Christmas Time Back Home - The Country Gentlemen, Duffy, John H
Heavenward Bound - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John H
I Am Weary, Let Me Rest - The Country Gentlemen, Kuykendall, Peter V
Sad and Lonesome Day - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John H
The White Rose - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
The Gentleman Is Blue - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Edward W
Philadelphia Lawyer - The Country Gentlemen, Guthrie, Woody
Spanish Two Step - The Country Gentlemen, Wills, Bob
Bringing Mary Home - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John
The Convict and the Rose [#] - The Country Gentlemen, Chapin, B
Banks of the Ohio - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
Down Where the River Bends - The Country Gentlemen, Anglin, Jack
Battle Hymn of the Republic - The Country Gentlemen, Howe Ward, Julie
This World's No Place to Live - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John H
Uncle Joe [#] - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Eddie
Northbound - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Eddie
I Let the Light Shine Down - The Country Gentlemen, Swan, Dot
Girl from the North Country - The Country Gentlemen, Dylan, Bob
Cold Wind Blowing - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John
Jingle Bells - The Country Gentlemen, Pierpont, James
Silent Night - The Country Gentlemen, Gruber, Franz
We Three Kings - The Country Gentlemen, Hopkins, John Henry
Blue Bell - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Edward W
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - The Country Gentlemen, Dylan, Bob
Matterhorn - The Country Gentlemen, Burch, Fred B.
Dark as a Dungeon - The Country Gentlemen, Travis, Merle
Big Bruce - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John H
Track Listings (27) - Disc #2
When They Ring Those Golden Bells - The Country Gentlemen, DeMarbelle, Dion
Buffalo Girls - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
A Beautiful Life - The Country Gentlemen, Golden, William Lee
I'm Working on a Road - The Country Gentlemen, Flatt, Lester
A Border Affair - The Country Gentlemen, Clark, Charles Badg
Johnny Reb - The Country Gentlemen, Kilgore, Merle
Many a Mile - The Country Gentlemen, Sky, Patrick
Amelia Earhart's Last Flight - The Country Gentlemen, McEnery, Dave
Lord, I'm Coming Home - The Country Gentlemen, Kirkpatrick, Willia
The Traveler - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John H
Silver Bell [#] - The Country Gentlemen,
Theme from Exodus - The Country Gentlemen, Gold, Ernest
Love and Wealth [#] - The Country Gentlemen, Louvin, Charlie
He Was a Friend of Mine - The Country Gentlemen,
Daybreak in Dixie - The Country Gentlemen, Napier, Bill
Some Old Day - The Country Gentlemen, Certain, Louise
Raggy Mountain Shakedown - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John H
The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - The Country Gentlemen, Attaway, William
Going to the Races - The Country Gentlemen, Stanley, Carter
Waiting for the Boys to Come Home - The Country Gentlemen, Presley, Luther
Darling Little Joe - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
El Dedo - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Eddie
I'll Be There Mary Dear - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
Blue Ridge Cabin Home - The Country Gentlemen, Certain, Louise
Take Me in a Lifeboat - The Country Gentlemen, Southern, Frank
The Sentence - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Edward W
Where I'm Bound - The Country Gentlemen, Paxton, Tom
Track Listings (28) - Disc #3
To the Rescue - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Eddie
Rodger Young - The Country Gentlemen, Loesser, Frank
Green, Green Grass of Home - The Country Gentlemen, Putman, Curly
Along the Way - The Country Gentlemen, Duffey, John
Let's - The Country Gentlemen, Adcock, Eddie
Rambling Boy - The Country Gentlemen, Paxton, Tom
Gentlemen's Concerto - The Country Gentlemen, Gaudreau, Jimmy
Take Me Back to the Valley - The Country Gentlemen,
Fare-Thee-Well Cisco - The Country Gentlemen, Paxton, Tom
Preachin', Prayin', Singin' - The Country Gentlemen, McCarty, E.C.
Mrs. Robinson - The Country Gentlemen, Simon, Paul
Two Little Boys - The Country Gentlemen, Traditional
Doin' My Time - The Country Gentlemen, Skinner, Jimmy
Rank Strangers (To Me) - The Country Gentlemen, Brumley, Albert E
Heaven [#] - The Country Gentlemen, McSpadden, Boyd
Gone Home - The Country Gentlemen, Carlisle, Bill
Rank Strangers (To Me) - The Country Gentlemen, Brumley, Albert E
I'm Using My Bible for a Roadmap - The Country Gentlemen, Reno, Don
Over the Hills to the Poorhouse - The Country Gentlemen, Braham, David [1]
Little White Church - The Country Gentlemen, Wellman, Eugene
Heaven - The Country Gentlemen, McSpadden, Boyd
Bill Bailey - The Country Gentlemen, Cannon, Hughie
He Will Set Your Fields on Fire - The Country Gentlemen,
Are You Washed in the Blood - The Country Gentlemen,
One Wide River - The Country Gentlemen, Husey, James
On the Sunny Side of Life - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
Born Again - The Country Gentlemen, Louvin, Charlie
I'll Break Out Again Tonight - The Country Gentlemen, Owens, A.L.
Track Listings (27) - Disc #4
Less of Me - The Country Gentlemen, Campbell, Glen [1]
I Am a Pilgrim - The Country Gentlemen, Traditional
Weapon of Prayer - The Country Gentlemen, Louvin, Charlie
If I Were Free - The Country Gentlemen, Edmonson, Travis
Teach Your Children - The Country Gentlemen, Nash, Graham
Fox on the Run - The Country Gentlemen, Hazzard, Tony
Johnny and Jack Medley - The Country Gentlemen,
I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road - The Country Gentlemen, Brumley, Albert E
These Men of God - The Country Gentlemen, Ellis, Red
Cowboys and Indians - The Country Gentlemen, Emerson, Bill
Sea of Heartbreak - The Country Gentlemen, David, Hal
Orange Blossom Mandolin - The Country Gentlemen,
Yesterday - The Country Gentlemen, Lennon, John
The Girl Behind the Bar - The Country Gentlemen, Stanley, Carter
The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp - The Country Gentlemen, Frazier, Dallas
Take Me Home, Country Roads - The Country Gentlemen, Danoff, Bill
Redwood Hill - The Country Gentlemen, Lightfoot, Gordon
Secret of the Waterfall - The Country Gentlemen, Landers, Jacob
Walkin' Down the Line - The Country Gentlemen, Dylan, Bob
Breakin' It Down - The Country Gentlemen, Emerson, Bill
New Freedom Bell - The Country Gentlemen, Osborne, Bobby
The Old Pine Tree - The Country Gentlemen, Grant, Bill J
The Legend of the Rebel Soldier - The Country Gentlemen, Moore, Charles B
C.G. Express - The Country Gentlemen, Lawson, Doyle
Little Bessie - The Country Gentlemen, Public Domain [1]
The Fields Have Turned Brown - The Country Gentlemen, Stanley, Carter
Get in Line Buddy - The Country Gentlemen, Yates, William
The folk revival frequently takes a lot of heat from bluegrass experts. When a younger urban audience and their ethnomusicologist guides began discovering and drawing attention to established bluegrass artists in the '50s,... more » they sometimes proffered a distorted folk purism to the music--and that can rankle hardcore bluegrassers. Yet without the folk revival, bands as seminal as the Country Gentlemen would not exist--in fact, one of the band's earliest singles was a reworking of the best-known folk-revival performance: the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley." This four-disc box set collects the most energetic and groundbreaking work of the classic Country Gentleman ensemble--Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray--as well as the equally great, early-'70s lineup of Waller, Bill Emerson, Bill Yates, and Doyle Lawson. No bluegrass band of the '60s and '70s was more influential: they brought songs by Dylan and the Beatles into bluegrass, not as novelties, but with all the soul of the standards these songs would become. But this isn't hippie newgrass either--the playing is stunning, and the harmonies grip like a vise. --Roy Kasten« less
The folk revival frequently takes a lot of heat from bluegrass experts. When a younger urban audience and their ethnomusicologist guides began discovering and drawing attention to established bluegrass artists in the '50s, they sometimes proffered a distorted folk purism to the music--and that can rankle hardcore bluegrassers. Yet without the folk revival, bands as seminal as the Country Gentlemen would not exist--in fact, one of the band's earliest singles was a reworking of the best-known folk-revival performance: the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley." This four-disc box set collects the most energetic and groundbreaking work of the classic Country Gentleman ensemble--Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray--as well as the equally great, early-'70s lineup of Waller, Bill Emerson, Bill Yates, and Doyle Lawson. No bluegrass band of the '60s and '70s was more influential: they brought songs by Dylan and the Beatles into bluegrass, not as novelties, but with all the soul of the standards these songs would become. But this isn't hippie newgrass either--the playing is stunning, and the harmonies grip like a vise. --Roy Kasten