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Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys 11/19/1980

SHOWID 120642

Set I

Muleskinner Blues
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bluegrass Breakdown
Uncle Penn
Goodbye Old Pal
In the Pines
Panhandle Country
The Old Crossroads
John Henry/Y'all Come
Watermelon on the Vine
Recorded: 11/19/1980

Uncle Pen
The Old Brown Country Jamboree Barn
I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home (with Jim and Jesse)
Travelin' The Lonesome Road (with Mac Wiseman)
Can't You Hear Me Callin' (with Ralph Stanley)
Swing Low Sweet Chariot/I'll Fly Away/I Saw The Light
Recorded: 01/12/1986

Set II

 

Set III

 

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PeaceTrader (5/3) DVD / 1 View  
Notes: w/ ACL 1986
gramfan (5/0) cdr / 1 View  
Dave (5/0) PRO / 1 View  
Notes: Same disc as 1986 show
gottrade (5/5) / 1 A View  
Dignesheino (4/0) DVD / 1 View  
Carl (3/0) DVD-R / 1 View   Broadcast>VHS master>DVD no transfer info given
Notes: Both ACL performances on this disc.
Dennis Blom (2/5) DVD / 1 View  
Crowes4Trade (2/0) DVD / 1 View   Pro Shot (NTSC)
Dan Goorsky (2/5) dvd / 1 View  
aikox2 (1/4.9) / 1 View  
Notes: DVD TV. with set by Riders in the Sky from same date
Steve B. (1/4.9) CDR / 1 A View  
Notes: Filler is Monore 1/12/86
Jerry Jacobsen (1/5) / 0 View   Broadcast
Notes: Same disc as 1/12/86
LossLess Legs (1/0) DVD / 1 View  
Notes: 8/8/2007 - ChrisJ
Chachi420 (1/5) DVD / 1 View   Broadcast>VHS master>DVD
Notes: track listing at http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program75.html On same disc as 1/12/86
Jeff (1/5) DVD / 1 View   VHS > Victor HR-ST700 > Toshiba RD-H1 > LANDE-RD > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 2.0 >...
Notes: DV323 Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Riders In The Sky Austin City LImits, Austin, TX 11/19/80 Lineage : VHS > Victor HR-ST700 > Toshiba RD-H1 > LANDE-RD > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor 2.0 > TMPGEnc DVD Author 2.0 "Riders in the Sky" Riders in the Sky That's How the Yodel Was Born BlueBonnet Lady Cieleto Lindo Cattle Call Rabbit Dance Pecos Bill So Long, Saddle Pals "Bill Monroe" Muleskinner Blues Blue Moon of Kentucky Bluegrass Breakdown Uncle Penn Goodbye Old Pal In the Pines Panhandle Country The Old Crossroads John Henry/Y'all Come Watermelon on the Vine 29.97fps 720x480 NTSC 4:3 Interlace(Top First) MPEG-2 CBR 6300kbps Linear PCM 48kHz 16bit 2ch The blue hills of Kentucky rise majestically over Austin City Limits when "The Father of Bluegrass" Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys roll out their rich tradition of country-folk's "soul music." Following Monroe, Riders in the Sky, the self-dubbed "Poet-lariats of the west," yippee-yi-o onto the stage for a zany half-hour of traditional and original cowboy songs lassoed together with tall tales and zippy varmint dancin'. It is commonly agreed among bluegrass authorities and fans that the genre would not exist if Monroe had not assimilated the sounds and experiences of his Kentucky childhood into a musical form and named it after his home state. His musical influences include folk tunes from Europe, old Appalachian mountain songs, blues and gospel, but Monroe is totally responsible for the feeling behind bluegrass music as Americans have known it for over 40 years. After leaving The Monroe Brothers, a popular country duet run by his older brother, Monroe decided he wanted to revive a dying form — traditional country music — with a sound that would blend the music he had grown up on and the country hits of the day, original compositions by himself and others, and the jazziness of the newly popular western swing. By the mid-40s, he's succeeded. The original Bluegrass Boys include Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Chubby Wise and Cedric Rainwater. Since that time, the musicians who've played with "the Master" before striking out on their own amount to a collection of all-stars including Don Reno, Vassar Clements, Carter Stanley, Bill Keith, peter Rowan, Byron Berline and Doug Green (leader of Riders in the Sky). Monroe's Austin City Limits appearance is a rare opportunity to view him in concert on television. He performs "Muleskinner Blues," the standard "Blue Moon of Kentucky," and a swinging fiddle tribute to his musical mentor "Uncle Pen" as well as other bluegrass favorites. In the second half-hour, it's a great big western howdy to Riders in the Sky bringing their two-year-old threesome to Austin City Limits. Riders in the sky takes you back to those by-gone days when cowboys and their harmonizing saddle pals would pause for a song along a dusty trail, around a campfire or under a full prairie moon. Their resounding harmonies, fine yodeling and snappy instrumentals come complete with flashy, period garb and home on the range props. Riders in the Sky is "Ranger Doug" Green, Fred "Too Slim" Labour and Woody "King of the Cowboy Fiddlers" Paul. A mutual love of western music brought them together from varied backgrounds in the music business. Green plays guitar and sings baritone though his upper range is extended on the familiar "Cattle Call Song" and original "that's How the Yodel Was Born." Labour, singing lead and wrangling a mean bass fiddle, serves as a comic side-kick in the tradition of Smiley Burnette and Gabby Hayes. He is also known to succumb to the urge for varmint dancin', specifically the rabbit dance and the possum dance. Paul came to the group after playing with Wilma Lee Cooper's Clinch Mountain Boys, Joe Sun and Loggins/Messina. He shines on fiddle and vocals on his tune "Bluebonnet Lady." Though the Riders show is bound together with hilarious antics in the format of a 40s radio show, their music is serious business to them. One of the original Sons of the Pioneers, the late Bob Nolan, came out of a 30-year self-imposed retirement to write the first liner notes of his 70-plus years for the Riders' first album. He said, "For the first time in 30 years, I am feeling the enthusiasm all over again."
lou van duerm (0/0) DVD / 1 A A View  
Holden Oversoul (0/0) / 0 View  
Notes: DVD TV. with set by Riders in the Sky from same date