Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys 07/04/1961
Set I
Watermelon On The Vine
Panhandle Country
I Gotta Travel On
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Put My Rubber Doll Away
Rawhide
Linda Lou
Sugar Coated Love (1)
What Would You Give (1)
Can't You Hear Me Callin (2)
Travel That Lonesome Road (2)
Whitehouse Blues
Y'all Come
Panhandle Country
I Gotta Travel On
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Put My Rubber Doll Away
Rawhide
Linda Lou
Sugar Coated Love (1)
What Would You Give (1)
Can't You Hear Me Callin (2)
Travel That Lonesome Road (2)
Whitehouse Blues
Y'all Come
Set II
Set III
Comment
Bill Monroe
Beth Lee
Billy Baker
Bobby Smith
Tony Ellis
1 w/ Carter Stanley
2 w/ Mac Wiseman
The first event that used the words, "Bluegrass Festival," was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two Bluegrass bands would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music.
Beth Lee
Billy Baker
Bobby Smith
Tony Ellis
1 w/ Carter Stanley
2 w/ Mac Wiseman
The first event that used the words, "Bluegrass Festival," was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two Bluegrass bands would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music.
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| Notes: | The first event that used the words, "Bluegrass Festival," was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two bluegrass acts would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman, and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music. | |||||
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| Notes: | 174mb | |||||
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| Notes: | Luray,VA | |||||
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| Notes: | Bill Clifton's Bluegrass Day. With special guests Mac Wiseman & Carter Stanley. | |||||
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| Lance Johnson | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | Tiniest signal noise, otherwise decent audio. Hard to believe the Bluegrass Boys played in Luray, a small town just 20 minutes from my house. Today, you'd be lucky to get the Bullet Boys there. | |||||
| icculus18 | CD-R / 1 | A | View | DSBD | ||
| Notes: | The first event that used the words, "Bluegrass Festival," was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two bluegrass acts would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman, and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music. | |||||
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| Notes: | W/ Carter Stanley and Mac Wiseman | |||||
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| Notes: | First time "bluegrass" was used to describe a festival. w/ Carter Stanley & with Mac Wiseman | |||||
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| Notes: | 173 MB | |||||
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| Notes: | First time "bluegrass" was used to describe a festival. w/ Carter Stanley & with Mac Wiseman | |||||
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| Notes: | 34 min | |||||
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| Notes: | Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys 1.Intro 2.Intro of Band 3.The panhandle country 4.I've got to travel on 5.Blue Moon of Kentucky 6.Put my rubber doll away 7.Rawhide 8.Linda Lou 9.Talk 10.Talk 11.Sugar coated Love 12.What would you give in exchange for your soul? 13.Talk 14.Can't you hear me calling? 15.Travelling that lonesome road 16.White House Blues 17.Y'all come | |||||
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| Notes: | Tech Note The first event that used the words, "Bluegrass Festival," was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two Bluegrass bands would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music. >From "Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass" by Richard D. Smith, pp. 152-3 In 1961, Clifton was show producer at Oak Leaf Park, in Luray, Virginia, seventy-five miles west of Washington, where bluegrass bands drew good crowds. For an all-bluegrass show on July 4, he signed up Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Jim and Jesse, and Washington's hot new progressive bluegrass band, the Country Gentlemen. Clifton also performed himself. Flatt and Scruggs declined to appear. The issue was not money. Louise Scruggs informed Clifton that they would not appear if Bin Monroe was there. When Clifton persisted, he was told that working with the Stanley Brothers was also unacceptable. Having no desire to take sides, Clifton booked Flatt and Scruggs for later in the season. The promotion attracted fans not only from the D.C./Baltimore/ Northern Virginia region but from as far away as New York City and Boston, many of them bluegrass- curious folkies. Israel Young later wrote in Sing Out!, the leading folk music publication, "By the end of the day I wasn't sure yet of a definition of Bluegrass Music, but I realized, to my great satisfaction, that it is a modern offshoot of traditional music...":During his set, Monroe featured one of his occasional reunions with former Blue Grass Boys, this time inviting Carter Stanley to join him for duets like "Sugar Coated Love." What happened next became one of the most notorious incidents in bluegrass history. Clifton had provided some backstage hospitality in the form of a spiked punch. That was a mistake, considering that Carter had a serious problem with alcohol. By the time Carter joined Monroe onstage he was merry and feisty. Then Monroe made his own error in judgment. He couldn't resist a dig at the former sidemen who had refused to share a stage with him. "It's a shame," Monroe said to the crowd, "a lot of bluegrass people you know think they are ... they don't want to be on a show with you or something, if the folks will think you started them. Well, it's the truth, so they shouldn't a-mind that, and they should be glad they got a start, they'd-a probably had to plow a lot of furrows if they hadn't-a been in bluegrass music." Monroe seemed satisfied with this. He had not-so-subtly declared himself the originating and mentoring figure in bluegrass and had expressed irritation at his famous proteges without publicly identifying them. But that just set off the lubricated Carter, who had his own ax to grind. "I guess I'll just break into this kindly blunt like," said Carter, stepping up to the microphone. "I understand they was a group that some of the folks asked to come in here today. They said no, they didn't want to play here because Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers was gonna be here. And that was Flatt and Scruggs. You know, we missed'em a heck of a lot, ain't we?" The gibe elicited laughter and applause from the crowd. Now that names had been named, Monroe decided to be more specific. "Well, you're talking about Lester and Earl," he said. "Now I started the two boys on the Grand Ole Opry, and they shouldn't he ashamed to come on the show and work with us." After more laughter and applause, Monroe added, "And I am sure I wouldn't hurt either one of them." It was Monroe who could be hurt, and hurt badly, by this joking banter between a slightly drunken man and a sober but prideful one. Within a year, there was the prospect of a major lawsuit and the loss of his cherished berth on the Opry. The aftermath of this incident even threatened to derail the best chance Bill Monroe had to get his career back on track. But for the time being, the comments caused only titillation in bluegrass circles. | |||||
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| Notes: | 17 tracks, 33:57 | |||||
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| Notes: | First event advertised as a "Bluegrass Festival". Flatt & Scruggs refused to attend because Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers were there. Bill and Carter Stanley have some things to say about that, which ultimately does some damage to Monroe's career. | |||||
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| Notes: | Tech Note The first event that used the words, "Bluegrass Festival," was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two Bluegrass bands would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music. >From "Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass" by Richard D. Smith, pp. 152-3 In 1961, Clifton was show producer at Oak Leaf Park, in Luray, Virginia, seventy-five miles west of Washington, where bluegrass bands drew good crowds. For an all-bluegrass show on July 4, he signed up Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Jim and Jesse, and Washington's hot new progressive bluegrass band, the Country Gentlemen. Clifton also performed himself. Flatt and Scruggs declined to appear. The issue was not money. Louise Scruggs informed Clifton that they would not appear if Bill Monroe was there. When Clifton persisted, he was told that working with the Stanley Brothers was also unacceptable. Having no desire to take sides, Clifton booked Flatt and Scruggs for later in the season. The promotion attracted fans not only from the D.C./Baltimore/ Northern Virginia region but from as far away as New York City and Boston, many of them bluegrass- curious folkies. Israel Young later wrote in Sing Out!, the leading folk music publication, "By the end of the day I wasn't sure yet of a definition of Bluegrass Music, but I realized, to my great satisfaction, that it is a modern offshoot of traditional music...":During his set, Monroe featured one of his occasional reunions with former Blue Grass Boys, this time inviting Carter Stanley to join him for duets like "Sugar Coated Love." What happened next became one of the most notorious incidents in bluegrass history. Clifton had provided some backstage hospitality in the form of a spiked punch. That was a mistake, considering that Carter had a serious problem with alcohol. By the time Carter joined Monroe onstage he was merry and feisty. Then Monroe made his own error in judgment. He couldn't resist a dig at the former sidemen who had refused to share a stage with him. "It's a shame," Monroe said to the crowd, "a lot of bluegrass people you know think they are ... they don't want to be on a show with you or something, if the folks will think you started them. Well, it's the truth, so they shouldn't a-mind that, and they should be glad they got a start, they'd-a probably had to plow a lot of furrows if they hadn't-a been in bluegrass music." Monroe seemed satisfied with this. He had not-so-subtly declared himself the originating and mentoring figure in bluegrass and had expressed irritation at his famous proteges without publicly identifying them. But that just set off the lubricated Carter, who had his own ax to grind. "I guess I'll just break into this kindly blunt like," said Carter, stepping up to the microphone. "I understand they was a group that some of the folks asked to come in here today. They said no, they didn't want to play here because Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers was gonna be here. And that was Flatt and Scruggs. You know, we missed'em a heck of a lot, ain't we?" The gibe elicited laughter and applause from the crowd. Now that names had been named, Monroe decided to be more specific. "Well, you're talking about Lester and Earl," he said. "Now I started the two boys on the Grand Ole Opry, and they shouldn't he ashamed to come on the show and work with us." After more laughter and applause, Monroe added, "And I am sure I wouldn't hurt either one of them." It was Monroe who could be hurt, and hurt badly, by this joking banter between a slightly drunken man and a sober but prideful one. Within a year, there was the prospect of a major lawsuit and the loss of his cherished berth on the Opry. The aftermath of this incident even threatened to derail the best chance Bill Monroe had to get his career back on track. But for the time being, the comments caused only titillation in bluegrass circles. | |||||
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| Notes: | Historic note: First time the words "Bluegrass Festival" were used to promote an event! | |||||
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| Notes: | * setlist/show info available | |||||
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