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Fincastle Bluegrass Festival

Fincastle, VA
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09/03/1965
Bill Monroe
Set 1Soldier's Joy
Watson's Blues (unnamed at the time)
?
The Grey Eagle
Long Journey Home (3 versions)
Moonlight Waltz
The Walls of Time
?
Rawhide
Kansas City Railroad Blues
Blackberry Blossom
Paddy on the Turnpike
Tennessee Blues
CommentMandolin Workshop

With Peter Rowan On Guitar
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09/03/1965
Doc Watson
Set 1Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
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09/03/1965
Stanley Brothers
Set 1Early Set:

Think of What You've Done
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Single Girl, Married Girl
Man of Constant Sorrow
Man of Constant Sorrow (reprise)
Mansions For Me
Rank Strangers
Set 2Late Set:

Let Me Love You One More Time
The Hills of Roane County
Late Last Night When Willie Got Home
I'm So Lonesome While You're Gone
Little Maggie
If I Lose
Man of Constant Sorrow
Little Birdie
Think of What You've Done
CommentCarter Stanley - guitar
Ralph Stanley - banjo
George Shuffler - guitar
Bernie Rice - mandolin
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09/03/1965
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Live And Let Live
Dark Hollow
Salt Creek
Rawhide
Uncle Pen
John Henry
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
The Bluegrass Ramble
Rose Of Old Kentucky
Wayfaring Stranger
Muleskinner Blues
Turkey In The Straw
Set 2(Afternoon Set) Mandolin Workshop:

Soldier's Joy
Watson's Blues
Get Up John
The Grey Eagle
(Mando Style Discussion: 3 Versions Of Long Journey Home)
Moonlight Waltz
The Walls Of Time
Bluegrass Stomp
Rawhide
Kansas City Railroad Blues
Blackberry Blossom
Paddy On The Turnpike
Tennessee Blues
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09/03/1965
Mac Wiseman
Set 1Early Set:

When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
The Baggage Coach Ahead
Jimmy Brown the Newsboy
Set 2Late Set:

Wabash Cannonball
I Wonder How the Old Folks Are At Home
CommentThe Late Set is Mac Wiseman with The Country Boys
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09/03/1965
Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cutups
Set 1Early Set:

Love Please Come Home
Baby Blue Eyes
Dear Old Dixie
Set 2Late Set:

Unwanted Love
Cotton-Eyed Joe
My Little Georgia Rose
Banjolina
In the Garden
Lost to a Stranger
The Lady of Spain
I Cried Again
Paddy on the Turnpike*
Blues in G*
I Know You're Married But I Love You Still
Love Please Come Home
I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome#
Western Hope#
CommentRed Smiley - guitar
Bonnie Beverly - fiddle
Gene Burrows - mandolin
David Deese - banjo
John Palmer - bass

* w. David Grisman
# w. Don Reno
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09/03/1965
Clyde Moody
Set 1Early Set:

I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome
Six White Horses
John Hardy
Haney interviews Moody
John Henry
?
Set 2Late Set:

Nobody's Business What I Do
I Know What it Means to Be Lonesome
Six White Horses
John Hardy
When the Old Red River Flows
CommentEarly Set is with the Bluegrass Cutups
Late Set is with Don Reno - banjo, Ronnie Reno - mandolin, Chuck? - bass, and Sid Campbell - guitar
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09/03/1965
Don Reno
Set 1Sweetheart of Mine
Billy in the Low Ground
Lonesome Hearted Blues
San Antonio Rose
I Guess It's Only Right That I Should Pay
Follow the Leader
Somewhere Tonight
Steel Guitar Rag
Silver Bells
CommentDon Reno - banjo
Ronnie Reno - mandolin
Chuck? - bass
Sid Campbell - guitar
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09/04/1965
Doc & Merle Watson
Set 1The Ramblin' Hobo
Cindy >
Sally Brown >
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Ground Hog
Farewell Blues
Walking Boss
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09/04/1965
Doc Watson
Set 1Liza Jane
Gambler's Yodel
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09/04/1965
Ralph Stanley
Set 1Clinch Mountain Backstep
Shout Little Lulu
Little Birdie
Hard Times
Pretty Polly
Little Glass of Wine (w. Carter)
Fling Ding
Honey Baby
Little Maggie
Come All You Tender-Hearted
Feast Here Tonight
Daybreak in Dixie
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Little Maggie
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Reuben's Train
?
CommentBanjo Workshop
with George Shuffler
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09/04/1965
Stanley Brothers
Set 1Think of What You've Done
Sunny Side of the Mountain
Rank Stranger
Jordan
Man of Constant Sorrow
Stone Walls and Steel Bars
Clinch Mountain Backstep
How Mountain Girls Can Love
Little Maggie
CommentCarter Stanley - guitar, vocals
Ralph Stanley - banjo, vocals
John Palmer - bass
George Shuffler - guitar
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09/04/1965
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Set 1Truck Driving Man
Sweet Dixie
Shenandoah Waltz
Hit Parade of Love
Widow Maker
Hey Good Lookin (Timmy Martin)
Honey You Don't Know My Mind
The Last Song I'm Gonna Sing
CommentJimmy Martin - guitar
Bill Tulgret - mandolin
Bill Emerson - banjo
Bill Yates - bass
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09/04/1965
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Brown County Jamboree
True Life Blues
Shenandoah Valley Breakdown
Wayfaring Stranger
Rawhide
Love Come Home (w. Red Smiley)
Love Come Home (reprise)
Muleskinner Blues
Goodbye Old Pal
Georgia Rose
Molly and Tenbrooks >
Little Maggie >
Pretty Polly
Cumberland Gap (w. Bobby Atkins)
Lonesome Road Blues (w. Bobby Atkins)
Uncle Pen
Roanoke
Sitting on Top of the World
Walls of Time
Kansas City Railroad Blues
Y'all Come
CommentBill Monroe - mandolin
Peter Rowan - guitar
Lamar Grier - banjo
James Monroe - bass
Gene Lowinger - fiddle
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09/04/1965
The King Brothers
Set 1Fire on the Mountain
I Want to Be Loved Only By You
Turkey Knob
Somebody Touched Me
The Virginia Girls
Little Georgia Rose
Fire on the Mountain Outro
The Prisoner's Song
CommentLarry Hall - banjo
William ? - guitar
Jim Freeman - guitar
Bob Eanie? - bass
Doyle Sowers - mandolin
Glenn King -
Clinton King -
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09/04/1965
Red Smiley & the Bluegrass Cutups
Set 1Grandpa Played the Fiddle
Whoa, Mule, Whoa
Will There Be a Rainbow
Won't You Kiss Me One More Time
Old Joe Clark
I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
Back Up and Push*
Paddy on the Turnpike*
Swingin' a Nine Pound Hammer All Day
Comment* with David Grisman
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09/04/1965
Clyde Moody
Set 1I Know What it Means to be Lonesome
Dreams
Waltzing in the Arms of a Friend
Leaving You
Nobody's Business
Kentucky Waltz
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09/04/1965
Don Reno
Set 1?
Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
Cabin in Caroline
John Henry
Goodbye Liza Jane
Under the Double Eagle
Limehouse Blues
Sally Goodin
When You and I Were Young Little Maggie
Remmington Ride
Follow the Leader
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Bully of the Town
Dear Old Dixie
Banjo Signal
CommentBanjo Workshop
with Sid Campbell
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09/04/1965
Benny Martin
Set 1Early Set:

Orange Blossom Special
Billy in the Lowground
Little Cabin Home on the Hill
Grey Eagle
Red Wing
Breakdowns
Fire on the Mountain
Turkey in the Straw
Me and My Fiddle (8-string fiddle)
Set 2Late Set:

Wabash Cannonball
Gotta Travel On
Listen to the Mockingbird
Me and My Fiddle
CommentEarly Set is the Fiddle Workshop

Late Set with:
Red Smiley - guitar
Ronnie Reno - mandolin
Don Lineberger - banjo
Willis Wade - fiddle
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09/05/1965
Stanley Brothers
Set 1Shoutin' on the Hills of Glory
Angel Band
Mother's Only Sleeping
Roll Jordan Roll
I Saw the Light
Cry From the Cross
Let the Church Roll On
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09/05/1965
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys
Set 1Early Set:

Prayer Bells Of Heaven
If On Earth We Meet No More
I Like To Hear Them Preach It
Lord I'm Comin' Home
Give Us The Roses While We Live
Set 2Late Set:

Banjo Breakdown
Poor Ellen Smith
Sweet Dixie
Ocean Of Diamonds
Got To Travel On
Shenandoah Waltz
Takes One To Know One
Sunny Side Of The Mountain
20/20 Vision
The Last Song I'm Gonna Sing
CommentJimmy Martin - Acoustic Guitar
Bill Tulgret - Acoustic Mandolin
Bill Emerson - Acoustic Banjo
Bill Yates - Double Bass
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09/05/1965
Mac Wiseman
Set 1Hold Fast to the Right
When It's Reveille Time in Heaven
CommentMac Wiseman - mandolin
Ronnie Reno - bass
Don Lineburger - banjo
Jerry ? - dobro
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09/05/1965
Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
Set 1Early Set:

Somebody Touched Me
I'm One of God's Sheep
Wayfaring Stranger
Wicked Path of Sin
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Life's Railway to Heaven
Lonesome Valley
I Saw the Light
Set 2Late Set (Carlton Haney's Story of Bluegrass):

Muleskinner Blues
In the Pines
Six White Horses
I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
Rocky Road Blues
Footprints in the Snow
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bluegrass Breakdown*

- Exit Clyde Moody, Enter Stanley Brothers -

Little Glass of Wine (Stanleys alone)
White Dove (Stanleys alone)
Talking about Banjo Players
Six More Miles (Mac Wiseman)
Molly and Tenbrooks
Four Walls Around Me (Mac Wiseman)

- Exit Wiseman, Reno, Martin - Enter Jimmy Martin -

Will You Be Loving Another Man (Jimmy and Bill)

- Enter Larry Richardson -

White House Blues
Uncle Pen (Lowinger)
Georgia Rose
Sally Ann
The Old Crossroad
Memories of Mother and Dad

Mansions for Me (Jimmy and Bill)

- Enter Carter and Ralph Stanley -
Cabin of Love (Carter and Ralph)
Sugar Coated Love (Carter and Ralph)
Hard Times
Big Tildy
Mansions For Me
What Would You Give?

- Present-day Bluegrass Boys (Rowan, Grier, Lowinger, J. Monroe) -

Live and Let Live
Roanoke
Muleskinner Blues
Muleskinner Reprise >
John Henry
CommentBand (except where noted):

Bill Monroe - mandolin
Lamar Grier - banjo
Peter Rowan - guitar
Ralph Rinzler - bass vocals
James Monroe - bass
Gene Lowinger - fiddle

Carlton Haney narrates The Story of Bluegrass (Late Set).
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09/05/1965
Clyde Moody
Set 1Didn't They Crucify My Lord?
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
The Old Country Church
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09/05/1965
Don Reno & the Tennessee Cut Ups
Set 1Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Take Me in Your Lifeboat
Hold Fast to the Right
Garden in the Sky
I'll Fly Away
Dreaming of a Little Cabin
Just a Little Talk With Jesus
CommentDon Reno - banjo
Sid Campbell - guitar
Duck Alston - bass
Ronnie Reno - mandolin
Benny Martin - fiddle
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09/05/1965
The Blue Ridge Boys
Set 1Let Me Fall
Pain In My Heart
Back Up and Push
John Henry
Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
Little Maggie
Bile Them Cabbage Down
CommentRed Barker - guitar
Larry Richardson - banjo
Buddy Pennell - fiddle
Ronnie Prevette - mandolin
Buddy Cresp - guitar
Curly Blake - bass
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