founded in 1948 in New York City by Moses Asch (1905-1986) and Marian Distler (1919-1964). Under Asch's enthusiastic and dedicated direction, Folkways sought to record and document the entire world of sound. Between 1948 and Asch's death, Folkways' tiny staff released 2,168 albums. Topics included traditional, ethnic, and contemporary music from around the world; poetry, spoken word, and instructional recordings in numerous languages; and documentary recordings of individuals, communities, current events, and natural sounds.

As one of the first record companies to offer albums of "world music," and as an early exponent of the singers and songwriters who formed the core of the American folk music revival (including such giants as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Lead Belly), Asch's Folkways grew to become one of the most influential record companies in the world.

Following Asch's death, in 1987 the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage in Washington D.C. acquired Folkways Recordings and the label's business papers and files to ensure that the sounds and genius of its artists would continue to be available to future generations.

As a condition of the acquisition, the Smithsonian agreed that virtually all of the firm's 2,168 titles would remain "in print" forever--a condition that Smithsonian Folkways continues to honor through its custom order service. Whether it sells 8,000 copies each year or only one copy every five years, every Folkways title remains available for purchase.

In the years since 1987, Smithsonian Folkways has continued to expand on Asch's legacy, adding several other record labels to the collections and releasing over 300 new recordings that document and celebrate the sounds of the world around us.