dmiller - Posted - 10/07/2012:  10:21:19

Found this on YouTube today.  Fantastic picking!  No - - Its not bluegrass.

A "blast from the past".  6 minutes and 43 seconds of newgrass at it's best

from a 1974 recording.  Butch, Courtney, Curtis, and Sam doing it up "right".  

joemac - Posted - 10/07/2012:  10:44:36

Oh Yeah, stunning!!!

steve davis - Posted - 10/07/2012:  11:28:18

Great stuff!

TR Dockery - Posted - 10/07/2012:  11:58:50

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Originally posted by dmiller

No - - Its not bluegrass. 

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Flatt and Scruggs used drums from time to time; the Osborne Brothers did, too.  Drums are the only thing I hear in this recording that don't always occur in bluegrass but I think this still definitely qualifies as bluegrass---okay, Newgrass; it's all good!

Happy trails,

Randy in Germantown, TN

banjoy - Posted - 10/07/2012:  12:56:22

Works for me!!

Greg Earnest - Posted - 10/08/2012:  09:39:03

What is your little emoticon guy smoking?

Sorry. . .

ge

dmiller - Posted - 10/08/2012:  09:56:48

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Originally posted by Greg Earnest

What is your little emoticon guy smoking?

Sorry. . .

ge

 

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That's the "cool" emoticon from a different site.  Not sure of what's being smoked there.

I like  better than .  I guess it's a "don't ask don't tell" situation, eh?   

steve davis - Posted - 10/08/2012:  10:18:30

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Originally posted by dmiller

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Originally posted by Greg Earnest

What is your little emoticon guy smoking?

Sorry. . .

ge

 

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That's the "cool" emoticon from a different site.  Not sure of what's being smoked there.

I like  better than .  I guess it's a "don't ask don't tell" situation, eh?   

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 I remember Louis Armstrong saying on the Brokaw/Pauley Today Show,"I smoke pot every day." and them going immediately to commercials.

Edited by - steve davis on 10/08/2012 10:19:20

Ebanjo - Posted - 10/08/2012:  11:18:33

That must be the Starday version of "Doin' My Time". I know it was never released (to my knowledge) to the public. Does anyone know if NGR completed a whole album for the Starday Folks? My favorite version of the band was when Courtney Johnson and Curtis Burch were with them.
Eric Ellis

FRAILER57 - Posted - 10/08/2012:  11:52:09

Yes indeedy doooo!

budbennett - Posted - 10/08/2012:  12:12:39

Butch is playing bass on a couple of the tracks of that Best Of album.

robarts - Posted - 10/08/2012:  15:54:48

New Grass Revival did a whole Starday album in 1972. I have it on vinyl, but can't seem to find it on the MP3 sites that have a lot of vinyl rips. The "Doin' My Time" cut with Courtney and Robins is from 1974 and not released until a few years ago with the 2CD compilation from Capitol called "Grass Roots the Best of the New Grass Revival". The release has two cuts from the Starday album.

John Mark Batchelor - Posted - 10/08/2012:  16:21:44

this is definitely bluegrass dude. with a 70s edge....I like it...which I like Butch too

PeterJ - Posted - 10/09/2012:  06:59:23

Unbelievable -- that groove is amazing. As much as I've always enjoyed Courtney's playing, my admiration has been growing over the years. Stuff like this blows me away.