Hi Folks,

I have another treat for you.

Dennis Stewart, Travis Stewart's son, transferred some 1960s film to video of the Country Cut-Ups doing some TV commercials in the Dallas area.

At the time, the Country Cut-Ups were:
Eddie Shelton - banjo
Bill Pogue - mandolin
Travis Stewart - guitar

Thanks to Dennis, I'm able to make them available on my website at frobbi.org/cutups.html and on my Picking Page at frobbi.org/picking.html (in the new "From My Friends" section).

As always, please help yourself and enjoy!

Recently, Byron Berline came here to Poughkeepsie, NY, to give a fiddle workshop and concert, both sponsored by the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association. While I sat back and enjoyed seeing Byron for the first time in 20 years, Steve Jacobi was good enough to videotape the entire concert. Thanks, Steve! The group of great local musicians (just ask Byron) appropriately called themselves Gold Rush.

I'm happy to have the video on my website at frobbi.org/goldrush

You can also find the link on my Picking Page frobbi.org/picking.html in the From My Friends section.

Enjoy!

Byron Berline & Gold Rush

Edited by - robbif on 09/05/2010 08:12:14

I was a video staff volunteer at Grey Fox again this year. Had a ball...and a couple blisters.

Grey Fox will be releasing my videos, mostly from the Masters Stage, one at a time over the next few weeks.

You can find them on the Grey Fox blog at greyfoxbluegrass.com/gfblog/ca...y/videos/
and on my page at frobbi.org/greyfox2010video.html

Hi Folks,

Last year (yesterday), I "discovered" 2 more recordings.

I remembered a second jam recording from Culpeper-Warrenton 1973. It was actually the first one I did, so I'm calling it Jam 1, to distinguish it from the other one that's been out there for a while, which I'm now oddly enough calling Jam 2. I dusted off the cassette and did a little work.

This one stars Byron Berline-fiddle, Alan Munde-banjo, Roger Bush-bass, Buck White-mandolin, and Jerry McCoury-guitar.

You can find it at frobbi.org/culpeper1.html as well as on my usual Picking Page at frobbi.org/picking.html (The other jam is at frobbi.org/culpeper.html).

There's one more short recording from Culpeper-Warrenton 1973.

It's the Lilly Bros., Don Stover, and Tex Logan.

As with many of my other recordings from that festival, the quality is lousy due to a booming PA system and one of those cheap piano-key Sony mono cassette recorders of the day. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

Anyway, it's at frobbi.org/audio/LillyBros-Sto...r1973.mp3 and as always on my Picking Page at frobbi.org/picking.html

Happy New Year!

With a very big thank you to Dave Snyder, I'm now able to share a lot more of the late Al Osteen's music at

frobbi.org/alosteen.html

Hi Folks,

I just "discovered" (read "finally got around to digging out") a 7½ inch tape reel that I thought I should capture while my 40-year-old
Revox deck is still working.

I found a 28-minute stereo set of Bill Monroe and Doc Watson. There's more mono stuff on the other side that I hope to eventually
clean up and make available.

Meanwhile, the 1st set is at http://frobbi.org/audio/Monroe-Watson-BeanBlossom1969-1.mp3
and also available on my Picking Page at http://frobbi.org/picking.html in the "From My Friends" section.

I'm not completely sure who gave me the tape, but when I do I'll add a thanks on the Picking Page.

As always, please enjoy!
Fred

Wow, mystery partially solved. I got this answer on BanjoHangout:

Hey Fred...the Watson-Monroe set you have is a recording I did at Bean Blossom on June 21, 1969.  This was from the Saturday morning workshops and I have all of the other workshop sets recorded from 1969 Beanblossom as well.  It was recorded using a Sony 4-track reel-to-reel deck with 2 Sure SM 58 microphones on gooseneck stands (that's the creaking sound you hear when someone moves them closer to an instrument).  The tape has been circulated a lot after I gave a few people copies, so I'm not sure where you got yours...but that's where it came from.  The copy you have has a good bit of hiss that is not on the original tape...I assume from multi-generation copying on tape.   If you want a first generation digital copy with out the hiss...let me know. 

Ken Landreth

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Originally posted by robbif

Wow, mystery partially solved. I got this answer on BanjoHangout:

Hey Fred...the Watson-Monroe set you have is a recording I did at Bean Blossom on June 21, 1969.  This was from the Saturday morning workshops and I have all of the other workshop sets recorded from 1969 Beanblossom as well.  It was recorded using a Sony 4-track reel-to-reel deck with 2 Sure SM 58 microphones on gooseneck stands (that's the creaking sound you hear when someone moves them closer to an instrument).  The tape has been circulated a lot after I gave a few people copies, so I'm not sure where you got yours...but that's where it came from.  The copy you have has a good bit of hiss that is not on the original tape...I assume from multi-generation copying on tape.   If you want a first generation digital copy with out the hiss...let me know. 

Ken Landreth

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Fred, this recording is a treasure. Thanks for posting it. And please take Ken up on his offer!

qOriginally posted by slowhand

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please take Ken up on his offer!

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Dave,

I did, thanks. Stay tuned!

Hi Folks,

You want more music? I've got more music.

Ken Landreth ( http://www.oldfive.com ) has graciously offered to digitize and send
me even more of his collection.

In the past, Ken provided me the Union Grove 1966 program scans ( http://frobbi.org/ug66/ )
and some of the music of Al Osteen ( http://frobbi.org/alosteen.html ).

Since I "discovered" a copy of some 1969 Bean Blossom workshops only a few days ago,
Ken not only pointed out  that he made the originals, but offered them to me for posting. So already,
in addition  to the Bill Monroe/Doc Watson workshop, Ken has given me two more:
Don Reno/Doc Watson and Don Reno! You can now find all 3 at http://frobbi.org/kenbeanblossom.html
as well as on my Picking Page ( http://frobbi.org/picking.html ) in the "From My Friends"
section under "The Ken Landreth Collection"...where there's going to be even more festivals and
misc. recordings very soon!

So stay tuned!

I have to repeat my thanks to Ken. I'm very happy and proud to be involved in sharing his collection
alongside my amateur stuff.

As always, ENJOY!

Fred 

Check out the new artwork from Greg "grich" Rich on my

Picking Page ...

We're all very lucky that Ken Landreth is back and his tape recorder is fixed.

With a lot of work, he's given me some more great, historic, high-quality recordings.

Added to the Landreth Collection are Carlton Haney's Berryville 1969 with the Story of Bluegrass and Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom 1971.

The Bean Blossom 1971 series has Ralph Stanley (with Skaggs & Whitley), Jimmy Martin (with Alan Munde), Jim & Jesse, and the Country Gentlemen.

I'm proud to have these gems on my website!

Check out the entire collection at http://frobbi.org/landrethcollection.html

...and stay tuned for more! 

Fred

Edited by - robbif on 06/14/2011 05:46:07

I just discovered your page...thanks for all the effort you put in to make this available!

Here are the latest Ken Landreth Collection updates in the last few days:

June 21, 1969 Bean Blossom
-Bluegrass Story - Part 1
-Bluegrass Story - Part 2
http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/BeanBlossom1971/index.html

July 4, 1969 Berryville
-Jimmy Arnold & Wesley Golding, Evening
-Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Evening
-Bill Monroe Late Night Jam Session
http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/Berryville1969/index.html

Aug 31, 1969 Camp Springs Sunday Morning Hymn Sing
-Jim Eanes & the Shenandoah Valley Cutups
-Don Reno, Bill Harrell & the Tennessee Cutups
-Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Quartet
http://frobbi.org/audio/landreth/Reidsville1969/index.html

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