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Thread #137254   Message #3146742
Posted By: Desert Dancer
02-May-11 - 06:47 PM
Thread Name: Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 boxed set
Subject: RE: Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 boxed set
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band On Mountain Stage (link to audio there).

"This week marks Mountain Stage's return to country-music birthplace Bristol, the historic border town in Tennessee and Virginia where The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, the Stoneman Family and more recorded some of country music's earliest hits. The visit is in conjunction with the release of a new box set of the 1927-28 recording sessions, Bristol Sessions: The Big Bang of Country Music.

"The pioneering group The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which re-introduced America to country legends Doc Watson, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Jimmy Martin and Mother Maybelle Carter with its landmark 1972 album Will the Circle Be Unbroken, were a fitting choice to appear in Bristol. Since its formation in California some 45 years ago, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have recorded folk, bluegrass and country rock, and laid the foundation for generations of bands, from The Eagles to Alabama to Uncle Tupelo."

Set list:
    "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
    "The Resurrection"
    "Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me"
    "My Walkin' Shoes"
    "Mr. Bojangles"
    "Bayou Jubilee"
    "Jambalaya"

Not very old-time country, but very NGDB, I guess.

~ Becky in Long Beach