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Format: 4CD Box Set
Label: Rebel Records
Year: 1998
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
This 4CD collection comes in an LP-sized (12" x 12"), sturdy, lidded box.
TRACKS:
DISC ONE:
DISC TWO:
DISC THREE:
DISC FOUR:
PERSONNEL:
Charlie Waller - Guitar, vocals
John Duffey - Mandolin, vocals
Eddie Adcock - banjo, vocals
Tom Gray - Bass
Ed Ferris - Bass
Ed McGlothlin - Bass
Bill Yates - Bass
Jimmy Gaudreau - Mandolin
The Country Gentlemen originated during the 1950s in Washington, DC, founded by DC native John Duffey.
The Country Gentlemen played a varied repertoire, sometimes adapting music from other genres to their bluegrass style. They also borrowed from the folk genre with songs such as Gordon Lightfoot's "Redwood Hill". It's one way that the group brought bluegrass music to a broader audience.
Several of the band’s songs ("Two Little Boys," "Bringing Mary Home," "New Freedom Bell," "Matterhorn," "Fox on the Run," "Legend of the Rebel Soldier," and many others) have become bluegrass standards.
This 110-song collection on 4 CDs provides a lot more than just an affirmation of the Country Gentlemen's influence: it also provides a ton of good music and a chance to study the early careers of Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, Tom Gray, Bill Emerson, Doyle Lawson, Jimmy Gaudreau and others. Gary Reid’s extensive notes on the sessions show the traditional and contemporary influences at work that resulted in many classic performances.
The set covers about 8 albums worth of material, from their first long play, Bringing Mary Home through their classic Award-Winning Country Gentlemen LP in 1971. There’s an almost endless list of memorable songs, like “Matterhorn,” “Two Little Boys,” “Girl from the North Country,” “Redwood Hill,” “Fox on the Run,” “New Freedom Bell,” “Little Bessie,” and many more.
Label: Rebel Records
Year: 1998
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
This 4CD collection comes in an LP-sized (12" x 12"), sturdy, lidded box.
TRACKS:
DISC ONE:
- Christmas Time Back Home
- Heavenward Bound
- I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
- Sad And Lonesome Day
- The Bluebirds Are Singing
- The White Rose
- The Gentleman Is Blue
- Philadelphia Lawyer
- Spanish Two-Step
- Bringing Mary Home
- The Convict And The Rose
- Banks Of The Ohio
- Down Where The River Bends
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic
- This World's No Place To Live
- Uncle Joe
- Northbound
- Let The Light Shine Down
- Girl From The North Country
- Cold Wind A Blowing
- Jingle Bells
- Silent Night
- We Three Kings
- Blue Bell
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Matterhorn
- Dark As A Dungeon
- Big Bruce
DISC TWO:
- When They Ring Those Golden Bells
- Buffalo Gals
- A Beautiful Life
- I'm Working On A Road
- A Border Affair
- Johnny Reb
- Many A Mile
- Amelia Erhart's Last Flight
- Lord, I'm Coming Home
- The Traveler
- Silver Bell
- Theme From Exodus
- Love And Wealth
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- Daybreak In Dixie
- Some Old Day
- Raggy Mountain Shakedown
- Banana Boat Song
- Going To The Races
- Waiting For The Boys To Come Home
- Darling Little Joe
- El Dedo
- I'll Be There Mary Dear
- Blue Ridge Cabin Home
- Take Me In A Lifeboat
- The Sentence
- Where I'm Bound
DISC THREE:
- To The Rescue
- Rodger Young
- Green Green Grass Of Home
- Along The Way
- Let's
- Rambling Boy
- Gentlemen's Concerto
- Take Me Back To The Valley
- Fare-Thee-Well Cisco
- Preaching, Praying, Singing
- Mrs. Robinson
- Two Little Boys
- Doin' My Time
- Rank Strangers To Me
- Heaven
- Goin' Home
- Rank Strangers To Me
- I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
- Over The Hills To The Poorhouse
- Little White Church
- Heaven
- Bill Bailey
- He Will Set Your Friends On Fire
- Are You Washed In The Blood
- One Wide River
- On The Sunny Side Of Life
- Born Again
- I'll Break Out Again
DISC FOUR:
- Less Of Me
- I Am A Pilgrim
- Weapon Of Prayer
- If I Were Free
- Teach Your Children
- Fox On The Run
- Johnny And Jack Medley
- I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road
- These Men Of God
- Cowboys And Indians
- Sea Of Heartbreak
- Orange Blossom Mandolin
- Yesterday
- The Girl Behind The Bar
- The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
- Country Roads
- Redwood Hill
- Secret Of The Waterfall
- Walkin' Down The Line
- Breakin' It Down
- New Freedom Bill
- The Old Pine Tree
- The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier
- C. G. Express
- Little Bessie
- The Fields Have Turned Brown
- Get In Line Boy
PERSONNEL:
Charlie Waller - Guitar, vocals
John Duffey - Mandolin, vocals
Eddie Adcock - banjo, vocals
Tom Gray - Bass
Ed Ferris - Bass
Ed McGlothlin - Bass
Bill Yates - Bass
Jimmy Gaudreau - Mandolin
The Country Gentlemen originated during the 1950s in Washington, DC, founded by DC native John Duffey.
The Country Gentlemen played a varied repertoire, sometimes adapting music from other genres to their bluegrass style. They also borrowed from the folk genre with songs such as Gordon Lightfoot's "Redwood Hill". It's one way that the group brought bluegrass music to a broader audience.
Several of the band’s songs ("Two Little Boys," "Bringing Mary Home," "New Freedom Bell," "Matterhorn," "Fox on the Run," "Legend of the Rebel Soldier," and many others) have become bluegrass standards.
This 110-song collection on 4 CDs provides a lot more than just an affirmation of the Country Gentlemen's influence: it also provides a ton of good music and a chance to study the early careers of Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, Tom Gray, Bill Emerson, Doyle Lawson, Jimmy Gaudreau and others. Gary Reid’s extensive notes on the sessions show the traditional and contemporary influences at work that resulted in many classic performances.
The set covers about 8 albums worth of material, from their first long play, Bringing Mary Home through their classic Award-Winning Country Gentlemen LP in 1971. There’s an almost endless list of memorable songs, like “Matterhorn,” “Two Little Boys,” “Girl from the North Country,” “Redwood Hill,” “Fox on the Run,” “New Freedom Bell,” “Little Bessie,” and many more.