VA - Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways Vol.1 (2002)

It all began in 1956 with the release of the historic Folkways album American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style (SFW 40037), the first-ever full-length bluegrass LP. From that point on, Folkways Records was synonymous with great bluegrass music. Folkways founder Moses Asch released scores of bluegrass albums, and this collection comprises the cream of the crop from these recordings, including works from giants of the genre such as Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, the Stanley Brothers, and The Country Gentlemen. It serves as an outstanding introduction to the wealth of great bluegrass Smithsonian Folkways has to offer. Extensive notes, photos, 62 minutes. Compiled and annotated by Lee Michael Demsey and Jeff Place.

Tracklist:

01. Earl Taylor And The Stoney Mountain Boys - White House Blues (2:01)
02. The Johnson Mountain Boys - Our Last Goodbye (2:35)
03. Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - When He Reached Down His Hand For Me (2:48)
04. Hazel Dickens And Alice Gerrard - Tiny Broken Heart (3:05)
05. Red Allen, Frank Wakefield And The Kentuckians - New Camptown Races (2:34)
06. Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band - Suzanne (2:40)
07. The Nashville Grass - I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer (3:10)
08. The Friendly City Playboys - Teardrops In My Eyes (2:29)
09. Snuffy Jenkins - Cumberland Gap (1:33)
10. Red Allen And The Kentuckians - Live And Let Live (2:47)
11. Roger Sprung And Doc Watson - The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (2:40)
12. Hugh Moore - Hello City Limits (2:22)
13. The Country Gentlemen - (Legend Of The) Brown Mountain Light (2:36)
14. Roni Stoneman - Lonesome Road Blues (1:14)
15. Doc Watson - The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (2:19)
16. The New Lost City Ramblers - The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake (3:31)
17. The Stanley Brothers - Little Birdie (2:40)
18. The Stanley Brothers - Rabbit In A Log (2:24)
19. David And Billie Ray Johnson - Grey Eagle (2:50)
20. Cullen Gaylean And The Virginia Mountain Boys - Wayfaring Stranger (5:10)
21. The Lonesome Strangers - Billy In The Lowground (1:03)
22. Hazel Dickens - The Rebel Girl (3:00)
23. Smiley Hobbs - Train 45 (2:22)
24. The Lilly Brothers And Don Stover - 'Neath That Cold Grey Tomb Of Stone (3:06)
25. Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys - Get Up John (2:36)