- On the Road (The Country Gentlemen album)
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On the Road Live album by Country Gentlemen Released 1963, reissued in 2001 Recorded 1961-1963 Genre Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass Length 61:00 Label Smithsonian Folkways Producer D.A. Sonneborn, Daniel Sheey Country Gentlemen chronology Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall
(1962)On the Road
(1963)Hootenanny
(1963)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
On the Road is a live album by the bluegrass band Country Gentlemen, recorded in 1963. It continues to offer some of the best collection of songs by the first classic lineup of the group. The album originally contained 13 songs, selection from 2 concerts in 1962 and 1963. In 2001, the Smithsonian Folkways re-released the album as a CD with 6 bonus tracks, recorded at Carnegie Hall on September 16, 1961.The album offers blend of folk and bluegrass music, while expanding compositions of Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley as well as traditional songs to the more progressive bluegrass sound. .[2] [3] [4]
Contents
Track listing
- Handsome Molly (Duffey, Kuyekendall) 2:59
- The Sunny Side of Life (Bolick) 2:33
- Poor Ellen Smith (Davis, trad.) 2:28
- Long Black Veil (Dill, Wilkin) 4:10
- Grandfather's Clock (Adcock, Work) 3:14
- Ain't Got No Home (Henry) 3:48
- Heartaches (Adcock, Hofmann, Klenner) 2:51
- Little Glass of Wine (Stanley) 3:38
- Walking in Jerusalem (Duffey) 2:22
- I Am a Pilgrim (trad.) 3:00
- A Letter to Tom (Duffey) 3:47
- Raw Hide (Monroe) 3:00
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (trad.) 2:59
- I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (trad.) 2:51
- A Letter to Tom (trad.) 3:28
- John Hardy (trad.) 3:08
- The Fields Have Turned Brown (Duffey) 4:06
- These Men of God (Adcock, Carter, Ledbetter) 2:57
- Little Sparrow (Duffey) 3:47
Personnel
- Charlie Waller - guitar, vocals
- John Duffey - mandolin, vocals
- Eddie Adcock - banjo, vocals
- Tom Gray - bass, vocals
References
External links
Charlie Waller · John Duffey · Eddie Adcock · Tom Gray · Bill Emerson · Doyle Lawson · Bill Yates · Larry Lahey
list of all former membersStudio albums Country Songs, Old and New (1960) · Folk Songs & Bluegrass (1961) · Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (1962) · Hootenanny (1963) · Folk Session Inside (1963) · Bringing Mary Home (1966) · Traveler And Other Favorites (1968) · Play It Like It Is (1969) · New Look, New Sound (1970) · One Wide River To Cross (1971) · Sound Off (1971) · The Award Winning Country Gentlemen · Remembrances & Forecasts (1974) · Joe's Last Train (1976) · Calling My Children Home (1978) · Sit Down, Young Stranger (1980) · River Bottom (1981) · Good As Gold (1983) · Return Engagement (1988) · Classic Country Gents Reunion (1989) · Nashville Jail (1990) · Let The Light Shine Down (1991) · New Horizon (1992) · Souvenirs (1995) · Crying In the Chapel (2001) · Songs Of The American Spirit (2004)Live albums On the Road (1963) · Live From The Stage Of The Roanoake Bluegrass Festival (1967) · Live In Japan (1970) · Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (1973)Compilation albums The Best of the Early Country Gentlemen (1971) · Yesterday & Today Volume 1 (1973) · Yesterday & Today Volume 2 (1973)Yesterday & Today Volume 3 (1974) · 25 Years (Country Gentlemen album) (1980) · · The Country Gentlemen feat. Ricky Skaggs (1987) · Sugar Hill Collection (1995) · Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 {Box Set} (1998) · High Lonesome (1998) · Complete Vanguard Recordings (2002) · 45 Years of Memories (2002) ·Related articles Bluegrass music Typical instruments Stylistic origins Sub- and fusion genres Notable festivals Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival · California Bluegrass Association Father's Day Bluegrass Festival · Delfest · Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival · High Sierra Music Festival · Kentucky Festival of the Bluegrass · Merlefest · San Francisco Bluegrass & Old Time Festival · South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival · River City Bluegrass Festival · Rockygrass · Telluride Bluegrass Festival · WintergrassOther International Bluegrass Music Museum · International Bluegrass Music Association · International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame · Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America · Bluegrass UnlimitedCategories:- The Country Gentlemen albums
- 1963 live albums
- Folkways Records live albums
- Smithsonian Folkways live albums
- English-language live albums
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