robbif - Posted - 07/09/2011:  14:32:58

Folks,



I'm pleased to announce the inauguration of a new audio series: The Phil Zimmerman Collection.

Phil has started us out with a gem from the 1969 Berryville Festival.

You'll hear Mike Seeger and Maybelle Carter warming up backstage, then Mike,

Maybelle, and Bill Monroe onstage!



It all starts at http://frobbi.org/zimmermancollection.html



As always, you can also find it on my Picking Page at http://frobbi.org/picking.html

in the "From My Friends" section.



I'll be adding more detail when possible. Corrections and historical background are welcome.



Enjoy!

Fred

robbif - Posted - 07/11/2011:  14:27:40

Below are the latest recordings in the Ken Landreth Collection. They're from Bean Blossom 1969...



- Banjo Contest with competitors Alan Munde, Richard Smith, Paul Wiley, Earl Sneed, Larry Marshall, Louis Pope Joy, & Butch Robins



http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1969/BB69BanjoContest.html





- Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys & Guests Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard, Tex Logan, Roger Smith, Birch Monroe, Roger Sprung, Vivian & Phil Williams, Roger Billin, & Mike Seeger  



http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1969/BB6981MonroeGuests.html

robbif - Posted - 07/21/2011:  18:04:14

I'll be periodically adding single-song videos from last weekend to the Grey Fox Blog at greyfoxbluegrass.com/gfblog/ca...y/videos/ 

Currently there's one song by Chris Thile. Eventually there will be a few from Thile & Daves.

robbif - Posted - 07/24/2011:  09:57:25

Edited by - robbif on 07/24/2011 10:35:30

robbif - Posted - 07/25/2011:  16:36:19

I thought yesterday's Landreth Collection update was big...until Ken sent me much more 1971 Bean Blossom overnight.

There are three sets from July 17 and eighteen additional sets from June 19.

Again, they're all at http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1971/index.html

And just a while ago, Akira Otsuka and his brother Josh (both former members of the Japanese group Bluegrass 45 that wowed US audiences in the 1970s) discovered a film of that festival at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfglyqcJj3c

robbif - Posted - 07/26/2011:  07:31:03

robbif - Posted - 08/18/2011:  12:36:10

robbif - Posted - 08/19/2011:  11:50:38

I found 2 more of my cassettes...



Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mtn. Boys at Berkshire Mtns. Festival 1977

Renfro Profit - lead guitar

Keith Whitley - guitar

Curly Ray Cline - fiddle

Jack Cooke - bass

http://frobbi.org/audio/Berkshire77-RalphStanley.mp3

Tony Trischka & Bela Fleck at Winterhawk 1992...

http://frobbi.org/audio/Trishka&Fleck-Winterhawk-Jul18_1992.mp3

robbif - Posted - 10/02/2011:  13:49:34

Hi Folks,



As usual, after I thought I'd found them all, I "discovered" 2 more cassettes. Actually, one was already digitized and the other

was in a stack right next to the computer. What great organization!



Anyway, here are two recordings of Peter Rowan and Tex Logan from the 1979 Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival.

Lamar Grier is on banjo, and his son David comes up for one number in Set 1.



Set 1: frobbi.org/audio/Rowan-Logan-B...e1979.mp3

Set 2:frobbi.org/audio/Berkshire79-R...Logan.mp3



As always, the links are available on my Picking Page at frobbi.org/picking.html



I didn't remember who was on bass and guessed Barry Mitterhoff was on mandolin.



I received a quick answer from picker/photog Phil Zimmerman:

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"This picture (top of the page) is from July 4, 1978... very likely the same band as your Berkshire Mtns tape:"  

bluegrasstime.com/pages/Page%2049.html

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I probably guessed correctly about Barry Mitterhoff on mandolin and it looks like Roger Mason on bass.



I then realized I might've been able to guess from my 1980 photo...





                                         Lamar Grier, Tex Logan, Roger Mason, Peter Rowan, Amanda Rowan, Barry Mitterhoff



Enjoy!

Fred

robbif - Posted - 10/08/2011:  05:27:31

Just a reminder, all of my Grey Fox videos (2003 - present) are on one YouTube playlist. ..

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8E...C0A68603E

A couple more from 2011 are added each week as they are released via the Grey Fox video blog...

http://greyfoxbluegrass.com/gfblog/category/videos/

Edited by - robbif on 10/08/2011 05:36:38

robbif - Posted - 10/12/2011:  08:17:11

Finally I have some more of Ken Landreth's Recording Collection. Thanks to his hard work you can now hear the 1969 Bean Blossom Sunday Hymn Program.   In this case, the tapes were given to Ken a long time ago by Barbara Thomas of Tahlequah, OK. Due to possible rain the program was moved to the Barn with less seating, and Monroe requested that no tape recorders be allowed except for that of Mike Seeger. But Thomas was still able to make a recording. The tape quality is not great, but at least the program has been documented.   http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1969/index.html   You can hear Doc Watson in Part 3.   The entire Landreth collection (so far) is at http://frobbi.org/landrethcollection.html

robbif - Posted - 10/14/2011:  04:39:05

In keeping with the Hymn Program theme, here is my contribution from the 1980 Berkshire Mountains Bluegrass Festival...



Del McCoury: http://frobbi.org/audio/Berkshire80-Gospel-DelMcCoury.mp3

(sorry, incomplete when I ran out of tape)



Buck White, Sharon, Cheryl, Skaggs, Douglas: http://frobbi.org/audio/Berkshire80-Gospel-BuckWhite-RickySkaggs.mp3







As usual, it's also on my Picking Page at http://frobbi.org/picking.html



Fred

robbif - Posted - 10/16/2011:  13:41:43

Please help yourself to my latest addition,   Buck White with Ricky Skaggs   from 1978 at the Towne Crier, then in Beekman, NY.   Set 1   Set 2   Also on my Picking Page

robbif - Posted - 10/23/2011:  05:28:50

robbif - Posted - 11/13/2011:  07:15:37

Just a reminder...

Please help yourself to all of the audio and video recordings on my Picking Page.

robbif - Posted - 12/05/2011:  05:25:04

My first HD video, shot with my wife's Canon still camera. The Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association presented this event with two great singers. What a great time, despite a blizzard!
Page:    banjohangout.org/topic/123035/1">1   banjohangout.org/topic/123035/2">2   banjohangout.org/topic/123035/3">3   banjohangout.org/topic/123035/4">4   banjohangout.org/topic/123035/5">5    of 5	Topic

robbif - Posted - 12/07/2011:  08:02:07

Fasten your seat belts and check out...

Gigue from Bach's D minor Partita by Chris Thile on the Grey Fox 2011 Masters Stage.

robbif - Posted - 12/21/2011:  10:27:22

Spinney Brothers - I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky - Grey Fox 2011 Masters Stage

robbif - Posted - 02/07/2012:  16:54:01

I just discovered this videotape of the 2007 Grey Fox Banjo Masters: Greg Liszt, Pete Wernick, & Doc Cullis..

robbif - Posted - 02/08/2012:  13:53:25

Here's the other tape I just found...

robbif - Posted - 02/12/2012:  09:41:16

 Eddie Shelton-banjo, Bill Pogue-mandolin, Travis Stewart-guitar.

I'm thrilled to announce that I've made the complete record album available at http://frobbi.org/cutups-record.html

I couldn't have done it without the help of Travis' son Dennis who provided me the audio; and Eddie Shelton's daughter Linda Shelton Brown who provided the album cover image.



By the way, don't forget Dennis had already provided me with the video of the Cut-Ups' TV commercials: http://frobbi.org/cutups.html

robbif - Posted - 06/14/2012:  15:03:17

I'm proud to announce I've now been able to start another series of bluegrass recordings,

thanks to another well-known picker.



This time it's the "Doc Hamilton Collection". frobbi.org/hamiltoncollection.html

It starts out with Doc's blockbuster recordings of Flatt & Scruggs in Houston, 1966 and 1967.

The 1967 set has two songs by guests Doc & Merle Watson.



These recordings are obviously even more appropriate with our recent loss of Earl and Doc.



As always, the link is also available on my Picking Page at frobbi.org/picking.html

in the From My Friends section.



There will be more to come.



My sincere thanks to Doc for taking the time to allow us to share his treasures with all of you in the

bluegrass community.

robbif - Posted - 06/15/2012:  18:10:17

Doc Hamilton has come up with two more gems:

Flatt & Scruggs WSAZ 1959

Flatt & Scruggs WSM 1963



They're at http://frobbi.org/hamiltoncollection.html

robbif - Posted - 06/16/2012:  17:50:24

Even more in the Doc Hamilton Collection! Bean Blossom 1968 - Stone Mtn Boys, Bill Monroe, Red Allen, Mac Wiseman, Hedrick Bros.                                   (sorry for the poor quality on this one) Stanley Brothers, Antioch JD Crowe, New York City http://frobbi.org/hamiltoncollection.html

robbif - Posted - 06/18/2012:  15:00:14

First of all you're welcome to download any of my recordings.

Recently I've gotten several queries of how to go about it.

So I've added some brief instructions: frobbi.org/downloading.html

There's also a link to the instructions on my Picking Page: frobbi.org/picking.html

robbif - Posted - 06/19/2012:  05:26:40

I just received an unexpected treat from an old friend in Clemson.

Bob King sent me his 1986 recording of Doc Watson at the Paramount Theatre

in Peekskill, NY. It's in stunning quality, directly from the sound board...

once some adjustments were made.



Part 1 frobbi.org/audio/king/docwatso...86-1a.mp3

Part 2 frobbi.org/audio/king/docwatso...86-1b.mp3

Part 3 frobbi.org/audio/king/docwatso...986-2.mp3



It's also in the "From My Friends" section on my Picking Page frobbi.org/picking.html



My big, big thanks to Bob for this wonderful surprise!

robbif - Posted - 07/06/2012:  04:25:29

I've just had the pleasure of adding the Ken Hydinger Collection to my recordings.



frobbi.org/hydingercollection.html



Ken's given us a Jimmy Martin set from Bill Monroe's 1996 Bean Blossom,

only 2 days before Monroe's death. Read Ken's account on the web page.



As always, Ken's collection is also on my Picking Page

frobbi.org/picking.html in the From My Friends section.



Thanks, Ken, and enjoy, everyone!



Fred 

robbif - Posted - 07/09/2012:  08:18:41

Another recording from Doc Hamilton...The hits just keep on coming!



Doc just gave me his recording of Larry Sparks at Bean Blossom 1977...

Tom Boyd-banjo, dobro; Mike Carter-bass; Doc Hamilton-fiddle

Actually, I thought I'd posted even more a few days ago...

There's a jam at Bobby Shipley's house in Houston, just before the 1967 Flatt & Scruggs concert.

Pickers are Doc Watson, Paul Warren, Josh Graves, Larry Rice, and Doc Hamilton.



Also there are two tracks of Ralph Rinzler presenting the "Bluegrass Story".

Currently we don't know the date or origin of the recording.



Finally, there's a long set of Jimmy Martin, again with unknown date and origin.



Hopefully we'll find an answer or two. Meanwhile, enjoy! 



Check it out: frobbi.org/hamiltoncollection.html

robbif - Posted - 07/09/2012:  09:40:28

Another Blockbuster from Doc Hamilton: A jam session with Clarence White, Tony Rice, Bobby Slone, & Larry Rice!



frobbi.org/hamiltoncollection.html



Correction: The Ralph Rinzler Bluegrass Story that was on the Doc Hamilton Collection page is actually from

June 20, 1977 Bean Blossom in the Ken Landreth Collection at frobbi.org/audio/landreth/Bean...ndex.html

Thank to Ken for keeping me honest!

slowhand - Posted - 07/09/2012:  15:15:31

quote:

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Originally posted by robbif

Another Blockbuster from Doc Hamilton: A jam session with Clarence White, Tony Rice, Bobby Slone, & Larry Rice!

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What an amazing piece of musical history. For as intertwined as the lives of Clarence White and Tony Rice were, I don't think there were many occasions when they jammed as equals. By the time Tony hit his stride as a guitarist, Clarence would have been doing his thing with the Byrds. This recording has to be the jam that Tony mentions on page 54 of his biography:

"It hadn't been but two months before [Clarence died] that Clarence and Suzie were at my house. We even jammed that night and I got a tape of it. It's Larry and I and Bobby Slone, and Clarence."

Seriously Fred, thanks for making all this stuff available.

Edited by - slowhand on 07/09/2012 15:16:12

robbif - Posted - 07/10/2012:  11:27:01

robbif - Posted - 07/27/2012:  17:47:34

Another historic recording from Doc Hamilton...

34 songs from Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys at Bean Blossom 1957...



frobbi.org/audio/hamilton/Bean...om57.html

robbif - Posted - 07/28/2012:  06:46:10

robbif - Posted - 07/28/2012:  10:20:23

robbif - Posted - 08/09/2012:  07:15:27

I've posted several Grey Fox 2012 videos recently.

The best way to keep track is to subscribe to the Grey Fox YouTube channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/greyfoxbluegrass#g/u

robbif - Posted - 08/14/2012:  04:10:57

robbif - Posted - 08/17/2012:  15:08:19

From Doc Hamilton: Monroe on the Opry

slowhand - Posted - 08/17/2012:  18:20:00

quote:

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Originally posted by robbif

From Doc Hamilton: Monroe on the Opry

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Thanks, as always Fred, for posting this. Do you happen to know if Monroe ever released a studio recording of Northern White Clouds? (Set 2, song 2.) I have all of his Bear Family box sets and it's not on any of them. A google search seems to suggest that he didn't, which is a shame.

robbif - Posted - 08/17/2012:  18:48:39

Dave, You're very welcome.

Since I don't know the answer, I'll ask around.

Anybody else here that knows?

robbif - Posted - 08/18/2012:  06:00:18

Dave, One answer...

As far as I know, he didn't. There were several songs he wrote and never recorded, as well as tunes he came up with and never named. He showed me a legal pad, two columns on two pages, with song titles he had written. I saw some with just a line drawn in the space, and he said those were tunes he had that he hadn't named yet. Pretty remarkable.



He also wrote a fine tune called Farewell to Long Hollow that he never recorded. I first heard it on a James Bryan album. Later, the Warrior River Boys recorded it. I think some more bands have it recorded by now.

Doc Hamilton, Ret'd

slowhand - Posted - 08/18/2012:  06:59:34

Thanks, Fred and Doc. I had never heard of that tune until a couple of months ago when a fiddler played it a jam. I came home and couldn't find it in any of my Bear Family box sets and I was wondering if she might have had the title or the artist wrong when she said it was Northern White Clouds by Bill Monroe. It's a really beautiful and compelling tune. I'd like to see it become more well known in the bluegrass world.

I searched google for Jimmy Campbell, the fiddler who played that Opry set with Bill. He released Northern White Clouds on his own album, "Young Opry Fiddler" in 1993. I just downloaded the MP3 from Amazon. Mike Compton plays mandolin on the track.

robbif - Posted - 08/18/2012:  08:16:55

Jimmy Campbell put out two recordings, most of the mandolin parts with Compton, but a few with Monroe himself playing mandolin. He was one of the smoothest and most tasteful fiddlers ever to play. I never met him but I've talked with his mom, who says Jimmy's son and also brother are both fiddlers. I can recommend both of Jimmy's CDs.



The story is that Monroe had the tune Northern White Clouds already figured out, but had not name for it. On a tour somewhere up north, he saw the advertisement on the side of an 18-wheeler hawking Northern White Clouds toilet paper. I don't know if that's true, but it's a cool story.



cheers,

Doc Hamilton, Ret'd

robbif - Posted - 09/23/2012:  05:49:41

robbif - Posted - 11/20/2012:  06:13:40

Last weekend Lonesome River Band  gave a fantastic concert, presented by my Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association.

Sammy Shelor was so gracious to allow me to record the entire concert and post it on the HVBA's YouTube channel!



Set 1 is ready, with Set 2 hopefully in a few days. You can find them here...



http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hvbavideo

robbif - Posted - 11/20/2012:  12:50:27

Also, recently at the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association's Membership Day, good friends and very talented musicians Too Blue gave us an outdoor concert.

Here's one of their sets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nL14Utq3WI

robbif - Posted - 12/02/2012:  11:31:15

robbif - Posted - 12/07/2012:  07:10:07

Recently, the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association presented the Lonesome River Band.

The show was fantastic, to say the least. But on top of that, Sammy Shelor graciously allowed me to record and post the entire show!

Here it is for your enjoyment...

Set 1

Set 2

Note, as Sammy mentions during the show, Brandon Rickman had another schedule commitment for the weekend and Ashby Frank sat in for him.

robbif - Posted - 12/10/2012:  17:39:19

Hi Folks,



Ken Landreth surprised me this evening with a whole new bunch of wonderful music; and I posted it as soon as I could.



Have a listen to Christmas on the Radio 1958



All the best!

Fred

robbif - Posted - 12/17/2012:  07:59:56

Just thought I'd summarize my YouTube playlists in case you're interested...

Grey Fox