Listening to this one now.  Wow!  Were they tight or what!  They do all the songs from the landmark New South LP with Skaggs and Rice.  This is as good as it got or should I say it's as good as it gets.  What drive, what timing, what showmanship , what innovative picking on the breaks.  I never got to see this line up in person so it's good to hear this classic from the past. 

Folks,

After being inspired my Doc Hamilton's classic 1975 Holiday Inn recording I recently posted, Ken Landreth contributed one that slightly predates Doc's.

This one is from 1974, just after Ricky Skaggs joined. Read Ken's story and listen here: http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/JDCrowe74.html

I have been so blessed to have these great guys take their time to search through their archives, digitize their recordings, and honor me as the one to share them with all of you!

Fred 

These guys, whoever they are, are pretty good..........Note the t-shirt on the left.

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Ken says: Ricky did not have a mandolin when he moved to Lexington and is playing Frank Godbey's Gibson F2 

on this recording. The band had been using pickups on their instruments for a couple of years to overcome 

bar noise and is still using pickups on this recording.

 

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In case anyone is curious, it was an old black-top ca.1917 F-2, and I no longer own it... all y'all collectors of Skaggsabelia will have to ask Doug Hutchens where it went... I traded it to him for something else that I no longer own.  It's a disease, eh??

--Frank

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In case anyone is curious, it was an old black-top ca.1917 F-2, and I no longer own it... all y'all collectors of Skaggsabelia will have to ask Doug Hutchens where it went... I traded it to him for something else that I no longer own.  It's a disease, eh??

--Frank

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Frank, May I add this to the web page?

Fred

Hi Folks,

I have a new sub-collection added to the Ivor Trueman Collection.

Bean Blossom 1972 with about 300 individual songs... http://frobbi.org/audio/ivor/BeanBlossom1972.html

As before, these recordings were collected from other sites, some of which
no longer exist or the links no longer work.

I'm attempting to put them all together in one place that's also searchable.
Note that new items like this won't be searchable until Google "crawls" the
new web pages at some unpredictable time in the near future.

Since I mechanically copied the song and artist information from all that was
collected, there may be some errors (and maybe more introduced by me). So I'd
appreciate any feedback and will try to update the pages as time permits.

Enjoy!
Fred 

Fred.

I have been enjoying your site so much, especially the Don Reno material. 

Thank you.

Dan

Just a quick mention that the Search My Recordings feature seems to be working very well now, including all the recent additions.

Please check it out.

Fred,
I just ran across this thread to your about your web page. I just listened to the
work shop with Ralph Stanley. I enjoyed hearing his thoughts and picking in an
informal setting. I will be listening to and watch the rest of your recordings in the future.

Thanks A Lot,
Jim Robbins
P.S. maybe we're kin

Hi Folks,Take a listen to the March 5 additions to my Ivor Trueman Collection. You'll find...Greenbriar Boys, Nathan's Restaurant, Oceanside, NY, 1962J.D. Crowe & The New South, Partners II, Centerville, VA, 1975J.D. Crowe & The New South, Kosei Nenkin Sho Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 1979Kentucky Colonels, The Cabale, Berkeley, CA, 1964Don't forget my new search feature.  Note the most recent additions will not be found until Google "crawls" the new web pages in the next few days.Enjoy,Fred

Great material.

There is SO much great stuff on your pages. You've given me countless hours of awe. I almost don't feel nostalgic for a past I'll never have known since I nearly feel I'm there.

Has there been much discussion of the banjo contest at Bean Blossom on June 19, 1969? Butch Robins and Alan Munde duking it out! Few other recordings give me so much pleasure.

http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1969/BB69BanjoContest.html

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There is SO much great stuff on your pages. You've given me countless hours of awe. I almost don't feel nostalgic for a past I'll never have known since I nearly feel I'm there.

Has there been much discussion of the banjo contest at Bean Blossom on June 19, 1969? Butch Robins and Alan Munde duking it out! Few other recordings give me so much pleasure.

http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1969/BB69BanjoContest.html

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Glad you're enjoying the stuff. 

Actually I don't believe there has been much talk on that contest. Hopefully your mention will bring that out.

Glad you brought it up.

Thanks, Fred

Ivor Trueman has acquired some of Chris Wing's tape collection. Ivor says Chris used to play mandolin with Tom Travis.

Today's installment is of the Johnson Mtn Boys on the BBC..

http://frobbi.org/audio/ivor/JohnsonMtnBoys-BBC-1987/index.html
 

This morning Ivor Trueman gave me a whole lot more of the Johnson Mtn Boys.
This time it's from the Edale Festival in the UK, including one gospel set from 
their first appearance in 1987 and 4 sets from their 1994 return.

The MC explains that they normally invite a band only once; but the voting brought
the JMB back a second time.

Click here 
 

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Click here 

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Good Lord - -  That's solid gold!  Thanks for posting it.  

I'm very happy to be able to make available a Dillards show from the BBC.
It was recorded by the BBC in 1989 and broadcast in 1990.
Chris Wing recorded it off the radio; Ivor Trueman digitized the tapes
and provided me the MP3s.

My thanks go to all I worked with on this project: Ivor, Mitch Jayne's widow Diana,
Doug Dillard's widow Vikki, and the Dillards' producer Lynne, the latter who
graciously gave me permission to share this historic recording with you.

Band members: Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb, Rodney & Doug Dillard, Steve Cooley

Click Here to Listen

Regrettably I'm shutting down my audio recordings* for now.

All my videos are still available since they're on YouTube.

I've tried to make most of that clear on my updated recordings page: http://frobbi.org/picking.html

* There's one available audio exception: the recent Dillards 1990 BBC recording that's on SoundCloud, 
due to a play-only requirement by the publisher. It would be nice to put all of my recordings on SoundCloud 
or some similar service, but it would take literally months to redo my scores of web pages. Plus it would 
cost approx another $140/year whereas I'm only paying $60/year for the current website.

You will see a prompt asking for a password. That's the quickest way I could lock it all out.

I just found out my upload/download quota has apparently been exceeded. I guess it's because of all the 
latest wonderful additions that have been so popular.

But I've just been charged over $1,200 by my website provider for last month!

I did not know I'd exceeded the quota or what that quota was; I do now.

I wasn't able to get through to any of the providers phone numbers, even during their business hours.

I don't know what the solution will, if anything, be. I fear I will not be able to recover the monetary loss.

I'll try to argue with the web provider on Monday. They now offer cheap packages with unlimited data transfer.
Maybe I'll find another provider. Lots of questions and options right now.

I'm so very disappointed in not being able to share everything with you, for now.

I will keep you informed.

Just a quick note about the Dillards' show you posted: There is a song there which you titled "Daybreak In Dixie" which is in fact Dear Old Dixie. Too many Dixie tunes! 

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Just a quick note about the Dillards' show you posted: There is a song there which you titled "Daybreak In Dixie" which is in fact Dear Old Dixie. Too many Dixie tunes! 

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That was my mistake - sorry!

Audio recdordings shutdown update...

I talked with Billing today and she said there was nothing much she could do.

She also noted that the next invoice being put together has another $300 on it!
I see that's because the last invoice went through 7/10 and I didn't shut down 
until 8/9 when I saw that invoice. So now I'm up to (or "out") $1,500+ !!!

She recommended I contact Complaints by email, so I'm carefully composing that right now
and expect to send it later today.

I'd hate to do it, but I've had recommendations to use Paypal or Kickstarter, but I don't 
know the tax implications of that approach. Any other suggestions are welcome.

If I switch to their "Unlimited" account (unlimited space and monthly traffic), it'll cost 
$48/year with a 36-month commitment, less than the $60/year I'm paying now. 

More as this saga continues.

Hi Folks,

Amidst all my website woes, one silver lining I'm thrilled to announce...

After working with the two artists, I have now released a 2-song sampler
of our Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's intimate concert with Jim and Rob.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MULEXgxvv-U&list=PL5CA009D627B3BAD4&index=1

It will also be announced by the HVBA in a few days.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Fred 

Hi Everyone,

I talked to my trusted accountant of many years this morning. He strongly advised me that I 
should not accept any money via any method. There are just too may potential snags. At this 
juncture, after this painful reality check, as much as it hurts, I believe him.

I just received a response from the Complaints Dept. They offered to refund my latest bill of
$307. I again asked them to refund the previous bill of $1,236, but they would not budge. I 
accepted the offer. 

I just switched to the package with unlimited space and upload/download traffic. I thought it
was $48/year, but that was for first-timers. I'll pay $84/year. I should be back online 
tomorrow (Thur). For now it's the cheapest, simplest, easiest, and most reliable way to get 
back online soon, since I have so many web pages that might have to be changed if I used any 
other approach. Once the dust settles, I may use other additional methods recommended by my 
(better-than-me) tech buddies.

Meanwhile, I'm getting ready to volunteer with my usual videographer act at the Rhythm & Roots 
Festival in Rhode Island over Labor Day Weekend.

My continued thanks for all your encouraging comments, ideas, and offers. One good thing has
come out of this mess: I'm so gratified at how much my efforts are appreciated. I've always
said that's exactly what makes it worthwhile.

Will keep you posted.

Fred