Lonesome and Blue: The Complete County Recordings

by Red Allen

Overview

Lonesome & Blue is the second Red Allen collection released on Rebel Records in 2004 and, like Keep on Going, represents a bluegrass artist at his best. The primary difference is that the second collection, comprised of material from 1965 and 1966, supplements hardcore bluegrass with a number of classic country songs. On the first half of the collection, Allen is joined by bassist Billy Yates, mandolinist Wayne Yates, banjoist Porter Church, and a young fiddler named Richard Greene. The band delivers striking versions of Bill Monroe's "Summertime Is Past and Gone" and "I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home," but also delves into Ernest Tubb's "Are You Waiting Just for Me" and the Louvin Brothers' "Seven Year Blues" (the latter previously unreleased). On the second half of the collection, Billy and Wayne Yates brothers have been replaced by mandolinist David Grisman and bassist Jerry McCoury, and dobroist Craig Wingfield has been added. The addition of Wingfield, in particular, gives the material an old-timey feel, which proves just right for Mel Tillis' "There Must Be Another Way to Live" and Johnny Bond's "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight." As on Keep on Going, Allen's vocals on Lonesome & Blue inject mountain soul into all of these songs and turn even a familiar favorite like "Milk Cow Blues" into something special. Lonesome & Blue will remind listeners just what real bluegrass and country sounds like, and will be warmly greeted by Allen fans. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/18/2004
Label:	REBEL RECORDS
UPC:	0032511112828

Tracks

1. Are You Waiting Just for Me
2. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On
3. My Baby's Gone
4. Heaven
5. Summertime Is Past and Gone
6. That's How I Can Count on You
7. Purple Heart
8. I Heard My Mother Call My Name
9. Seven Year Blues
10. I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home
11. What About Yu
12. Out on the Ocean
13. We Live in Two Different Worlds
14. There Must Be Another Way to Live
15. Have You Come to Say Goodbye
16. Bluegrass Blues
17. Send Me Your Address from Heaven
18. Milk Cow Blues
19. Branded Whereever I Go
20. I'm Lonesome and Blue
21. If That's the Way They Feel
22. Maiden's Prayer
23. Love Gone Cold
24. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
25. No Mother or Dad

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Red Allen   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Tenor (Vocal)
Richard Greene   Fiddle
Bill Yates   Double Bass,Vocals,Bass,Tenor (Vocal)
Jerry McCoury   Double Bass,Bass
David Grisman   Vocals,Guest Artist,Mandolin,Baritone (Vocal)
Porter Church   Vocals,Banjo,Guitar,Bass (Vocal),Tenor (Vocal)
Craig Wingfield   Dobro
Wayne Yates   Vocals,Mandolin,Tenor (Vocal),Baritone (Vocal)
Richard Greene & Beryl Marriott   Fiddle

Technical Credits

Jon Hartley Fox   Liner Notes
David Grisman   Audio Production,Producer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Kitty Wells   Composer
Ira Louvin   Composer
Jack Anglin   Composer
Kokomo Arnold   Composer
Claude Boone   Composer
Eddie Hill   Composer
Earl Scruggs   Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
Johnny Bond   Composer
Ernest Tubb   Composer
Johnnie Wright   Composer
Lester Flatt   Composer
Mark Freeman   Production Coordination
Jim Anglin   Composer
Red Allen   Arranger
Ralph Stanley   Composer
Roy Acuff   Composer
David Freeman   Executive Producer
Hazel Houser   Composer
John Bailes   Composer
Carl Fleischhauer   Photography
Billy Wallace   Composer
Bob Newman   Composer
Shorty Long   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Curly Seckler   Composer
David Glasser   Analog Transfer,Preparation,Mastering
Mel Tillis   Composer
Paul Gerry   Photography