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Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2

Various Artists

Initial release : 2005

Smithsonian/Folkways 40163

David Grisman plays on at least one track of this bluegrass compilation. Also includes a Bill Monroe track from a recording made when Peter Rowan was a member of his Bluegrass Boys.

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Tracks / Musicians

  • Blue Grass Breakdown - David Johnson
  • Roving Gambler - Country Gentlemen
  • Daniel Prayed - Doc Watson, Fred Price and Clint Howard
  • Fourteen-Carat Mind - Half And Half
  • Won't You Come and Sing for Me? - Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
  • Rocky Run - Jerry Stuart, Pete Kuykendall and Smiley Hobbs
  • The Girl Behind the Bar - Red Clay Ramblers
  • Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me - B. Lilly, Chubby Anthony and Don Stover
  • Are You Afraid to Die? - Red Allen and Frank Wakefield
  • Walls of Time - Bill Monroe
  • Back Up and Push - Friendly City Playboys
  • I've Endured - Ola Belle Reed
  • Carolina in the Pines - Harley Allen
  • Jesse James - Eric Weissberg
  • Two Orphans - Georgia Pals
  • China Grove, My Home Town - Nashville Grass
  • Bluegrass Spectacular - Bill Price
  • Stoney Creek - Sonny Miller
  • Little Maggie - Larry Richardson
  • Miss Ferris - John Hartford
  • Foggy Mountain Top - Earl Taylor
  • Sinner, You Better Get Ready - Lilly Brothers and Don Stover
  • Sitting on Top of the World - Doc Watson
  • Renegade - Bob Everhart
  • Possum Holler - Bill Price
  • Red Wing - Tom Morgan
  • I'll Take the Blame - Red Allen
  • Watson's Blues - Bill Monroe and Doc Watson
David Grisman probably plays on Won't You Come And Sing For Me by Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. The musicians on that track include Hazel and Alice and some of the others listed;
  • Hazel Dickens - bass, vocals
  • Alice Gerrard - guitar, vocals

  • David Grisman - mandolin
  • Chubby Wise - fiddle
  • Lamar Grier - banjo
  • Billy Baker - fiddle
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