I’m looking to build a playlist of hard-driving bluegrass, mostly on the faster tempo side, for drives/workouts. Figured I’d ask y’all what your favorites are - looking to expand beyond my regular listening.
Think Blue Night by Baucom, Lou Reed, and Carolina. Songs that push and have a great feel.
You can pick the songs but if there's a Jim Mills version of what you choose, that's the one you want.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsRfKnPGuE
JMB with Tom Adams on banjo.
Early Country Gentlemen
Flatt and Scruggs Mercury recordings.
Edited by - Bill Rogers on 03/18/2025 20:14:05
youtu.be/76hY5Ty4fLw?si=9WHfNbKTXDAi1cv3
This one gets my vote
At the Old Schoolhouse live recorded album by the Johnson Mountain Boys: Tom Adams- as earlier suggested- John Henry/ Goin to Georgia/ Five Speed/ Long Journey Home all close to 200 bpm. Search live recordings of the Lewis Family, especially with both Little Roy Lewis and nephew Lewis Philips "dueling." Though mostly gospel, every show I can remember always featured a barnburner straight-down-the-pike bluegrass banjer pickin tune. Larry Sparks 70s recordings with Mike Lilly- Kentucky Chimes, Kentucky Banjo, and later 80s work with Barry Crabtree- El Cumbanchero.
So many many more also, vut certainly these would fit the bill!
Ralph Stanley Jenny Lynn!!
youtube.com/watch?v=dYkvRzp4pnQ
My vote. The fiddle intro is amazing, but then Ron Block continues on the banjo ….
This one always makes me smile.
Edited by - pfalzgrass on 03/19/2025 00:34:58
Jimmy Martin And The Sunny Mountain Boys, J.D. Crowe And The New South, The Bluegrass Album Band. It doesn't have to be blindingly fast to have drive.
>>Early Country Gentlemen<<
'Little Bessie,' by this group.
Bobby
