Scruggs Banjo Style

Product Description:
This recording was the first bluegrass LP ever released. The reissue now contains 16 additional tracks, a total of 43 tunes played by the immortal Snuffy Jenkins and others, including Smiley Hobbs. A banjo classic that runs 60 minutes in length. "...as unspoiled as the day they were recorded..." -- Rolling Stone

Scruggs Banjo Style,American Banjo,Smithsonian Folkways,Bluegrass,Bluegrass Collections,Country,Pop

Average customer rating: Like Raw Oysters This is a solid Bluegrass primer well worth the $$

American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style Various Artists Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Folk | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Smithsonian Folkways Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: 31 Banjo Favorites, Vol. 1 Foggy Mountain Banjo Kentucky Old-Time Banjo Classic Bluegrass, Vol. 2 Banjo Bandits ASIN: B000001DHW Release Date: 1992-07-13

Tracks:

1. Shortening Bread - Smiley Hobbs
2. Pig In A Pen - Smiley Hobbs
3. Train 45 - Smiley Hobbs
4. Rosewood Casket - Smiley Hobbs
5. Cotton Eye Joe - Smiley Hobbs
6. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - J.C. Sutphin
7. Under The Double Eagle - J.C. Sutphin
8. I Don't Love Nobody - J.C. Sutphin
9. Sally Goodin/Sally Ann - Junie Scruggs
10. Cripple Creek - Junie Scruggs
11. Cumberland Gap - Snuffy Jenkins
12. John Henry - Snuffy Jenkins
13. Chicken Reel - Snuffy Jenkins
14. Shortening Bread - Snuffy Jenkins
15. John Henry - Snuffy Jenkins
16. Lonesome Road Blues - Snuffy Jenkins
17. Kansas City Kitty/Big Eared Mule - Snuffy Jenkins
18. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - Snuffy Jenkins
19. Careless Love - Snuffy Jenkins
20. Sally Ann/Sally Goodin - Snuffy Jenkins
21. Home, Sweet Home - Oren Jenkins
22. Spanish Fandango - Oren Jenkins
23. Cripple Creek - Oren Jenkins
24. Down The Road - Oren Jenkins
25. Liza Jane - Oren Jenkins
26. Hey, Mr. Banjo - Oren Jenkins
27. Bugle Call Rag - Oren Jenkins
28. Cackling Hen/Cumberland Gap - Joe Stuart
29. Dear Old Dixie - Larry Richardson
30. Little Maggie - Larry Richardson
31. Take Me Back To The Sweet Sunny South - Larry Richardson
32. Bucking Mule - Larry Richardson
33. Lonesome Road Blues - Larry Richardson
34. Turkey In The Straw - Don Bryant
35. Jenny Lynn - Don Bryant
36. Irish Washerwoman - Pete Kuykendall
37. Wildwood Flower - Eugene Cox
38. Lonesome Road Blues - Veronica Stoneman Cox
39. Ground Hog - Mike Seeger
40. Cindy - Dick Rittler
41. Little Pal - Kenny Miller
42. Ruben's Train - Kenny Miller
43. Jesse James/Hard Ain't It Hard - Eric Weissberg

Album Description

This recording was the first bluegrass LP ever released. The reissue now contains 16 additional tracks, a total of 43 tunes played by the immortal Snuffy Jenkins and others, including Smiley Hobbs. A banjo classic that runs 60 minutes in length. "...as unspoiled as the day they were recorded..." -- Rolling Stone

Customer Reviews:

Like Raw Oysters.......2003-04-18

Some things are best in their simplest most elemental form. In many ways this is true of bluegrass and the bluegrass banjo in particular. This CD contains very raw, unprocessed, unmixed, mountain banjo music. All songs are performed in 3 finger style pickin, lyrics and accompaniments are very minimal and recording quality is marginal...but these factors only enhance the power of this music. In a world that has gone mad with pre-fab over-produced music, this CD is like a blast from a cold mountain waterfall....but like eating raw oysters or standing under a mountain waterfall, it takes some getting used to and it's not for everybody. But if you can handle it, you'll love it.

This is a solid Bluegrass primer well worth the $$.......2000-02-08

It's a good all-around list of tunes played by some greats. Fidelity and clarity are lacking, and you might consider it more for interesting background music than for focused listening. For the price and the songlist, tho', you really can't go wrong if you want to hear hillbilly music (which I happen to like in most forms). I recommend listening to the tracks here on Amazon, first....

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