Playlist - 6/12/2016 - Penny Parsons & Curly Seckler

Hi Folks.

We had the honor of interviewing Penny Parsons, North Carolina author of the new biography titled .

"Foggy Mountain Troubadour - The Life and Music of Curly Seckler."  The book was just published in May by University of Illinois Press and is available at most book sources, or from Curly Seckler's web page here

Penny researched the book for more than 12 years, and the result is an excellent addition to the bluegrass library that fills in many of the blanks about the early days of bluegrass, what it was like to be a old-time or bluegrass musician in the first half of the 20th century, and of course the history of Curly with Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys -- a gig that led to Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass, and eventually Curly Seckler and the Nashville Grass.  This is a must-have book for your collection.

You can hear the interview at this --> link.

The rest of the playlist is below.

Jim Beaver

Artist / Song / Disc / Label

• Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys / Dear Old Dixie / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Dr. Ralph Stanley / Little Maggie / American Icon - The Definitive Collection / Self-released
• Kathy Kallick Band / Banjo Pickin Girl / Foxhounds / Live Oak Records
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Long Journey Home / Early Recordings / Rebel
• Rhonda Vincent / Kentucky Borderline / One Step Ahead / Rounder
• Dave Evans / Little Willie / Pretty Green Hills / Rebel Records Llc
• The Gillis Brothers / Take This Train And Ride / Live / Tin
• The South Carolina Broadcasters / Blue Eyed Boy / Short Time To Stay Here / Flaming Heart
• Jesse Brock / You're The Best Of All Leading Brands / Kickin' Grass / Pinecastle
• Eddie & Martha Adcock with Tom Gray / Darling Little Joe / Many A Mile / Patuxent Music
• Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys / My Little Girl In Tennessee / Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Rickey Wasson / East Virginia Blues / Croweology / Truegrass
• The Bear Bridge Band / The Hills and Home / One More Ride / Open Road
• Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners / There's No Depression In Heaven / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / Bear Family
• The Jones Brothers & The Log Cabin Boys / Trading The Blues / Legendary / Lamon
• Monroe Fields with Carl Sauceman and the Green Valley Boys / Poor Me / 1950s-60s Broadcasts / Patuxent
• The Feinberg Brothers / Kentucky Is Only a Dream / The Feinberg Brothers / Cabinwood Music
• The Po' Ramblin' Boys / The Honky Tonk Downstairs / Back to the Mountains / Randm Records
• Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners / Mother's Not Dead, She's Only Sleeping / I'm Old Kentucky Bound / Bear Family
• Curly Seckler / Moonlight On My Cabin / 60 Years of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek

Penny Parsons Interview

• Curly Seckler / That Old Book of Mine / 60 Years of Bluegrass With My Friends / Copper Creek
• Ruben & Matt and the Truffle Valley Boys / Nashville Jail / One Thing To Tell / LPB
• The Buckstankle Boys / New River Train / Round Peak Home / Self-released
• Buzz Busby / Going Home / Going Home / Starday
• Curly Seckler / We Can't Be Darlings Anymore / That Old Book of Mine / Rebel Records
• Rebekah Long / Ain't Life Sweet / Here I Am / Luk Records
• Newtown / Drifter Blues / Harlan Road / Mountain Home
• Delia Bell and Bill Grant / Don't Come Crying / 40 Years of Memories / Old Homestead
• The Sloas Brothers / Got Your Love On My Mind / I'm Going Home Again / REM
• Scotty Stoneman / Billy In The Lowground / Mr. Country Fiddler / Design
• Flatt & Scruggs / Dim Lights,Thick Smoke (And Loud Loud Music) / 1948-1949 / Bear Family
• The Jones Brothers & The Log Cabin Boys / Are You from Dixie / 45 RPM single / United Low Country
• Ted Lundy & the Southern Mountain Boys / Goodbye Little Bonnie / The Old Swinging Bridge / Rounder
• Flatt & Scruggs / Joy Bells / 1948-1959 / Bear Family
• Tommy Brown and the County Line Grass / Let Them Know I'm from Virginia / Leaving This Town / Randm
• The Jackson Brothers & Edd Wolford feat. Boone Estep / Going Down This Road Feelin' Bad / Voice of Time: The Ed May Tapes / Self-released
• Ernie Thacker / Your Own Brand of Misery / The Chill of Lonesome / Doobie Shea
• Flatt & Scruggs / You Can Feel It in Your Soul / You Can Feel It in Your Soul / 
• David Peterson / On the Other Side of Jordan / Simplicity / Self-released
• Curly Seckler / Brother,I'm Getting Ready To Go / Bluegrass,Don't You Know / Copper Creek
• Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver / Burden Bearer / Burden Bearer / Mountain Home
• The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover / Open Up Them Pearly Gates / The Prestige - Folklore Years / Prestige Folklore
• The Bluegrass Band / Shine Hallelujah Shine / Shine Hallelujah Shine,Vol. 2 / Hay Holler 
• The Marshall Brothers and Highroad / We're Going Home / Old Time Country Revival / Self-released
• The South Carolina Broadcasters & Cousin Jimmy B / Sing,Sing,Sing / Best Of The Lowe Vintage Radio Show Volume 1 / John Boy & Billy
• Turning Ground / Man In The Mirror / It Is Finished / Self-released
• Larry Efaw and the Bluegrass Mountaineers / Will He Wait a Little Longer / She Left Me Standing On a Mountain / Blue Circle
• Alex Leach / Willing to Try / Mountain Heartache / Self-released
• Fred Etheridge with Nick Anderson & Mark Doyle / Walking in a Dream / Pickin' And Singin' / Self-released