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Livin' In The Past: Legendary Live Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0732351102026
Format: Live
Label: Rural Rhythm
Manufacturer: Rural Rhythm
MPN: 1020
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rural Rhythm
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Studio: Rural Rhythm
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Editorial Review:
Bluegrass isn't filled with tragic stories of early demise, but two of the genre's most tragic figures team up on this exhilarating collection. Flat-picking guitarist Clarence White and fiddle champion Scotty Stoneman died within four months of each other in 1973, leaving precious few recordings behind for us to savor. This prized CD collects a slew of live cuts recorded between 1961 and 1965, when the Colonels were a brash Southern California bluegrass ensemble attacking mountain music with youthful exuberance and astonishing technique. Jerry Garcia went so far as to call Stoneman the "bluegrass Charlie Parker" and it's hard to argue when listening to his whirling fiddle fire; the deified White was already a fluid, formidable force on guitar before incorporating what he learned from master Doc Watson. However, the Colonels were much more than mere virtuosic showboats: they excelled at heartfelt two- and three-part harmony singing (led by Clarence's brother Roland) and were as likely to bust out an age-old gospel number as they were to play a roaring fiddle tune, bluegrass standard, or even a jazz staple like "Sheik of Araby." --Marc Greilsamer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Depends how much you like bluegrass
How you like this will depend how much of a bluegrass nut (as I am)you are. If you are new to bluegrass you would do better to get one of the newer albums. This album is a concert album done before Clarence White ( possibly the greatest(or most creative) bluegrass guitarist ever was killed by a drunk driver (his guitar by the way is now played by TOny rice). Anyway this was a concert done with not the greatest sound quality but shows the boys having fun and doing alot of songs on stage.
Rating:  - Stunning!
There are two types of bands- ones that shine in front of an audience and ones that shy away. The Colonels simply radiate. One of the most tasteful live recordings I've ever heard in any genre of music.
Rating: - Lemme hear a YEE-HAW!
Sure, Clarence White is extarordinary as a picker, with all the other cats in this assemblage more than pretty good. The middle section of the CD, with some old-timey gospel gems, is a treasure. These guys are so relaxed with their sound, not playing every lead just to impress everybody, but to give feel to the tunes. I have become really enamored of the style where the group operates around one microphone. the sound of the instruments as they "dance" in and out makes it a visual ... Read More
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