Old Belle Reed & Family

released on Rounder Records (077) in 1977 

Photography by Carl Fleischhauer. Notes by David Whisnant. Design by Pat Alger.

"At the Brandywine Mountain Music Convention in the Summer of 1976, Ola Belle sat under a tree and talked for an hour with s fourteen-year-old boy raised to the sounds of rock, who was attending his first traditional festival. His jaw dropped when she told him she had been playing forty years, as if that were an incomprehensible span of time." - David Whisnant

Red Allen & The Kentuckians

Live & Let Live, released by Folkways (FTS 31065) in 1979

Album Notes by Tom Teepen

"Red Allen started trying to get out of his native Pigeon Roost Hollow in the hills of East Kentucky around Hazard when he was 14. 'We was raised so hard back in that country that I knew I was going to leave as soon as I could,' he told an interviewer in recent years." -Tom Teepen

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The Goins Brothers

self-titled LP released by Rebel Records (SLP 1543) in 1975

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The Shady Mountain Ramblers with Gary Patton

"All Smiles Tonight" released in 1981 on Heritage Records

"The use of piano in a string band is certainly a part of Blue Ridge tradition and this recording proves the resulting blend remains successful and beautiful today." - Blanton Owen

Photography by Dennis Kegley

Cover design by Andy Cahan

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David Lambeth and the High Lonesome Ramblers

"Standing in the Shadows" released by King Bluegrass (KB 541) in 1975

"I have the privilege and honor of seeing and announcing a lot of good bands. The High Lonesome Ramblers happen to be one of these bands" - Hillard Jones (MC, Fiddle and Banjo Club, Roanoke, Virginia)

Liner notes by Hillard Jones

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Tenino (Washington) Old Time Music Festival 1970 - 1971 - 1972

Features Don Gish, Bill Yohey, Loyd Wanzer, Boyce Stuckey, Andrew Woolf, Al Sanderson, Frank Bolden, Don Poindexter, Bob Walbauer, Joe Pancerzewski, The Harmonicops, Johnny WIlliams, Nettie Williams, Chuck Griffin, Pauline Griffin, Yvonne Reuge, John Standifer, The Artesians Barbershop Quartet

Released on Voyager Recordings (VRLP 308-S)

Cover art by Betty McArthur. Jacket design by Patty McArthur.

"The cover for this album was chosen from a group of entries by the Tenino High School art class. As a result of their efforts, a scholarship in art will be awarded each year to a high school senior expecting to study art." - Neil M. Johnston (General Chairman, Tenino Old Time Music Festival) 

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Tenino (Washington) Old Time Music Festival 1973-1974

features Mark O'Connor, Joe Pancerzewski, Barbara Lamb, Vivian Williams, Dudley Hill, Benny Thomasson, Don Gish, Myron Hinckle Students, Al Sanderson, Ed Stoker, Clarence Norberg, Bill Yohey, Harmonicops, Neil Johnston, Sims Family, Charlie Burry, Ed Morken, Oregon Fiddlers

Released on Voyager Recordings

Cover art by David Vanderhoof

"The only way folk music can be learned and transmitted to others is by hearing it and playing it, incorporating one's own style into the tune." -Neil M. Johnston (General Chairman, Tenino Old Time Muic Festival)

Vernon Derrick

"Grass Country" released by Revonah Records (906) in 1972

"They say . . . 'It's a long way to Arab, Alabama from Nashville, Tennessee', but it's even further from Arab to Nashville . . ." -Bobby King (Host of the "Morning Show WRAB in Arab, Alabama)

Liner notes by Bobby King and Paul Gerry

Photo & design by Paul Gerry

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Sam Bush and Alan Munde

"Together Again For The First Time" released on Ridge Runner Records (RR 0007) in 1977

Liner notes by Dr. William H Koon. Photography by Mike Richey. Typography & Layout by Cindy Bailey and Larry Thompson.

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Simon St. Pierre - The Joys of Quebec

released by Revonah Records (R915) in 1975

"This is like no other fiddle album you have ever heard. Two cuts are fantastic, 5 or 6 are magnificent and the rest are super. Can you ask for more than that?" -Donald Kissil

Cover photo by Paul Gerry. Cover design by Disil Nova.

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Hickory Wind

"At The Wednesday Night Waltz" released on Adelphi Records (AD 2002) in 1974

Cover design by Tom Murphy. Photos by Elbinger & Sun.

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Lawrence Lane and The Kentucky Grass

"1776-1976"

Rome Records release (4134) from 1976

Cover photo by House of Photography - Marion, OH

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Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs

"Tribute to the Stanley Brothers" released on Jalyn Records (JLP 129) in 1971

"...they were singing some of the Stanley Brothers songs and I liked their way of singing them very much. I began naming some more of our old songs and I couldn't mention one they couldn't sing ... Keith Whitley at this time is sixteen years old and lives in Sandy Hook, Kentucky ... Ricky Skaggs is sixteen years old and lives in Sandy Hook, Kentucky." - Ralph Stanley

Cover photo by Dan Lacey

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Roy McMillan

"Time To Think" released on Rebel Records (SLP 1540) in 1975

Time To Think shows McMillan as a musician, deeply influenced and motivated by the events in his own life -- short-live triumphs and a healthy portion of disappointment. Yet, music prevails..." - Dave Alexander

Photography by Lin Willis. Graphics by Nancy Willis.

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