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The Delmore Brothers, in a publicity photo from their heyday in the 1930s. They played a major role in establishing the “brother duet” sound of close singing harmonies that persists in country and pop music today.

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This week we present an encore broadcast of one of our popular “listening session” shows. We dig into the riches of early country music recordings to hear classics of old time mountain, white and African-American gospel, blues, classic country and bluegrass. Host Paul Brown guides us through the fascinating stories of artists, the unique sounds they produced, and the evolution of southern American traditional music from the days of the first major commercial recordings in the 1920s to the bluegrass era. Hear from greats including Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, The Delmore Brothers, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Hazel & Alice and many more.

Playlist

1. Lost Girl

New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters

Bogtrotter Blues 2. Maple On the Hill

Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys 3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Monroe Brothers

Just A Song Of Old Kentucky Vol. 2 4. My Long Journey Home

Monroe Brothers

What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul 5. Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

Mule Skinner Blues 6. I'm Living Down Here On Borrowed Land

Silvertone Gospel Harmonizers

WPAQ: Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains 7. We Are Drinking From The Fountain

Stanley Brothers

Amazng Grace Bluegrass Gospel 8. Brushy Run

Art Stamper

Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston 9. Break 1 - Speed The Plow

Jason Cade

Hog-Eyed Man 2 10. Little Old Log Cabiin In The Lane

George Pegram

George Pegram 11. Swanee River

Fiddlin' John Carson

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2 12. Sail Away Ladies

Uncle Dave Macon

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2 13. Sally Ann

Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys

Foggy Mountain Banjo 14. James Alley Blues

Richard "Rabbit" Brown

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2 15. James Alley Blues

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard 16. Break 2 - Elk River Blues

Ernie Carpenter

Old-Time Fiddle Tunes From The Elk River Country 17. Wildwood Flower

The Carter Family

Anchored In Love 18. Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train

The Delmore Brothers

Brown's Ferry Blues 19. Streetcar Blues

Sleepy John Estes

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.3 20. Blue Yodel Number 7

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

Mule Skinner Blues 21. T.B. Blues

Jimmie Rodgers

Essential Jimmie Rodgers

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A large crowd gathers at Merlefest to hear North Carolina native son James Taylor perform with dobro master Jerry Douglas, Shetland fiddler Aly Bain, and others during the Transatlantic Sessions.

Paul Brown

This week we take a moment at Merlefest – not for the main stage acts, but with the community of jammers at festivals. Beyond that, we hear a fine selection of bluegrass and old time music with a blues tilt. Hear how the sounds of the blues infuse traditional songs, bluegrass classics, and even gospel music. Listen to recordings of great musicians including Hobart Smith, Mance Lipscomb, Hazel & Alice and many more.

Playlist

1. Little Pal

Curly Seckler

That Old Book of Mine 2. Merlefest segment 3. Sail Away Ladies

Riley Baugus

Long Steel Rail 4. Rove Riley Rove

Riley Baugus

Long Steel Rail 5. Midnight On The Stormy Deep

Ernest Stoneman, Iva Frost, Eck Dunford

The Bristol Sessions V2 6. Bile Them Cabbage Down

Jason Cade

Hog-Eyed Man 3 7. The Rout

Mike Seeger & Paul Brown

Way Down In North Carolina 8. Break 1 - Cincinnati

Gribble, Lusk, & York

Altamont 9. Mamie

John Cephas & Phil Wiggins

Homemade 10. Nine Pound Hammer

Monroe Brothers

What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul 11. Banjo Riff

Reno & Smiley

16 Greatest Hits 12. Lucky Holler

Ed Lewis

Sounds Of The South V1 13. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad

Etta Baker & Cora Phillips

One Dime Blues 14. New Lost John

Ralph Blizard & The New Southern Ramblers

Southern Ramble 15. Break 2 - Fine Times At Our House

Matt Brown

Lone Prairie 16. Waste Not Want Not

Big Country Bluegrass

Lew Them Know I'm From Virginia 17. True Life Blues

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard 18. I'm Working On A Road (To Glory Land)

Earls of Leicester

Rattle and Roar 19. Run Sinner Run

Mance Lipscomb

The Best Of Mance Lipscomb 20. Wayfaring Stranger

Smith Family with Hobart Smith

Portraits: Hobart Smith Blue Ridge Legacy 21. K.C. Blues

Hobart Smith

Portraits: Hobart Smith Blue Ridge Legacy

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Bill Monroe (second from right) and His Blue Grass Boys were early Grand Ole Opry stars who refashioned mountain music into the new genre called bluegrass.

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This week we dig into the riches of early country music recordings to hear classics of old time mountain, white and African-American gospel, blues, classic country and bluegrass. Host Paul Brown guides us through the fascinating stories of artists, the unique sounds they produced, and the evolution of southern American traditional music from the days of the first major commercial recordings in the 1920s to the bluegrass era. Hear from greats including Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Hazel & Alice and many more.

Episode 65 Playlist

1. Lost Girl

New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters

Bogtrotter Blues 2. Maple On the Hill

Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys 3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Monroe Brothers

Just A Song Of Old Kentucky Vol. 2 4. My Long Journey Home

Monroe Brothers

What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul 5. Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

Mule Skinner Blues 6. I'm Living Down Here On Borrowed Land

Silvertone Gospel Harmonizers

WPAQ: Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains 7. We Are Drinking From The Fountain

Stanley Brothers

Amazng Grace Bluegrass Gospel 8. Brushy Run

Art Stamper

Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston 9. Break 1 - Speed The Plow

Jason Cade

Hog-Eyed Man 2 10. Little Old Log Cabiin In The Lane

George Pegram

George Pegram 11. Swanee River

Fiddlin' John Carson

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2 12. Sail Away Ladies

Uncle Dave Macon

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2 13. Sally Ann

Flatt & Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys

Foggy Mountain Banjo 14. James Alley Blues

Richard "Rabbit" Brown

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.2 15. James Alley Blues

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard

Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard 16. Break 2 - Elk River Blues

Ernie Carpenter

Old-Time Fiddle Tunes From The Elk River Country 17. Wildwood Flower

The Carter Family

Anchored In Love 18. Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train

The Delmore Brothers

Brown's Ferry Blues 19. Streetcar Blues

Sleepy John Estes

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be V.3 20. Blue Yodel Number 7

Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

Mule Skinner Blues 21. T.B. Blues

Jimmie Rodgers

Essential Jimmie Rodgers

atbr #bill monroe & his blue grass boys #the carter family #jimmie rodgers #hazel & alice

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