Playlist - 8/23/2015 - Carter Stanley, J.D. Crowe

Hi Folks,

Last Sunday's show celebrated birthdays of two giants of bluegrass music:  Carter Stanley (Aug 27, 1925 - Dec 1, 1966) and James Dee "J. D." Crowe (Aug 27, 1937).

Carter Stanley, half of the Stanley Brothers along with his brother Ralph, created a first-generation bluegrass sound evocative of the Clinch Mountain, Virginia, home of their birth.  Many fans today, nearly 50 years after Carter's untimely death, consider him the consummate soulful voice of a bluegrass lead singer.  A prolific songwriter, the songs Carter wrote are part of the bedrock of the genre.

J. D. Crowe is the banjo player most named as an influence after Earl Scruggs.  His early work with Jimmy Martin and Paul Williams followed by The Kentucky Mountain Boys with Red Allen and Doyle Lawson is a textbook on how bluegrass should be played, but his follow-up to those early years was The New South which may have influenced more baby boom pickers and fans than any other group.  The New South had many luminaries over its existence including Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, Keith Whitley, Jimmy Gaudreau, and many more.  Their eponymous album, simply known as "Rounder 0044" after the label number, is considered one of the most influential bluegrass albums in history.

We hope you enjoyed the show.  Amy will make the banjos and fiddles ring next Sunday.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Album / Label

• J. D. Crowe / Train 45 / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• Lost and Found / Brown Hill / Classic Bluegrass / Rebel
• Roy Lee Centers / Worried Man / The Early Years, Volume One / Crosscut
• The Stanley Brothers / Stanley's Theme - Cripple Creek; Sunnyside Of The Mtn / Radio Series Volume One / Wango
• The Stanley Brothers / Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die; Little Maggie / Radio Series Volume One / Wango
• Dave Evans / Hello Stranger / Bad Moon Shining / Rebel Records Llc
• Travers Chandler & Avery County / I Could Change My Mind / Pardon Me... / Mountain Fever
• J.D. Crowe & the New South / She's Gone, Gone, Gone / Live In Japan / Rounder
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Nashville Jail / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• The Stanley Brothers / Death is Only a Dream / Earliest Recordings / Revenant
• Rusty York & The Kentucky Mountain Boys / Roving Gambler / Early Bluegrass / Jewel
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Leaving This Town Little Darlin' / Leaving This Town / Randm
• Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys / Brakeman's Blues / Live Recordings 1956-1969: Off the Record Volume 1 / Smithsonian Folkways
• J.D. Crowe and the New South / Leaves That Are Green / Bluegrass Evolution / Starday
• The Spinney Brothers / Thank God for the Highways / Tried & True / Mountain Fever
• Billy Hurt, Jr. / Poca River Blues / Fiddlin' Billy Hurt / Patuxent Music
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Harbor of Love / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Tell Me Truly Little Darling / Pre-release single / John Boy & Billy
• Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass / Old Swinging Bridge / Back To The Blue Ridge / Brandywine
• Buzz Busby / Lost / GOING HOME / Starday
• The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Shenandoah Breakdown / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler
• The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover / Forsaken Love / Live At Hillbilly Ranch / Hay Holler
• The Earls Of Leicester / Till the End of the World Rolls Round / The Earls of Leicester / Rounder
• J. D. Crowe (and the Kentucky Mountain Boys) / Before I Met You / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• The Stanley Brothers / I Just Got Wise / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• Russ Carson / Montana Cowboy / Avenue Of The Giants / Patuxent
• Leroy Troy / The Death Of John Henry / Backroads / Self-released
• Ralph Stanley & Ralph Stanley II / Dirty Black Coal / Side By Side / Rebel
• Marteka & William / I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• Marteka & William / Reuben / The Sounds Of A Tradition / Self-released
• The Stanley Brothers / How Mtn Girls Can Love; Comedy; Mountain Dew; On Top Of Old Smokey; Comedy; Little Birdie / Radio Series Volume Six / Wango
• Crowe, Lawson & Williams / My Walking Shoes / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• Chief Powatan & His Bluegrass Braves / Hummingbird / Mountain Laurel Bluegrass Memories / Mountain Laurel
• Joe Meadows / Howdy In Hickman County / Mountains, Rivers, and Meadows / Patuxent
• Joe Meadows / Done Gone / Mountains, Rivers, and Meadows / Patuxent
• Joe Meadows / Uptown Blues / Mountains, Rivers, and Meadows / Patuxent
• Joe Meadows / Memory Waltz / Mountains, Rivers, and Meadows / Patuxent
• J.D. Crowe & the New South / Mr. Engineer / Flashback / Rounder
• The Stanley Brothers / Little Glass of Wine / Earliest Recordings / Revenant
• The Gillis Brothers / Heart And Soul / Heart and Soul / Rebel
• The Stanley Brothers / My Long Skinny Lanky Sarah Jane / An Evening Long Ago - Live 1956 / Columbia/Legacy
• The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Red Clay Halo / American Beauty / Sugar Hill Records
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / A Thousand Miles Away from Home / Stripe Records
• J. D. Crowe / You Go to Your Church / Bluegrass Holiday / Rebel
• The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Calling from Heaven / 1953-58 & 1959 / Bear Family
• The Gillis Brothers / Wake Up Peter / Sunshine In The Shadows / Hay Holler
• The Cooke Duet / Satisfied / The Cooke Duet and Son / CRFRC
• Crowe, Lawson & Williams / Do You Live What You Preach / Standing Tall And Tough / Mountain Home
• Rhonda Vincent / Amazing Grace / Sings Songs From The House With The Red Light / Upper Management
• Carl Story And His Ramblin' Mountaineers / You Don't Love God (If You Don't Love Your Neighbor) / Mighty Close To Heaven / Starday
• Wade & Julia Mainer / I Can't Sit Down / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• The Marksmen / The Prodigal / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• J. D. Jarvis / Rocket Ship / Old Homestead Gospel Collection / Old Homestead
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released