Foggy Mountain Jamboree

Foggy Mountain Jamboree

Foggy Mountain Jamboree

Foggy Mountain Jamboree

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Overview

Widely regarded as one of bluegrass' most influential recordings, Foggy Mountain Jamboree introduced audiences -- more specifically radio listeners -- to the crystal-clear vocals and peerless musicianship of former Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boys Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. Amassed between 1951 and 1955, the 12 tracks that made the cut served as a veritable blueprint for a genre that had been growing in popularity since the late '40s. While numerous Foggy Mountain Boys appear throughout -- Chet Atkins, Josh "Buck" Graves -- Flatt's fluid tenor and rhythm guitar work anchored the sessions, Scruggs' machine-gun banjo work provided the steam, and fiddler Chubby Wise, along with mandolin player Curly Seckler, carried the whole thing home without a care in the world. "Flint River Special," "Earl's Breakdown," and "Foggy Mountain Special" became part of American culture, celebrating both its trailblazing work ethic and spirituality with equal amounts of grace and hellfire. Foggy Mountain Jamboree is essential listening for anyone with even the most remote interest in bluegrass. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date: 03/01/2008
Label: Legacy
UPC: 0886972393223
Rank: 6346

Tracks

  1. Flint Hill Special
  2. Some Old Day
  3. Earl's Breakdown
  4. Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy
  5. Foggy Mountain Special
  6. It Won't Be Long
  7. Shuckin' the Corn
  8. Blue Ridge Cabin Home
  9. Randy Lynn Rag
  10. Your Love Is Like a Flower
  11. Foggy Mountain Chimes
  12. On My Mind
  13. Dear Old Dixie
  14. Pray for the Boys
  15. Reunion in Heaven

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Flatt & Scruggs   Primary Artist
Lester Flatt   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Earl Scruggs   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Chet Atkins   Guest Artist,Guitar (Rhythm)
Chubby Wise   Guest Artist,Fiddle
Howdy Forrester   Guest Artist,Fiddle
Benny Martin   Guest Artist,Fiddle
Curly Seckler   Guest Artist,Mandolin,Vocals
Howard Watts   Bass
Everett Lilly   Mandolin
Jody Rainwater   Bass
Buck Graves   Dobro
Ernie Newton   Bass
Louis Innis   Guitar (Rhythm)
Jack Shook   Guitar (Rhythm)
Paul Warren   Vocals,Fiddle
Jake Tullock   Bass
Ray Edenton   Guitar (Rhythm)

Technical Credits

Everett Lilly   Composer
B.J. Graves   Composer
Johnny Anderson   Composer
Buck Graves   Composer
Earl Scruggs   Composer
Gladys Stacey Flatt   Composer
Lester Flatt   Composer
Louise Certain   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
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