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Beaumont Rag
Composer: Traditional

Beaumont Rag was played in the WBCN radio studio in Boston by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Duane Allman on November 21, 1970.

Beaumont Rag is named for Beaumont in Texas. It was originally a fiddle tune. The origins of the piece are uncertain and it may be that it existed with other names. Beaumont Rag is very similar to the less well known White River Stomp.

The first recording of Beaumont Rag appears to be by Smith's Garage Fiddle Band (aka Smith's Garage Band) in 1929. Doc Watson popularised the tune in the 1960s after which it became a staple of the flatpicking guitarists repertoire.



Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Beaumont Rag / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star), Smith's Garage Fiddle Band, 1929
no info Single (Beaumont Rag / Billy On The Low Ground), Oscar Harper, 1930
no info Single (Beaumont Rag / Serenaders Waltz), East Texas Serenaders, 1937
no info Single (I Saw Your Face In The Moon / Beaumont Rag), Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers, 1938?
no info Single (Beaumont Rag / In A Little Red Barn), Light Crust Doughboys, 1938
no info Single (Beaumont Rag / The Waltz You Saved For Me), Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, 1939
no info Single, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, 193?
no info Single (Echoing Hills Yodel Back To Me / Beaumont Rag), Jack Grant And His 7-V-4 Ranch Boys, 1947
no info Single (Beaumont Rag / Uncle Herm's Hornpipe), Buck Ryan 1955
no info Dance-O-Rama No.2 Part 2, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 1955
no info Dance Ranch EP, Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys, 1958
no info Dance Ranch, Hank Thompson, 1958
no info Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys, 195?
no info American Favourites EP, The Blue Mountain Band, 195?
no info Fiddler's Hall of Fame, Various Artists (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith), 1963
no info Long Journey Home, The Kentucky Colonels, 1964
no info Library of Congress Recordings, Woody Guthrie, 1964
no info Bob Wills Keepsake Album #1, Bob Wills, 1964
no info EP (Beaumont Rag / Ragtime Annie / Billy In The Lowground / Rubber Dolly), Buddy Durham, 1961
no info Golden Instrumentals Country Style, Various Artists, 1964
info Doc Watson & Son, Doc Watson & Son, 1965
no info Texas Hoedown, Various Artists (Vernon Solomon), 1965
no info 20 Fiddle Favorites, Dale Potter, 1967
no info The Carolina Boys, Junior Parker & James Randolph / Fiddlin' Mutt Poston & Clarence Jackson, 1967
info Bluegrass Alliance, Bluegrass Alliance, 1969
no info Texas Farewell, Smith's Garage Band, 1969
no info Mountain Fiddlin' Music from Montana, Various Artists (Bill Long), 196?
no info Old Time Hoedown, Various Artists (Bill Northcutt), 196?
no info Russ & Becky Jeffers, Russ & Becky Jeffers, 1970?
no info Again EP, The Occasional Few, 1971
no info Plays Bluegrass, Alan Munde, 1971
no info 33 Years of Pickin' & Pluckin', Snuffy Jenkins/Pappy Sherrill, 1971
no info Concert, Old Hat Band, 1972
no info Banjo Holiday, Gene Bretecher, 1972?
info The Essential Doc Watson, Doc Watson, 1973
no info Big Howdy, Howdy Forrester, 1973
no info Mountain Fiddler, Herbert Smoke, 1973
no info National Oldtime Fiddlers Contest & Festival, Various Artists (Benny Thomasson), 1974
info California Autumn, Tony Rice, 1975
no info Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers, Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers, 1975
no info Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Dave Ferguson, 1976
no info King Of The 5-String Banjo, Raymond Fairchild, 1976
no info 1776-1976 Bicentennial Spectacular, Various Artists, 1976
no info Kicking Mule's Flat Picking Guitar Festival, Various Artists, 1976
no info East Texas Seranaders: 1927-33, East Texas Seranaders, 1977
info In Concert, Byron Berline, Sam Bush & Mark O'Connor, 1977
no info Bill Knopf on Banjo, Bill Knopf, 1977
no info Footloose, Steve Kaufman, 1977
no info Guess Who's In Town, Tim O'Brien, 1977
no info Self Portrait, Chris Duffy, 1977
no info Bluegrass, Summerdog, 1978
no info Haulin' Grass, The Traditional Grass, 1978
no info 30 Fiddlers' Greatest Hits, Various Artists (Booher Family), 1978
no info Plank Road: Vocal & Instrumental Blend, Plank Road Old Time String Band, 1978
info Nashville Jam, Various Artists, 1979
info Bluegrass Guitar, Eric Thompson, 1979
no info Blaine Sprouse, Blaine Sprouse, 1979
no info Mandolin Album, Gus Ingo, 1979
no info Rough & Rocky, High Country, 1979
no info Keep on Pickin', Chris Duffy and Friends, 1979
no info Hoe Down! Vol. 4, Various Artists (DeWayne Wear and the Great Wear Family), 197?
no info Bluegrass Hoedown, Gene Bretecher, 1980
no info Road To Home, Marion Sumner, 1980
no info The Marc Pruett Band, The Marc Pruett Band, 1980
no info 44th annual Old Fiddlers' Convention, Various Artists, 1980
no info Single (Tennessee Rag / Beaumont Rag / On My Way To Canaan's Land), Chet Atkins And Doc Watson, 1980
no info Fly By Night String Band, Fly By Night String Band, 1980
no info Joy of Fiddlin' Vol II, Various Artists (Carol Ann Wheeler), 1980
no info The Magician Of The Mandolin, Mike Hunter, 1981
no info My Bristol Mountain Home, Bristol Mountain Bluegrass, 1981
no info Sunrise, Richard Gulley, 1981
no info Deep In The Heart Of The Blueridge, Jack Fincham & the Dixie Grass, 1982
info Bluegrass, David and Billie Ray Johnson, 1983
no info Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, 1983
no info Getting Started, The Beaumont Family, 1983
no info Remembering, The Shady Grove Ramblers, 1983
no info Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 4, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1984
info Memories Of You, Bluegrass Reflections, 1985
no info Country Dance Album, Various Artists (McLain Family Band), 1986
no info Beaumont rag, Sadao Ohya, 1987
no info The Golden Era, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1987
no info 30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits, Various Artists (Bob Wills), 1987
info Flat Pickin' Favorites, Glenda Faye, 1987
no info Buddies of Swing, Peter Ostroushko, 1987
no info Open For Bluegrass, California Quickstep, 1987
no info Live in Holland, Jimmy Gaudreau Bluegrass Unit, 1987
no info 52nd Annual Old Fiddlers Convention Galax, VA 1987, Various Artists (Pete Ross), 1988
no info Two Highways, Alison Krauss, 1989
no info 21 Golden Hits, Bob Wills, 1989
no info Flatpicking Guitar Festival, Various Artists (Michael Aumen), 1989
no info Eck Robertson, Eck Robertson, 198?
no info Are We There Yet?, Home Grown Grass, 198?
no info 16 Country Favorites, Raymond Fairchild, 1990
no info The Essential, Doc Watson, 1990
no info Championship Years, Mark O'Connor, 1990
no info Fiddler's Hall of Fame: 28 Old-Time Swing & Bluegrass Fiddle Classics!, Various Artists (Johnny Gimble), 1990
info Treasures Untold, Doc Watson, 1991
no info Late Last Night, Skip Gorman and Rick Starkey, 1991
info Famous Cowboy Fiddler, Eck Robertson, 1991
info Solo Banjo Works, Tony Trischka/Bela Fleck, 1992
no info Fiddler's Hall of Fame: 14 Tunes By Country Music's Greatest Fiddlers, Various Artists (Arthur Smith), 1992
no info Longhorn Recordings, Bob Wills, 1993
no info Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3, Woody Guthrie, 1994
no info Encore, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1994
no info Family Tradition, The Kessingers, 1994
no info Wanderer's Swing, Various Artists (Grouchy and the Texas Pioneers), 1994
info Traditional Bluegrass Instrumentals, The Grass Is Greener, 1995
info The Vanguard Years, Doc Watson, 1995
no info The Texas Fiddle Collection, Johnny Gimble, 1995
no info Good N' Live, The Good Ol' Persons, 1995
no info Tico Banjo, Jazz Grass Ensemble, 1995
no info Live in Holland, Barry & Holly Tashian, 1995
no info Strictly by Ear, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1995
no info Best of the U.S.A.: Banjo Furioso, Banjo Express Ensemble, 1995
no info Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys (1946-1964), Hank Thompson, 1996
info Rebel Records: 35 Years of the Best in Bluegrass (1960-1995), Various Artists (Richard Greene & The Grass Is Greener), 1996
no info The Essential Chet Atkins, Chet Atkins, 1996
info Live In Holland, Jimmy Gaudreau Bluegrass Unit, 1996
no info Vanguard Newport Folk Festival Sampler, Various Artists (Doc Watson), 1996
info Doc & Dawg, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 1997
no info Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers, Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers, 1997
info Vanguard Newport Folk Festival Sampler, Various Artists (Doc Watson), 1996
no info No Boundaries, Natalie MacMaster, 1997
no info Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: 1927-1937, The East Texas Serenaders, 1998
no info The Puritan Sessions, Jethro Burns, 1998
no info Sound of the Brazos Valley, Hank Thompson, 1998
no info Classic Ragtime Roots & Offshoots, Various Artists (Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers), 1998
no info Texas Fiddle Bands, Vol. 1: 1925-1930, Various Artists (Smiths Garage Fiddle Band), 1999
no info Radio Days, Vol. 1, Jim Reeves and Friends, 1999
info The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968, Doc Watson, 1999
no info Volume I, Grillbillies Album Band, 1999
no info Reflections, Chet Atkins And Doc Watson, 1999
info Badass Bluegrass, Rollin' In the Hay, 199?
info Unit of Measure, Tony Rice Unit, 2000
no info San Antonio Rose, Bob Wills, 2000
no info Plain & Fancy, Steve Kilby, 2000
info Thompson's Real, Eric Thompson, 2000
no info Take Me Back to Tulsa: The Original Columbia Recordings, Vol. 1, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 2001
no info Take It Away the Leon Way!, Leon McAuliffe & His Cimarron Boys, 2001
no info Cherokee Maiden, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 2001
no info Old Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 1: Texas Farewell, Various Artists (Oscar Harper), 2001
no info Old Time Texas String Bands, Vol. 2: Dallas Bound, Various Artists (Smiths Garage Fiddle Band), 2001
no info At Home, Barry & Holly Tashian, 2002
no info The World's Hottest Fiddlers, Various Artists (Johnny Gimble), 2002
info Legacy, Doc Watson and David Holt, 2002
no info Take Me Back to Tulsa, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 2002
info Bluegrass Guitar, Bryan Sutton, 2003
no info Flight of the Bumblebee, Cliffs of Dover, Tiger Rag and Other Monster Guitar Pieces, Michael Coppola, 2004
no info Dennis' Waltz: Hammered Dulcimer Gems and Classics, Christina Connell, 2004
no info Early Chet Atkins, Chet Atkins, 2004
info On The Road: March 13, 2004, Denver, CO, String Cheese Incident, 2004
no info Texas Fiddle Man, Jason Roberts, 2005
no info Country Gentleman, Chet Atkins, 2005
info Faded Love 1947-1973, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 2005
no info Lone Star Rag: 1937-1949 Vol. 2, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, 2005
no info Stylin', Steve Kaufman/Robert Shafer, 2005
no info Rivers And Roads, Ball Sisters Band, 2005
no info Central Texas Bluegrass! Vol 2, Various Artists, 2005
no info Vanguard Visionaries, Doc Watson, 2006
no info Born To Fiddle, Samantha Casey & the Bluegrass Jam, 2007
no info Patches Of Blue, Sweet Potato Pie, 2007
info Guitarman, Joe Smart, 2007
info Classic Old-Time Fiddle from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (David and Billy Ray Johnson), 2007
no info Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters, Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters, 2009
no info Appalachian Fiddle Breakdown, Various Artists, 2009
no info Up The Neck, Tyler Grant, 2010
no info At home in the Ozarks, Clancey Ferguson, 2011
no info Watertown, Cheryl J. Watson, 2011
no info Home, Delta Reign, 2011
no info Dead Center, Mike Mitchell, 2012
info Doc & Dawg Deluxe Edition, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2013
no info Rock Of Ages, Don Julin & Billy Strings, 2013
no info Endless Oceans, The Tuttles with A. J. Lee, 2013
no info In The Moment, The Shanghai Newgrass Project, 2013
no info Fiddle Tune X, Billy Strings & Don Julin, 2015
info Doc & Dawg: Live at Acoustic Stage, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2018
no info Cigars And Guitars, Lee Kotick, 2018
no info Doc & Dawg live at Acoustic Stage 10/10/97, Doc Watson & David Grisman, 2019
no info From The Archives, John & Wendy Mackin Band, 2020
no info Markology II, Mark O'Connor, 2021

 
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