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In 1977 - Bill Clifton put together a little group and recorded this album at Tom T Hall’s recording studio.
Bill Clifton - Guitar Mike Auldridge - Dobro Jim Brock - Fiddle Charlie Collins - Lead guitar Bill Keith - Banjo Tom Gray - Bass Red Rector - Mandolin
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AllMusic Staff Pick: The Country Gentlemen The Complete Vanguard Recordings
In this era, the group featured future bluegrass luminaries Doyle Lawson, Ricky Skaggs, Mike Auldridge, and Jerry Douglas alongside the established legends guitarist/vocalist Charlie Waller and banjo player Bill Emerson. With talented artists like these, it comes as no surprise that the music is top-notch -- the thing that really sets these recordings apart is the fact that the band was choosing to perform songs by decidedly non-bluegrass musicians such as John Prine, Gordon Lightfoot, Paul Simon, and Kris Kristofferson, and still managing to transform these progressive songwriters' works into down-home stomps.
- Zac Johnson
“Fireball” - “Uncle” Josh Graves, Jerry Douglas and Mike Auldridge
Josh Graves: Impeccable dresser, dobro extraordinaire.
In 1980 Buck Ryan released Dream Train Engineer. This version has Buck on Fiddle, Mike Aldridge on dobro and Don Reno on guitar.
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In 1983 Darrell Sanders released West Virginia Style. Here are some of the liner notes.
As the banjos ring in West Virginia, more folks are bringing up the name Darrell Sanders. He has become a local Martinsburg, West Virginia hero, I would not be surprised now to see more and more people everywhere become steadfast Sanders fans. This album is that good! It was a fun album to record and I must say there is some difficult material here that just everyone will not be able to play. Attention banjo players: some of these instrumentals are going to be challenging no matter what your musical knowledge may be.
This recording is not a repetitive "run of the mill" instrumental album. Music changes moods so I think you will be delighted with each melody because some will prey on your mind long after your record player has stopped spinning.
I often pick "West Virginia Style" as my favorite and then find myself making another selection. That tells me that this is a great album. The banjo playing is not only superb, but Carl Nelson (fiddle), Larry Stephenson (mandolin), Ed Ferris (bass fiddle) and special guest Mike Auldridge (dobro) all out did themselves. This is an album I am proud to be a part of on guitar and an album you'll be proud to own. Honest!
Bill Harrell
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In 1980 Buck Ryan released Dream Train Engineer. He is backed up by the Don Reno group.
Buck Ryan - Fiddle Don Reno - Guitar, Banjo Dale Reno - Mandolin Mike Auldridge - Dobro Sid Campbell - Guitar Bonny Beverly - Fiddle Ed Ferris - Bass Calvin Stone - Drums
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Although Jimmy Arnold was never well-known -- during his brief life, he recorded only a handful of albums -- he remained one of the most acclaimed bluegrass musicians of the '70s and '80s. As a child, Arnold became interested in music after hearing his friends practicing next door. His first instrument was a guitar, but he soon learned how to play the banjo and by age 12 had founded a bluegrass band, the Twin County Partners, with his cousin Tommy playing mandolin and his friend Wes Golden on guitar. The group became quite popular in their area, which led to appearances on local TV shows and even a single for Stark Records. They disbanded in 1965, and Arnold began performing at music festivals all over the South.
After graduating from high school, Arnold was invited by studio musician Joe Greene to play with him in Nashville. He next teamed up with Wes Golden to play with the Virginia Cut-ups, with whom he cut an album for Latco Records. Subsequently, Arnold joined many bands, including Keith Whitley and the New Tradition, but was frequently fired from the groups due to his excessive drinking. He recorded an album of banjo music, Strictly Arnold, in 1974. In 1977, he released his second album, Jimmy Arnold Guitar, followed six years later by Southern Soul. None of his albums were commercially successful, and Arnold abandoned music in 1984. He opened a tattoo parlor in North Carolina, but he soon fell into drug abuse and used the parlor as a front for selling narcotics. In 1985, he was arrested and briefly served a jail sentence. Following his release from prison, he was the resident artist at Martin Community College for a short time, but he soon returned to performing music. In 1992, he became a member of the Pentecostal Church and went completely sober. However, his body was irreparably damaged -- he died of heart failure on Christmas Day in 1992.
Sandra Brennan
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In 1970 Cliff Waldron and the New Shades Of Grass released Right On. The album title "Right On" was a slang term at the time, these days you might hear it from someone like Si Robertson. It means I agree with you or I'm with you or we think alike.
Yes this song was done by the Bee Gees. Cliff Walddron drew his material from many genres. The dobro player on this one is the famous Mike Auldridge who recently passed away in December of 2012. Ben Eldridge is the banjo picker she went on to be the only original member of the Seldom Scene left.
Cliff Waldron - Guitar, vocals Mike Auldridge - Dobro Dave Auldridge - mandolin, vocal Bill Poffinberger - Fiddle Ed Ferris - Bass Ben Eldridge - banjo
Enjoy! I think this one might be in flac format. If you're on a mac you can convert this to mp3 with Tipard all music converter or on a windows machine you can use - traders little helper
