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Two, imo, giants in old time and bluegrass. Bill started singing bluegrass in the late 1940’s already.
Here they are singing the old popular standard “Give Me Roses While I Live”
youtu.be/zYPND4oGcMw?si=LtXy-H1RpJmGMtDT
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Originally posted by janolovThere were a lot of giants there. I identified Ramona Jones (wife to Grandpa Jones), John Hartford, Jesse MacReynolds, Bashful Brother Oswald, and I guess the rest were also famous artists.
The Lewis Family, Bobby Osborne, Del McCoury, James Monroe, Jason Carter, Buddy Spicer, Pappy Sherrill. I have to go back and watch it again to see if I missed any.
Bill Clifton means a lot to me. When I was really young, under 10, the music I heard and knew was pretty much Carter Family. An aunt lent us a pile of 78 rpm records. Then when LPs came out, my parents bought a cabinet stereo and Bill Clifton Sings the Carter Family was one of the first LPs they bought. I knew many of those songs and I had an invisible transition into bluegrass from that! So I was able to appreciate the Flatt & Scruggs and Stanley Bros records that followed.
Then they got an LP of Bill's straight bluegrass (including John Duffey, Ralph Stanley, Junior Huskey, etc) supporting Bill's regular band, which was hard edged straight bluegrass.
Plus I believe Bill published either the first, or among the first, big songbook of bluegrass songs that weren't necessarily his records.
I felt kind of "cheated" when festivals came along and Bill Clifton wasn't using a full bluegrass band any more.
Edited by - The Old Timer on 10/15/2024 09:32:05
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Originally posted by Cullodenquote:
Originally posted by janolovThere were a lot of giants there. I identified Ramona Jones (wife to Grandpa Jones), John Hartford, Jesse MacReynolds, Bashful Brother Oswald, and I guess the rest were also famous artists.
The Lewis Family, Bobby Osborne, Del McCoury, James Monroe, Jason Carter, Buddy Spicer, Pappy Sherrill. I have to go back and watch it again to see if I missed any.
There are a bunch of videos from that bluegrass reunion gathering. Sonny, Eddie & Martha Adcock, Jim Shumate, Melvin Goins, Buddy Spicher, J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Jeanette Carter, Donna Stoneman, Jim McReynolds, Mike Compton, and others. Really good.
https://youtu.be/tGfRqt8_d7c?si=6VICWTSKBKzugqsJ
Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/15/2024 13:38:53
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Originally posted by The Old TimerBill Clifton means a lot to me. When I was really young, under 10, the music I heard and knew was pretty much Carter Family. An aunt lent us a pile of 78 rpm records. Then when LPs came out, my parents bought a cabinet stereo and Bill Clifton Sings the Carter Family was one of the first LPs they bought. I knew many of those songs and I had an invisible transition into bluegrass from that! So I was able to appreciate the Flatt & Scruggs and Stanley Bros records that followed.
Then they got an LP of Bill's straight bluegrass (including John Duffey, Ralph Stanley, Junior Huskey, etc) supporting Bill's regular band, which was hard edged straight bluegrass.Plus I believe Bill published either the first, or among the first, big songbook of bluegrass songs that weren't necessarily his records.
I felt kind of "cheated" when festivals came along and Bill Clifton wasn't using a full bluegrass band any more.
Bill Clifton is credited with starting the weekend long bluegrass festival,, 3 years before Carlton Haney,,, so I read in Bill's Wikipedia bio.
More of these … I love these , watch them a lot.
youtu.be/gn35akH09Z8?si=dQrioFfFjaQQYJvl
https://youtu.be/5HC4CVHKS7I?si=sVazpuGKvagAYBuD
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMhfk8tgK/
Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/15/2024 13:49:42
I keep finding more,, I think they’re historic
youtu.be/6yBfBXzeQPE?si=vGx9V_C51l9LGiza
https://youtu.be/PFPviQJhxsI?si=N03LrLVIFHH0o6KD
https://youtu.be/kh7S258jXZ4?si=Bz8vHo7GM4xV0ZNh
https://youtu.be/eOdxMTiW_K0?si=UHVKMatVh8dlXiaX
Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/15/2024 14:58:48
Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/15/2024 15:08:32