The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter

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Listening to Grayson & Whitter is like getting behind the wheel of one of Henry Ford's original model Ts. Their sound might not be as polished as we're accustomed to in the digital age, but these men were true pioneers of the bluegrass sound. Blind since early childhood, G.B. Grayson used music to support his wife and six children. In search of bills and coins, he showcased his nasal vocals and his high-lonesome fiddling on street corners, in storefronts, and in roadhouses before he met guitarist Henry Whitter at a fiddler's convention in Mountain City, Tennessee. Part songsters, part entertainers, and part storytellers, Grayson & Whitter appeal to history buffs as well as to avid bluegrass listeners who want to explore the genre's late-1920s roots. With only two years' worth of recordings, the duo combined their Appalachian musical roots with the oral tradition to give us several enduring song-stories such as "Going Down the Lee Highway," "Tom Dooley," "Handsome Molly," "Train Forty-Five," and "On the Banks of the Old Tennessee"--all of them country standards. Their performances resound with authenticity, reinforcing their status within country lore. --Andrew Scales

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The Dairy Of One Who Vanished Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MSC8EG

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Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia: Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band Various Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000RKOMMA Release Date: 2007-08-21

Tracks:

1. Cluck Old Hen
2. Soldier's Joy
3. Polly Put the Kettle On
4. Ida Red
5. Devilish Mary
6. Old Jimmy Sutton
7. Fire In the Mountain
8. Old Ruby (Old Reuben)
9. Little Love
10. Sourwood Mountain
11. Poor Ellen Smith
12. Missippi Sawyer
13. Pretty Polly
14. Katy Cline
15. Cindy
16. Ground Hog
17. Hell Among the Yearlings (Hell Amongst the Yearlings)
18. Sugar Hill
19. Old Joe Clark
20. Johnson Boys
21. Cripple Creek
22. Tom Dooley
23. Fortune
24. Pretty Little Willow/Sugarfoot Rag
25. Sally Goodin
26. Old Jimmy Sutton
27. Handsome Molly

Average customer rating: A "must have" One of my Desert Island Discs.

The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter Grayson & Whitter Manufacturer: County Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000I9XK Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. I've Always Been A Rambler
2. Handsome Molly
3. I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
4. Going Down The Lee Highway
5. Never Be As Fast As I Have Been
6. Ommie Wise
7. On The Banks Of The Old Tennesse
8. Rose Conley
9. Train Forty-Five
10. I'll Never Be Yours
11. Short Line Of Trouble
12. Old Jimmie Sutton
13. Tom Dooley
14. A Dark Road Is A Hard Road To Travel
15. He Is Coming To Us Dead

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Listening to Grayson & Whitter is like getting behind the wheel of one of Henry Ford's original model Ts. Their sound might not be as polished as we're accustomed to in the digital age, but these men were true pioneers of the bluegrass sound. Blind since early childhood, G.B. Grayson used music to support his wife and six children. In search of bills and coins, he showcased his nasal vocals and his high-lonesome fiddling on street corners, in storefronts, and in roadhouses before he met guitarist Henry Whitter at a fiddler's convention in Mountain City, Tennessee. Part songsters, part entertainers, and part storytellers, Grayson & Whitter appeal to history buffs as well as to avid bluegrass listeners who want to explore the genre's late-1920s roots. With only two years' worth of recordings, the duo combined their Appalachian musical roots with the oral tradition to give us several enduring song-stories such as "Going Down the Lee Highway," "Tom Dooley," "Handsome Molly," "Train Forty-Five," and "On the Banks of the Old Tennessee"--all of them country standards. Their performances resound with authenticity, reinforcing their status within country lore. --Andrew Scales

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A "must have".......2000-02-11

The work of Grayson & Whitter included on this album is truly a national treasure. If anyone knows where to obtain other recordings of Henry Whitter, whether on CD or record, please let me know at "jones.russell@justice.law.utk.edu". Furthermore, if you are aware of any biographical works on Whitter's life, let me know, for I would be extremely interested in learning more about this bluegrass pioneer.

For a more comprehensive look into the genius of Grayson & Whitter, check out the Complete Recorded Works Vols. 1 and 2. (available on Amazon)

One of my Desert Island Discs........1999-12-14

If you don't feel that you have to have every single thing by this essential early country duo, in which case you'd buy the forthcoming Document CDs, then by god, you better own this! Some of the most soulful singing and fiddle playing by the blind Grayson, with the perfection of Whitter's guitar accompaniment.

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Hope Classics Volume2 Manufacturer: Hope Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000TQLVUS

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Tracklisting: 01 Filmpalast I Want (7:39) 02 Mad Dogs Sudden Journey (Leon Alexander Mix) (5:32) Remix - Leon Alexander 03 Starecase Undecided (6:48) 04 Loafer Travelogue (Blackwatch Mix) (5:46) Remix - Blackwatch 05 Ariane Eternity (7:35) 06 Muse Sunburn (Timo Maas Mix) (5:03) Remix - Timo Maas 07 Deep Cover Beatstalker (General Midi Mix) (6:01) Remix - General Midi 08 Ian Wilkie Guten Morgen (Dub Mix) (6:01) 09 Grayson Shipley Underwater (7:54) 10 Sonic Infusion Reformatted (Main Element Mix) (6:10) Remix - Main Element 11 Max Graham Shoreline (9:06)

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