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- Philip Nusbaum
We break out with new music from the Foggy Hogtown Boys and the Gibson Brothers. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, we focus on a few of the forms taken by the song “Wayfaring Stranger.” Then we present the evolution of the song “Way Down the Old Plank Road.” (But you might think it s devolution.) Later, we talk to Paul Hopkins of Bell Buckle, TN, first decade banjoist who reflects on his family’s music tradition and the impace made by Earl Scruggs.
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We break out with new music from the Foggy Hogtown Boys and the Gibson Brothers. Then, on our Gem of Bluegrass, we focus on a few of the forms taken by the song “Wayfaring Stranger.” Then we present the evolution of the song “Way Down the Old Plank Road.” (But you might think it s devolution.) Later, we talk to Paul Hopkins of Bell Buckle, TN, first decade banjoist who reflects on his family’s music tradition and the impace made by Earl Scruggs.
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Transcript
Label Artist CD Song
Compass Gibson Bros Help My Brother Help My Brother
Foggy Hogtown Boys Scotch and Sofa Raleigh and Spencer
Rounder Tony Rice Sings Gordon Lightfoot You Are What I Am
Gems of Bluegrass 1110 – Wayfaring Stranger
Label Artist CD Song
Smithsonian Folkways Hobart Smith In Sacred Trust Wayfaring Stranger
Acoustic Disc Doc Watson & David Grisman Doc & Dawg Summertime
Bull’s Eye Bull Harman & Bull’s Eye Aiming to Please There is a Time
Bear Family Bill Monroe 1950 - 1958 Wayfaring Stranger
Evolution of Old Plank Road
Label Artist CD Song
County lp Uncle Dave Macon Early Recordings Way Down the Old Plank Road
Rounder Jeff White The White Album Old Plank Road
Westbound Rangers Old Plank Road
Label Artist CD Song
(Rounder Rhonda Vincent Good Thing Going The Water is Wide)
Proper Roy Acuff King of Country Music The Streamlined Cannonball
Break
Label Artist CD Song
Bear...
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Timing and Cues
1) 28:59
2) voice out) 29:00
2) total) 30:01
Additional Credits
The Bluegrass Review is supported by a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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