Best Of Bluegrass 1959-66

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Best Of Bluegrass 1959-66
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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2001-04-10
  2. Publisher: Vanguard Records
  3. Artist: Newport Folk Festival
  4. Format: Box set
  5. Sales Rank in Music: #62463

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Although the college kids and liberal urbanites who flocked to the first Newport festivals may have romanticized bluegrass as traditional mountain music, at least they knew great pickers when they heard them. In the early '60s, most bluegrass artists were struggling to build a new audience in the wake of rock & roll and Nashville countrypolitan, and Newport gave them both a venue and a community. The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Hylo Brown, and especially Bill Monroe responded with a palpable energy and joy. These three discs document some uniformly excellent performances, many never released before, and even those familiar with the Lilly Brothers or Jim & Jesse McReynolds will treasure these rare, live, and exhilarating moments from a pivotal period in American music. --Roy Kasten
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4.4 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bluegrass Heads North, May 4, 2001
Dave Dennie (Manassas, Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Of Bluegrass 1959-66 (Audio CD)
The Newport Folk Festivals were wonderfully eclectic in their definition of "folk', exposing music from the electric blues and folk-rock of Paul Butterfield and Bob Dylan to the high-lonesome acoustic sound of bluegrass, as documented on this first-rate collection. Newport, R.I. was not exactly home turf for bluegrass, but most of the all-time greats are here, performing at or near the peak of their powers, from Bill Monroe (long before the decline of his voice in later years), to the Stanley Brothers (not so long before Carter Stanley's alcohol-fuelled death), to Flatt and Scruggs (shortly before their artistic-philosophy-fuelled split-up: Earl wanted to plug in, Lester didn't). Come to think of it, this could be, serendiptitiously, the single best representation of the early giants of bluegrass. And Flatt and Scruggs even do their smash-hit, the "Beverly Hillbillies" T.V. theme song(!!) Very highly recommended.


6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Very BEST of Bluegrass, July 24, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Best Of Bluegrass 1959-66 (Audio CD)
This three CD box does represent the best by several of the founders of Bluegrass, including its amazing Father - Bill Monroe. The well known Mr. Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs and Jim and Jesse are here at their best. The suprise may be the band of the Lilly Brothers, Don Stover and Tex Logan. The music they play here further documents that their music was in a league with these other wonderful early bands. The music of the Lilly Brothers is a hidden gem - as was the music of Monroe and these other now prominent bluegrass bands for too long. Hylo Brown and Hazel and Alice give performances worthy of the title - Best of Bluegrass too. In fact, all the music in this set is truly beautiful!


4.0 out of 5 stars Nice collection, but . .., June 24, 2007
Duane C. (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Best Of Bluegrass 1959-66 (Audio CD)
This is a really nice collection of great bluegrass, but what happened to the Doc Watson cuts that were on the 1963 Newport album? He was incredible even back then, and their exclusion here is noticeable.

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