Country Gentlemen

Country Gentlemen

Country Gentlemen

ASIN: B0000DESH1

Track Listings
 
1. Lonesome Number One - Don Gibson
2. I Love You Because - Stonewall Jackson
3. Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin
4. There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
5. Misery Loves Company - Porter Wagoner
6. Alone With You - Faron Young
7. Someone to Give My Love To - Johnny Paycheck
8. Little Black Book - Jimmy Dean
9. Almost Persuaded - David Houston
10. Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith

Country Gentlemen,Various Artists,K-Tel Entertainment,Country,Country & Western,Country Collections,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,V/A Compilations
Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains
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    The Country Gentlemen
    Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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    ASIN: B000OQF6SQ
    Release Date: 2007-05-22

    Tracks:

    1. Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains
    2. Going to the Races
    3. Azzuro Campana
    4. Dark as a Dungeon
    5. Copper Kettle
    6. Billy in the Low Ground
    7. I Saw the Light
    8. Tom Dooley # 2
    9. Brown Mountain Light
    10. Electricity
    11. Daybreak in Dixie
    12. Mary Dear
    13. Sad and Lonesome Day
    14. Cripple Creek
    15. Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky?
    16. Muleskinner Blues

    Album Description

    Modern bluegrass was born on July 4, 1957 when the original Country Gentlemen took the stage at the Admiral Grill in Baileys Crossroads, Virginia. The foursome heard on this disc is the "classic" Country Gentlemen-Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray, one of the greatest ensembles in bluegrass history. This reissue of the Gents' 1973 album catches the band in its prime. 28-page booklet, 16 tracks, 46 mins.
    25 Years
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Solid Introduction to an Amazing Band
    • Counrty Gentlemen
    		 25 Years
    The Country Gentlemen
    Manufacturer: Rebel Records
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    ASIN: B000000239
    Release Date: 1994-08-24

    Tracks:

    1. Matterhorn
    2. I Am Weary, Let Me Rest
    3. Two Little Boys
    4. This World's No Place To Live
    5. Girls From The North Country
    6. 500 Miles
    7. Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party
    8. Copper Kettle
    9. Helen
    10. Little Bessie
    11. Many A Mile
    12. Come All Ye Tenderhearted
    13. Teach Your Children
    14. Where I'm Bound
    15. Redwood Hill
    16. Letter To Tom
    17. Less Of Me
    18. Devil's Little Angel
    19. The Likes Of You
    20. This Morning At Nine
    21. Dixieland For Me
    22. The Fields Have Turned Brown
    23. Over The Hills To The Poorhouse
    24. Come And Sit By The River

    Amazon.com essential recording

    The Country Gentlemen saw bluegrass through some sea changes. One of the first groups to include rock and pop elements in their songs, they also deepened the music's appeal to urban coffeehouse and college audiences. The resulting sound remains influential even as their generation has become bluegrass music's elder statesmen. This double-disc retrospective from Rebel Records gives an admirable overview of what made the Gentleman so consistently innovative and exciting throughout their musical chair-lineup changes, which included at one time or another everyone from Charlie Waller, Doyle Lawson, and Bill Emerson to John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Ricky Skaggs. Appropriately enough for the first "progressive" bluegrass band, the song selection ranges from rock and folk covers like Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" and CSN's "Teach Your Children" to lonesome bluegrass classics like Ralph Stanley's "The Fields Have Turned Brown."

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Solid Introduction to an Amazing Band.......2007-06-04

    I first purchased this collection on vinyl shortly after its original release in 1982 after seeing the Country Gentlemen play live at a festival. Over the course of twenty-six songs, the listener is provided with a concise history of this seminal band. However, while the title 25 YEARS implies a complete history, be aware that what you are really getting is a collection of songs recorded for Rebel Records from the mid-sixties through 1980 (although two tracks--"Come & Sit by the River" and "The Likes of You"--are provided by their then current label Sugar Hill.) Because the Country Gentlemen recorded for a variety of labels during their first twenty-five years (Starday, Vanguard, Folkways among them), this collection is not as thorough as it could be.

    Despite those limitations, there is some excellent material here, especially the period from 1959 through 1969 when the classic lineup included Charlie Waller on guitar and vocals (the founder and lone constant throughout the entire band's history), John Duffey on mandolin and vocals, Eddie Adcock on banjo, and either Tom Gray or Ed Ferris on bass. Fully half of the tracks (1-12 and 20) feature this configuration of the band. [Note: Duffey and Gray would later team up again in The Seldom Scene in the early seventies.]

    For the most part, the Country Gentlemen kept things fairly traditional. Even when they covered more contemporary material (Dylan's "Girl from the North Country," Gordon Lightfoot's "Redwood Hill," Graham Nash's "Teach Your Children"), it really wasn't much of a stretch to treat these songs as bluegrass numbers. It is worth noting, however, that the two Sugar Hill numbers have the Country Gentlemen updating their sound by adding a drummer.

    My only complaint is that the Doyle Lawson years (1971 through 1979) are represented by a mere four songs. [That's Lawson singing lead on "Dixieland for Me."] That quibble aside, this is a fine collection and an enjoyable introduction to this amazing band. [Running Time - 72:16] VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

    5 out of 5 stars Counrty Gentlemen.......2001-03-06

    I grew up listening to these songs in Eastern KY. My dad was a banjo player and we spent lots of times at bluegrass festivals and the highlite of any show was the Country Gentlemen! We came to know Charlie Waller and Doyle Lawson on a personal level and these songs bring back so many fond memories. they are a must-have for any fan of bluegrass music. Matterhorn, Teach Your Children and 500 miles were my favorites and no one can sing bluegrass better than Charlie Waller. I learned these songs over 20 years ago and they still have a special place in my heart. If you love bluegrass music you will love these songs! I highly recommend them!
    The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971
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      The Country Gentlemen
      Manufacturer: Rebel Records
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      ASIN: B000005YVA
      Release Date: 1998-04-21

      Tracks:

      1. Christmas Time Back Home
      2. Heavenward Bound
      3. I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
      4. Sad And Lonesome Day
      5. The Bluebirds Are Singing
      6. The White Rose
      7. The Gentleman Is Blue
      8. Philadelphia Lawyer
      9. Spanish Two-Step
      10. Bringing Mary Home
      11. The Convict And The Rose
      12. Banks Of The Ohio
      13. Down Where The River Bends
      14. Battle Hymn Of The Republic
      15. This World's No Place To Live
      16. Uncle Joe
      17. Northbound
      18. Let The Light Shine Down
      19. Girl From The North Country
      20. Cold Wind A Blowing
      21. Jingle Bells
      22. Silent Night
      23. We Three Kings
      24. Blue Bell
      25. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
      26. Matterhorn
      27. Dark As A Dungeon
      28. Big Bruce

      Tracks:

      1. When They Ring Those Golden Bells
      2. Buffalo Girls
      3. A Beautiful Life
      4. I'm Working On A Road
      5. A Border Affair
      6. Johnny Reb
      7. Many A Mile
      8. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
      9. Lord, I'm Coming Home
      10. The Traveler
      11. Silver Bell
      12. Theme From Exodus
      13. Love And Wealth
      14. He Was A Friend Of Mine
      15. Daybreak In Dixie
      16. Some Old Day
      17. Raggy Mountain Shakedown
      18. Banana Boat Song
      19. Going To The Races
      20. Waiting For The Boys To Come Home
      21. Darling Little Joe
      22. El Dedo
      23. I'll Be There Mary Dear
      24. Blue Ridge Cabin Home
      25. Take Me In A Lifeboat
      26. The Sentence
      27. Where I'm Bound

      Tracks:

      1. To The Rescue
      2. Rodger Young
      3. Green Green Grass Of Home
      4. Along The Way
      5. Let's
      6. Rambling Boy
      7. Gentlemen's Concerto
      8. Take Me Back To The Valley
      9. Fare-Thee-Well Cisco
      10. Preaching, Praying, Singing
      11. Mrs. Robinson
      12. Two Little Boys
      13. Doin' My Time
      14. Rank Strangers To Me
      15. Heaven
      16. Gone Home
      17. Rank Strangers To Me
      18. I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
      19. Over The Hills To The Poorhouse
      20. Little White Church
      21. Heaven
      22. Bill Bailey
      23. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
      24. Are You Washed In The Blood
      25. One Wide River
      26. On The Sunny Side Of Life
      27. Born Again
      28. I'll Break Out Again

      Tracks:

      1. Less Of Me
      2. I Am A Pilgrim
      3. Weapon Of Prayer
      4. If I Were Free
      5. Teach Your Children
      6. Fox On The Run
      7. Johnny And Jack Medley
      8. I'd Rather Live By The Side Of The Road
      9. These Men Of God
      10. Cowboys And Indians
      11. Sea Of Heartbreak
      12. Orange Blossom Mandolin
      13. Yesterday
      14. The Girl Behind The Bar
      15. The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
      16. Country Roads
      17. Redwood Hill
      18. Secret Of The Waterfall
      19. Walkin' Down The Line
      20. Breakin' It Down
      21. New Freedom Bell
      22. The Old Pine Tree
      23. The Legend Of Rebel Soldier
      24. C.G. Express
      25. Little Bessie
      26. The Fields Have Turned Brown
      27. Get In Line Buddy

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      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
      Live in Japan
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        The Country Gentlemen
        Manufacturer: Rebel Records
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        3. On the Road (And More)
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        5. Can't You Hear Me Callin'

        ASIN: B00000023B
        Release Date: 1994-08-24

        Tracks:

        1. Fox On The Run
        2. Little Bessie
        3. Train 45
        4. The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier
        5. Walking Down The Line
        6. Matterhorn
        7. Country Roads
        8. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
        9. Cripple Creek
        10. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
        11. East Virginia Blues
        12. Redwood Hill
        13. I'll Break Out
        14. Under The Double Eagle
        15. Copper Kettle
        16. Yesterday
        17. Bringing Mary Home
        18. Seeing Nellie Home
        19. Along The Way
        20. Hank Snow Medley: The Last Ride/One More Ride/Golden Rocket/I'm Movin On/The Rumbah Boogie
        Award Winning Country Gentlemen
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          The Country Gentlemen
          Manufacturer: Rebel Records
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          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000000241
          Release Date: 1994-08-25

          Tracks:

          1. Walkin' Down the Line
          2. The Legend Of The Rebel Soldier
          3. Redwood Hill
          4. The Fields Have Turned Brown
          5. C.G. Express
          6. Little Bessie
          7. Old Pine Tree
          8. Hickory Hollow's Tramp
          9. Country Roads
          10. Secret Of The Waterfall
          11. Breakin' Down
          12. The Girl Behind The Bar
          13. Get In Line Buddy
          14. New Freedom Bell
          The John Adams Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective
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            		The John Adams Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective

            Manufacturer: Nonesuch
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            ASIN: B00001SID1
            Release Date: 1999-10-19

            Tracks:

            1. Lollapalooza
            2. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah To Ocean
            3. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
            4. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
            5. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She's So Fine
            6. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag The Bone
            7. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera
            8. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
            9. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer & Chisel
            10. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
            11. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Standchen: The Little Serenade
            12. John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah To Ocean (Reprise)
            13. Slonimsky's Earbox

            Tracks:

            1. Two Fanfares For Orchestra - Tromba Lontana
            2. Two Fanfares For Orchestra - Short Ride In A Fast Machine
            3. Common Tones In Simple Time
            4. El Dorado - Part I. A Dream Of Gold
            5. El Dorado - Part II. Soledades

            Tracks:

            1. Harmonielehre - Part I
            2. Harmonielehre - Part II The Anfortas Wound
            3. Harmonielehre - Part III Meister Eckhardt And Quackie
            4. Violin Concerto - Part I
            5. Violin Concerto - Part II Chaconne:
            6. Violin Concerto - Part III Toccare

            Tracks:

            1. Chamber Sympony - Mongel Airs
            2. Chamber Sympony - Aria With Walking Bass
            3. Chamber Sympony
            4. Hoodo Zephyr - Tundra
            5. Hoodo Zephyr - Dissappointment Lake
            6. Hoodo Zephyr - Hoodo Zephyr
            7. Gnarly Buttons - The Perilous Shore
            8. Gnarly Buttons - Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)
            9. Gnarly Buttons - Put Your Loving Arms Around Me

            Tracks:

            1. Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
            2. A Sermon On Romance
            3. Consuelo's Dream
            4. Mike's Song About Arresting A Particular Individual
            5. Tiffany's Solo
            6. Song About The On-Site Altercation
            7. Song About The Bad Boys And The News
            8. Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man
            9. Leila's Song; Alone (Again Or At Last)
            10. Three Weeks And Still I'm Outta My Mind
            11. Crushed By The Rock I Been Standing On
            12. Dewain's Song Of Liberation And Surprise
            13. !Este Pais! / This Country
            14. One Last Look At The Angel In Your Eyes
            15. Finale

            Tracks:

            1. Lollapalooza
            2. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Judah To Ocean
            3. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Toot Nipple
            4. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Dogjam
            5. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Pavane: She's So Fine
            6. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Rag The Bone
            7. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Habenera
            8. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Stubble Crotchet
            9. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Hammer & Chisel
            10. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Alligator Escalator
            11. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Standchen: The Little Serenade
            12. John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Judah To Ocean (Reprise)
            13. Slonimsky's Earbox

            Tracks:

            1. Harmonium - Negative Love
            2. Harmonium - Becuase I Could Not Stop For Death
            3. Harmonium - Wild Nights
            4. Shaker Loops - Shaking and Trambling
            5. Shaker Loops - Hymning Slews
            6. Shaker Loops - Loops and Verses
            7. Shaker Loops - A Final Shaking

            Tracks:

            1. The Chairman Dances - Foxtrot For Orchestra
            2. Grand Pianola Music - First Movement
            3. Grand Pianola Music - Second Movement
            4. Grand Pianola Music - Third Movement: On The Dominant Divide
            5. Fearful Symmetries

            Tracks:

            1. Nixon In China - Opening
            2. Nixon In China -
            3. Nixon In China -
            4. Nixon In China - Landing Of The Spirit Of '76
            5. Nixon In China -
            6. Nixon In China -
            7. Nixon In China -
            8. Nixon In China -
            9. Nixon In China - Cheers
            10. Nixon In China -
            11. Nixon In China - Opening
            12. Nixon In China -
            13. Nixon In China -
            14. Nixon In China -
            15. Nixon In China -
            16. Nixon In China -
            17. Nixon In China -
            18. Nixon In China -
            19. Nixon In China -
            20. Nixon In China -
            21. Nixon In China -
            22. Nixon In China -

            Tracks:

            1. The Wound-Dresser
            2. Christian Zeal And Activity
            3. Five Songs - Thoreau
            4. Five Songs - Down East
            5. Five Songs - Cradle Song
            6. Five Songs - At The River
            7. Five Songs - Serenity
            8. Eros Piano

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            Having earned his composing stripes after the 1960s, John Adams had the pioneering work of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Terry Riley close at hand as he ventured into his trade. And, while minimalism's historical continuum helps place Adams, he used Reich, Glass, and Riley (among others) only as a starting point. And here's proof: a 10-CD retrospective of nearly all Adams's recorded compositions on Nonesuch Records, the label that also issued Steve Reich 1965-1995 and Kronos Quartet: 25 Years. Adams's Harmonium, a choral work of startling energy and effervescence, appears here in a new recording, as do distillations of both The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China, two path-clearing operas. Over the span of a career covered by Earbox, Adams has returned minimalism to traditional instrumental ensembles as well as to projects that at once advanced a political commentary and took that commentary back to orchestral audiences. And so, in far less time than his predecessors, Adams created works that now play like standard repertoire pieces: The Wound Dresser and Shaker Loops and the Violin Concerto--all of them are here. What these works demonstrate is a fierce creativity on the one hand and perhaps a hunger for commercial advances on the other. Adams may at times be a bustling free thinker, but he sounds ever conscious of what audiences are listening to. As for the works themselves, they remain every bit as daunting as when written.

            Some may object to particular selections. I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, for example, hardly ranks with Adams's best work. But this box isn't a mere best-of; it's an almost-all-of. At times terrifically American--especially in the news-aware operas and their narrative pragmatism--Adams well deserves a major box set, and its coverage is appropriate to his varied, stylistically diverse output. As with any large-scale retrospective, Earbox--which fairly bristles with Adams's new composition, Slonimsky's Earbox--has spots where fans might balk at the quality of the composer's writing. But it's got a fantastic accompanying booklet along with its many hours of inarguably modern and thoroughly listener-friendly music. --Andrew Bartlett
            Songs of the American Spirit
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              		Songs of the American Spirit
              Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen
              Manufacturer: Pinecastle
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              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B000778JWM
              Release Date: 2004-08-24

              Tracks:

              1. Fighting Side of Me
              2. Be Quiet When Willie Walks By
              3. Between Fire and Water
              4. Crying in the Chapel
              5. Joe
              6. Miner's Life - The Country Gentlemen, Charlie Waller, Charlie Waller
              7. Black Berry Blossom [Instrumental]
              8. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
              9. My Heart Is On the Mend
              10. River of Tears
              11. Stay in the Wagon Yard
              12. Vision
              13. Let Me Fly Low
              Calling My Children Home
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                The Country Gentlemen
                Manufacturer: Rebel Records
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                ASIN: B00000024J
                Release Date: 1994-08-25

                Tracks:

                1. The Place Prepared For Me
                2. I'm Ready To Go Home
                3. Hallelujah Side
                4. Palms Of Victory
                5. Calling My Children Home
                6. Inside The Gate
                7. I've Never Been There
                8. The Great Beyond
                9. Lord, I'm Just A Pilgrim
                10. Where Could I Go
                11. Come On, Dear Lord, And Get Me
                12. Where No Cabins Fall
                Folk Songs & Bluegrass
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                  The Country Gentlemen
                  Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
                  ProductGroup: Music
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                  Joe's Last Train
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                    		Joe's Last Train
                    The Country Gentlemen
                    Manufacturer: Rebel Records
                    ProductGroup: Music
                    Binding: Audio CD

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                    Release Date: 2005-06-07

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