Bona Fide Bluegrass & Mountain Music

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Bona Fide Bluegrass & Mountain Music
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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2002-04-23
  2. Publisher: Bmg Marketing
  3. Artist: Various Artists
  4. Format: Original recording remastered
  5. Sales Rank in Music: #231680

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Clearly inspired by the commercial breakthrough of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, this high-spirited anthology presents 18 songs from the vaults of RCA/Bluebird, offering a crash course in the evolution of old-time country and mountain music into bluegrass. Opening the album is Harry McClintock's 1928 recording of "The Big Rock Candy Mountain," which highlighted the O Brother film, followed by a couple of traditional classics from country's seminal artists--Jimmie Rodgers's "In the Jailhouse Now" and the Carter Family's "Keep on the Sunny Side"--that were revived by others on the hit soundtrack. Five tracks proceed to detail the musical progression of Bill Monroe, the Father of Bluegrass Music, while other staples include the Prairie Brothers' romp through "Shady Grove" and the close harmonies of the Morris Brothers (reminiscent of the better-known Louvin Brothers) on "Salty Dog Blues." Balancing the spiritual uplift of some of the material, the collection ends with the murder balladry of the Country Pardners' "Pretty Polly." --Don McLeese
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Bluegrass/Mountain Music Sampler, July 23, 2007
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This review is from: Bona Fide Bluegrass & Mountain Music (Audio CD)
If you're the least bit curious about those genres of music known as Bluegrass and Mountain Music this is as good a CD as any to satisfy that curiosity. The music represented runs from 1928 to 1956 and the sound quality is excellent, even for the first three tracks which were recorded in 1928.

You also get an insert containing comprehensive liner notes wriiten by Rick Kienzle, together with vintage photos of the acknowledged father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Prairie Ramblers, Jimmy Martin, and "The Father Of Country Music" Jimmie Rodgers. There is also a discography of the contents showing the recording dates and, where applicable, the original single release label and number.

The only item not provided is any national chart details, one reason likely being the fact that such music seldom, if ever, made such charts. However, for what it's worth, In The Jail House Now by Jimmie Rodgers did reach # 14 in July 1928 on what then passed for the...Read more

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