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Bluegrass Review #1107

Series: The Bluegrass Review
From: Philip Nusbaum
Length: 00:59:01

Program for Feb 22 - 28, 2011 Read the full description.

Head_shot_prx_small The program begins with some recent ‘grass. Then, we continue our series of shows on impulses important throughout bluegrass history. Today’s Gem of Bluegrass revisits songs embodying heavy burdens, and shows how burdens of many kinds play into the music. Later, the focus is on songs that reflect that which is being lost, that cannot be recovered. The contact link at www.bluegrassreview.com helps gets listeners in contact with Phil Nusbaum. There is a playlist link at the website so listeners can learn information about the songs presented on the show. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review. Then join the conversation.

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Piece Description

The program begins with some recent ‘grass. Then, we continue our series of shows on impulses important throughout bluegrass history. Today’s Gem of Bluegrass revisits songs embodying heavy burdens, and shows how burdens of many kinds play into the music. Later, the focus is on songs that reflect that which is being lost, that cannot be recovered. The contact link at www.bluegrassreview.com helps gets listeners in contact with Phil Nusbaum. There is a playlist link at the website so listeners can learn information about the songs presented on the show. Join the Bluegrass Review discussion on Facebook. Just do a Facebook search for Bluegrass Review. Then join the conversation.

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Transcript

Edgar Loudermilk Roads Travelled Rambler’s Lament
Thea Wescott Cromwell and Other Roads Alice
Patuxent Travers Chandler and Avery County State of Depression Have You Come to Say Goodbye
(Bear Family Lonesome Pine Fiddlers Windy Mountain Windy Mountain)

Gems of Bluegrass – Another Look at Heavy Bluegrass Burdens
Label Artist CD Song
County Clarence Ashley Greenback Dollar House Carpenter
Smithsonian Folkways Various, Carolina Tar Heels American Folk Music Peg and Awl
Lonesome Day Larry Cordle Took Down and Put Up I’m a Lie
Compass Dale Ann Bradley Catch Tomorrow Run Rufus Run
MCM Merle Haggard The Bluegrass Sessions Momma’s Hungry Eyes

Label Artist CD Song
( Steve Bonafel & One Iota Anthem of a Family Tree Grown Up Now)
Carpenter and May We Can Work it Out

Break

Label Artist CD Song
Bones Ross Nickerson Let’s Kick It Roundhouse

What has been lost and cannot be recovered
Bear Fa...
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Timing and Cues

1) 29:38
2) voice out) 29:20
2) total) 29:22

Additional Credits

The Bluegrass Review is supported by a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. (

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