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I really like AJ's voice & songwriting, and Sully's voice and playing. I haven't seen them since Scott Gates has been gone but I'm going to miss the double guitar and his singing. Great band all around regardless.

She's touring in the U.S. right now. Catch a show if you can!

Recorded 27 March/13 April 1973

Record Plant, 1032 North Sycamore Ave., Hollywood, CA

Muleskinner:

Peter Rowan [vcl/gt],

Clarence White [gt/bck vcl],

David Grisman [mandolin/bck vcl],

Bill Keith [steel],

John Kahn [bass],

John Guerin [drums],

Richard Greene [fiddle/bck vcl].

001 MULESKINNER BLUES BS-2787

002 BLUE AND LONESOME BS-2787

003 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW BS-2787

004 DARK HOLLOW BS-2787

005 WHITEHOUSE BLUES BS-2787

006 OPUS 57 IN C MINOR BS-2787

007 RUNWAYS OF THE MOON BS-2787

008 ROANOKE BS-2787

009 RAIN AND SNOW BS-2787

010 SOLDIER'S JOY BS-2787

011 BLUE MULE BS-2787

https://countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com/2014/05/muleskinner.html

Definitely worth checking out!

• Banjo, Vocals – Catherine (BB) Bowness*
• Bass – Myles Sloniker
• Fiddle – Avery Merritt (tracks: A1-A6, B1-B4), Darol Anger (tracks: B5)
• Guitar, Vocals – Alex Rubin
• Mandolin – Ethan Setiawan

Alan O'Bryant (vocals)

Carl Jackson (banjo, guitar, vocals)

Doc Watson (harmonica, guitar)

Earl Scruggs (banjo)

Jack Grochmal (percussion)

Jerry Douglas (dobro)

Johnny Cash (guitar, vocals)

Marty Stuart (guitar, mandolin, vocals)

Merle Watson (guitar)

T. Michael Coleman (bass)

A1. One More Ride

A2. Blue Railroad Train

A3. I Don't Love Nobody

A4. Watson's Blues

A5. Busy Bee Cafe

B1. Down The Road

B2. Hey Porter

B3. Boogie For Clarence

B4. Get In Line Brother

B5. Soldiers Joy

B6. Long Train Gone

Jimmy Gaudreau, "The Gaudreau Mandolin Album"

(1978, on the Puritan record label)

A1 Alabama Jubilee

A2 Patrick's Hornpipe

A3 Fireball

A4 A Maiden's Prayer

A5 Blackberry Rag

A6 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

B1 New Camptown Races

B2 Last Date

B3 Swarmin'

B4 Eight More Miles to Louisville

B5 Edsel's Tailpipe

B6 Memphis Mandolin

Banjo – Fred Pike (tracks: A1-A2, B1, B3, B5-B6), J.D. Crowe (A3, A5, B1)

Bass – Bobby Slone (A3, A5, B1), Jimmy Gaudreau (A1-A2, A4-A5, B2-B3, B5-B6)

Fiddle – Bobby Slone (A4, B4)

Guitar – Fred Pike (A2-A4, B1-B2,)

Lead Guitar – Glen Lawson (A1-A2, A4-A5, B2-B6)

Mandolin – Jimmy Gaudreau (A1-A6, B1-B6)

Percussion – Steve Goetzman (B2, B6)

Piano – Steve Lyon (A6, B2)

Rhythm Guitar – Fred Pike (A1, A5, B5-B6)

J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys, –

"Ramblin' Boy"

(1971; this is a reissue from 1973 on King Bluegrass Records)

J.D. Crowe

Bobby Slone

Doyle Lawson

Larry Rice

A1 Born To Be With You (Don Robertson)

A2 Please Search Your Heart (Doyle Lawson, Pete Goble)

A3 Bear Tracks (JD Crowe, Jimmy Martin)

A4 Sin City (Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons)

A5 I'll Stay Around (Lester Flatt)

A6 Bouquet In Heaven (Flatt & Scruggs)

B1 Somehow Tonight (Earl Scruggs)

B2 Portrait Of The Blues (Goose, Bill Carlisle)

B3 Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)

B4 Black Jack (Doyle Lawson, JD Crowe)

B5 So Afraid Of Losing You Again (Dallas Frazier)

B6 There'll Be No Blind Ones There (Pete Roberts)

In track B2, anyone know what the writing credit to "Goose" means?

The Onlies –

"You Climb the Mountain"

(2025, self released)

Autoharp – Nokosee Fields (tracks: 4)

Banjo – Leo Shannon (tracks: 7, 8, 10, 12), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9 to 11, 13, 14), Sami Braman (tracks: 4)

Bass – Nokosee Fields (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15)

Electric Guitar – Leo Shannon (tracks: 3), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 15)

Fiddle – Leo Shannon (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 11, 13, 15), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 8, 10), Sami Braman (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 14)

Guitar – Leo Shannon (tracks: 6, 9, 14), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 4, 7), Sami Braman (tracks: 15), Vivian Leva (tracks: 1 to 15)

Harmonium – Sami Braman (tracks: 4), Vivian Leva (tracks: 3)

Harmony Vocals – Leo Shannon (tracks: 3, 9), Nokosee Fields (tracks: 3), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 3), Sami Braman (tracks: 3, 7, 15), Vivian Leva (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 12, 14)

Lead Vocals – Leo Shannon (tracks: 2, 7, 12, 14), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 6), Sami Braman (tracks: 4), Vivian Leva (tracks: 3, 9, 15)

Mandolin – Leo Shannon (tracks: 4), Riley Calcagno (tracks: 12)

Synth – Riley Calcagno (tracks: 4)

A1 You Climb The Mountain

A2 Gold Watch And Chain / Old Man Gone

Written-By – Greg Canote, The Carter Family

A3 Roll On Buddy

A4 Pretty Little Miss

A5 Hook And Line

A6 Waves On The Sea

A7 I Will Arise

A8 Cumberland Gap

B1 Loving Hannah

B2 Spectacle Lake

Written-By – Sami Braman

B3 Keg Of Brandy

Written-By – Traditional

Written-By [re-written] – Robbie O'Connell

B4 Matty Groves

B5 The Moonlight Song

Written-By – Blaze Foley

Notes on tracks:

T1 from fiddling of Gaither Carlton

T2 from The Carter Family paired with Greg Canote's tune Old Man Gone

T3 railroad song learned from Aunt Molly Jackson

T4 a song Karen Collins learned from her godmother

T5 a tune for the playing of Morgan Sexton and Lee Sexton

T6 a The Carter Family song, inspired by The Johnson Mountain Boys

T7 from the singing of Kilby Snow

T8 learned from Travis Stuart

T9 an Irish ballad from Rossagh Doyle and John Doyle heard at The Swannanoa Gathering

T10 a tune written by Sami Braman after a visit to the mountain

T11 a set of Irish jigs inspired by The Alt, Nathan Gourley and Laura Feddersen

T12 a song learned from Liz Hanley, a traditional song re-written by Robbie O'Connell

T13 learned from a recording of Jeff Goehring, credited to the playing of Ed Weaver and L G 'Pug' Allen

T14 an old English song from the recording of Doc Watson

T15 a song from the late singer-songwriter Blaze Foley

A great record through and through, but "Seven Bridges Road" is a particularly hot track:

https://youtu.be/e-3OJiI9Ir0

B2 – Seven Bridges Road: Banjo – Jim Mills Bass – Barry Bales Bass Vocals – Carl Jackson Fiddle – Stuart Duncan Guitar – Bryan Sutton Harmony Vocals – Becky Isaacs Bowman, Sonya Isaacs Mandolin – Chris Thile Resonator Guitar – Jerry Douglas Written-By – Steve Young

Not bluegrass but close enough I hope.

Hawktail – "Formations"

(2020, Padiddle Records).

A1. Annbjørg

A2. Last One on the Line

A3. Dandelion

A4. The Tobogganist

B1. Eddie's Attic

B2. Padiddle

B3. One Hour in Hungary

Paul Kowert – double bass

Jordan Tice – guitar

Dominick Leslie – mandolin

Brittany Haas – fiddle

Excellent music!!!

I just learned that today was the 25th anniv. of Alison's "New Favorite" record. So I went down to the basement to get the record from the stacks 🎶 and to get some accompaniments 😋. My s.o. is at the other end of the house watching TV so I've taken the liberty of turning Alison up to a proper celebratory volume. :-) 🤘🔥🎶 This is bluegrass but it rocks. Bluegrass metal. Cranked on the Klipsch Cornwalls and it's f#n' great!

Lindsay Lou – "Lindsay Lou Presents Bluegrass Women"

(Aug. 14, 2026, on Work of Bart Records / Soundly Music)

A1 — All I Ever Loved Was You

Written by: Dorothy Skaggs; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Fiddles & Harmony Vocals – Tatiana Hargreaves & Laurie Lewis; Mandolin – Maddie Witler; Banjo – Alison Brown; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio

A2 — Like a River

Written by: Kate Wolf; Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Guitar – Courtney Hartman; Fiddle – Bronwyn Keith-Hines; Mandolin & Harmony Vocal – AJ Lee; Banjos – Gena Britt & Allison de Groot; Bass & Harmony Vocal – Hasee Ciaccio; Harmony Vocal – Wila Frank

A3 — High on a Mountain

Written by: Ola Belle Reed; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Fiddle – Brittany Haas; Mandolin – Sierra Hull; Banjo – Gena Britt & Allison de Groot; Harmony Vocal – Emma Rose; Harmony Vocal – Wila Frank

A4 — I Only Exist

Written by: Joyce Morris & Jimmie Stanley; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Guitar – Courtney Hartman; Fiddle – Bronwyn Keith-Hines + Wila Frank; Mandolin – AJ Lee; Banjo – Gena Britt; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio; Harmony Vocals – Emma Rose & Wila Frank

A5 — I've Endured

Written by: Ola Belle Reed; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Octave Mandolin & Vocal – Sarah Jarosz; Fiddle – Brittany Haas; Mandolin – Sierra Hull; Banjo – Allison de Groot; Bass & Vocal – Emma Rose

B1 — Jubile

Collected by: Jean Ritchie; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Fiddle & Harmony Vocal – Tatiana Hargreaves; Mandolin – Maddie Witler; Banjo – Alison Brown; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio

B2 — Won't You Come and Sing for Me

Written by: Hazel Dickens; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Fiddles & Harmony Vocals – Tatiana Hargreaves & Phoebe Hunt; Mandolin – Maddie Witler; Banjo – Alison Brown; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio

B3 — CC Rider

Trad., first recorded by Ma Rainey; intro verse by Lena Arant; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Fiddle – Wila Frank; Mandolin – Jenni Lyn Gardner; Banjo – Gena Britt; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio; Dobro – Sally Van Meter

B4 — Freight Train

Written by: Elizabeth Cotten; Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Guitar – Courtney Hartman; Guitar & Harmony Vocal – Molly Tuttle; Fiddle – Bronwyn Keith-Hines; Mandolin & Harmony Vocal – AJ Lee; Banjo – Gena Britt; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio

B5 — Your Lone Journey

Written by: Rosa Lee Watson & Doc Watson; Guitar & Vocal – Lindsay Lou; Fiddle & Harmony Vocal – Wila Frank; Mandolin – Jenni Lyn Gardner; Banjo – Gena Britt; Bass – Hasee Ciaccio; Harmony Vocal – Aoife O'Donovan

(1979, on Rounder Records)

A1 Blue Days, Black Nights

Written-By – Ben Hall

A2 Foggy River

Written-By – Fred Rose

A3 Leavin'

Written-By – Jack Tottle

A4 A Fool Such As I

Written-By – Bill Trader

A5 Banjo Signal

Written-By – Don Reno, Smiley Hobbs

A6 Slow Train Through Georgia

Written-By – Norman Blake

A7 In The City

Written-By – Rich Wilbur

B1 Nortbound Headlights Can't Blind Me

Written-By – Jack Tottle

B2 Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me)

Written-By – Jimmie Rodgers

B3 Ain't Nobody Cryin' But Me

Written-By – Jack Tottle

B4 Weary Blues From Waitin'

Written-By – Hank Williams

B5 I'll Sail My Ship Alone

Written-By – Bernard, Thurston, Mann, Burns

B6 East Tennessee Rag

Written-By – Jack Tottle

B7 Anchored To The Shore

Written-By – Paul Kahn

Banjo, Baritone Vocals – Béla Fleck

Bass, Bass Vocals – Mark Schatz

Guitar, Lead Vocals, Tenor Vocals – Pat Enright

Mandolin, Lead Vocals – Jack Tottle

(1966, on Impulse! / 2026, on Verve Vault Series; remastered from the original analog tapes)

I found this album by accident. I discovered an original mono copy of this album a few years ago in a dollar bin at a flea market. It was very musty and looked warped ... very poor appearance and I think the seller may have actually given it to me for free.

It cleaned up well and since then it's been in regular rotation. It turned out to be great music! I knew a bit about Gabor Szabo but I like this a lot better than the other stuff I've heard from him.

Now the Verve Vault Series has reissued it. The reissue is the stereo version but it's very similar to the mono ... not an overdone stereo approach that was all to common in the early days of stereo mixes. Very enjoyable.

Gábor Szabó – guitar, vocals

Ron Carter – bass

Chico Hamilton – drums

Willie Bobo, Victor Pantoja – percussion

A1 Spellbinder

Written-By – Gabor Szabo

A2 Witchcraft

Written-By – Caroline Leigh, Cy Coleman

A3 It Was A Very Good Year

Written-By – Ervin Drake

A4 Gypsy Queen

Written-By – Gabor Szabo

B1 Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Written-By – Sonny Bono

B2 Cheetah

Written-By – Gabor Szabo

B3 My Foolish Heart

Written-By – Ned Washington, Victor Young

B4 Yearning

Written-By – Gabor Szabo

B5a/B5b Autumn Leaves/Speak to Me of Love

Written-By – Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Jean Lenoir

Recorded at Van Gelder Recording Studios.

(Tracks recorded 1963-67)

Jimmy Martin – Guitar

Banjo:

J.D. Crowe

Bill Emerson

Victor Howard Jordan

Fiddle:

Buddy Spicher

Vernon Derrick

Clarence E. Tate

Mandolin:

Vernon Derrick

Drums:

Len Miller

Willie Ackerman

Douglas Kirkham

Bass:

Bill Yates

Floyd Chance

Joe Zinkan

Additional Guitar:

Leon Rhodes

Earl Taylor

William Torbert

Grady Martin