Newport Folk Festival: Best of Bluegrass 1959-1966 [Box set] [Live]

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Although the college kids and liberal urbanites who flocked to the first Newport festivals may have romanticized bluegrass as traditional mountain music, at least they knew great pickers when they heard them. In the early '60s, most bluegrass artists were struggling to build a new audience in the wake of rock & roll and Nashville countrypolitan, and Newport gave them both a venue and a community. The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Hylo Brown, and especially Bill Monroe responded with a palpable energy and joy. These three discs document some uniformly excellent performances, many never released before, and even those familiar with the Lilly Brothers or Jim & Jesse McReynolds will treasure these rare, live, and exhilarating moments from a pivotal period in American music. --Roy Kasten

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Average customer rating: Nice collection, but . .. Old Timey Music newportfolk VISITED59-66 Very BEST of Bluegrass Bluegrass Heads North

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Tracks:

1. John Henry (Previously Unreleased) - Hylo Brown And The Timberliners
2. Gathering Flowers From The Hillside (Previously Unreleased) - Hylo Brown And The Timberliners
3. Love And Wealth (Previously Unreleased) - Hylo Brown And The Timberliners
4. Orange Blossom Special (Previously Unreleased) - Hylo Brown And The Timberliners
5. The Prisoner Song (Previously Unreleased) - Hylo Brown And The Timberliners
6. How Mountain Girls Can Love - The Stanley Brothers/The Clinch Mountain Boys
7. Man Of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers/The Clinch Mountain Boys
8. Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet - The Stanley Brothers/The Clinch Mountain Boys
9. Choo Choo Coming - The Stanley Brothers/The Clinch Mountain Boys
10. Salty Dog Blues - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
11. Before I Met You - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
12. Cabin On The Hill - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
13. Jimmy Brown The Newsboy - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
14. Border Ride - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
15. Gosh I Miss You All The Time - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
16. Dill Pickle Rag - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
17. She Left Me Standing On The Mountain - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
18. Pardon Me (Previously Unreleased) - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
19. Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes (Previously Unreleased) - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys

Tracks:

1. Kansas City Railroad Blues (Previously Unreleased) - Don Stover
2. Rabbit Song (Previously Unreleased) - Don Stover
3. Flint Hill Special (Previously Unreleased) - Don Stover
4. Earl's Breakdown (Previously Unreleased) - Don Stover
5. Why Did You Wander? (Previously Unreleased) - The Lilly Brothers
6. Bury Me Beneath The Willow (Previously Unreleased) - The Lilly Brothers
7. Billy In The Lowground (Previously Unreleased) - The Lilly Brothers
8. Little Annie (Previously Unreleased) - The Lilly Brothers
9. I'll Live On (Previously Unreleased) - The Lilly Brothers
10. Walls Of Time - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
11. Grey Eagle - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
12. Cotton-Eyed Jack - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
13. Shady Grove - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
14. Blue Yodel - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
15. Molly And Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys
16. Bluegrass Breakdown - Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys

Tracks:

1. Alabam' (Previously Unreleased) - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
2. Memphis, Tennessee - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
3. Airmail Special - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
4. Better Time A-Comin - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
5. Bill Cheatham - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
6. The Grave In The Valley - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
7. Walking In My Sleep - Jim & Jesse/The Virginia Boys
8. Sugarfoot Rag - Hazel Dickens/Alice Gerrard
9. A Tiny Broken Heart - Hazel Dickens/Alice Gerrard
10. The One I Love Is Gone - Hazel Dickens/Alice Gerrard
11. Maiden's Prayer - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
12. Will You Be Lonesome Too? - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
13. Foggy Moutain Chimes - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
14. Wabash Cannonball - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
15. When The Saints GO Marching In - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
16. The Beverly Hillbillies: The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys

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Although the college kids and liberal urbanites who flocked to the first Newport festivals may have romanticized bluegrass as traditional mountain music, at least they knew great pickers when they heard them. In the early '60s, most bluegrass artists were struggling to build a new audience in the wake of rock & roll and Nashville countrypolitan, and Newport gave them both a venue and a community. The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Hylo Brown, and especially Bill Monroe responded with a palpable energy and joy. These three discs document some uniformly excellent performances, many never released before, and even those familiar with the Lilly Brothers or Jim & Jesse McReynolds will treasure these rare, live, and exhilarating moments from a pivotal period in American music. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Nice collection, but . .........2007-06-25

This is a really nice collection of great bluegrass, but what happened to the Doc Watson cuts that were on the 1963 Newport album? He was incredible even back then, and their exclusion here is noticeable.

Old Timey Music.......2002-08-27

I love this CD set. With this much music it's hard to get tired of anything. If I had a 3 CD changer Walkman I'd be listening non-stop. It makes me glad I have a job where I can sit and listen for a few hours at a time. I just wish I could keep my mandolin and guitar by my desk so I could play along. I find the quality of recording excellent and the quality of the musicianship is second to none. If you like Old Timey Music or Bluegrass, buy this CD set. I only gave it a 4 start rating because I'm stingy with 5s.

newportfolk VISITED59-66.......2002-04-17

For anyone who wished they had been there but never knew about it or was just to far away to go and LOVE good folk music/BLUES this is a good listen. It was well worth it for me. Thanks for the lost memories returned.

Very BEST of Bluegrass.......2001-07-25

This three CD box does represent the best by several of the founders of Bluegrass, including its amazing Father - Bill Monroe. The well known Mr. Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs and Jim and Jesse are here at their best. The suprise may be the band of the Lilly Brothers, Don Stover and Tex Logan. The music they play here further documents that their music was in a league with these other wonderful early bands. The music of the Lilly Brothers is a hidden gem - as was the music of Monroe and these other now prominent bluegrass bands for too long. Hylo Brown and Hazel and Alice give performances worthy of the title - Best of Bluegrass too. In fact, all the music in this set is truly beautiful!

Bluegrass Heads North.......2001-05-05

The Newport Folk Festivals were wonderfully eclectic in their definition of "folk', exposing music from the electric blues and folk-rock of Paul Butterfield and Bob Dylan to the high-lonesome acoustic sound of bluegrass, as documented on this first-rate collection. Newport, R.I. was not exactly home turf for bluegrass, but most of the all-time greats are here, performing at or near the peak of their powers, from Bill Monroe (long before the decline of his voice in later years), to the Stanley Brothers (not so long before Carter Stanley's alcohol-fuelled death), to Flatt and Scruggs (shortly before their artistic-philosophy-fuelled split-up: Earl wanted to plug in, Lester didn't). Come to think of it, this could be, serendiptitiously, the single best representation of the early giants of bluegrass. And Flatt and Scruggs even do their smash-hit, the "Beverly Hillbillies" T.V. theme song(!!) Very highly recommended.

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2. Old Loves Never Die [Import]
3. On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan
4. People I've Known Places [Import]
5. Pistol Packin' Mama/Spin of the Wheel [Import]
6. Prairie Oyster [Import]
7. Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium [Live]
8. Remain
9. Requiem for an Almost Lady
10. Saddle Songs

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