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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass | |||
| Label | Rebel Records | |||
| Producer | Charles R. Freeland | |||
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25 Years is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen, released in 1980 by Rebel Records. The compilation, made up of 24 tracks, aims to capture the first 25 years of the history of the band with all various incarnations of the Country Gentlemen. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Matterhorn" | Mel Tillis | 2:18 |
| 2. | "I Am Weary, Let Me Rest" | Pete Roberts (Pete Kuykendall) | 2:32 |
| 3. | "Two Little Boys" | Traditional | 3:14 |
| 4. | "The World's No Place to Live" | 2:49 | |
| 5. | "Girl from the North Country" | Bob Dylan | 3:43 |
| 6. | "500 Miles" | 3:29 | |
| 7. | "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" | 2:48 | |
| 8. | "Copper Kettle" | 2:53 | |
| 9. | "Helen" | 2:23 | |
| 10. | "Little Bessie" | Traditional | 3:29 |
| 11. | "Many a Mile" | Bill Sky | 2:20 |
| 12. | "Come All Ye Tender-Hearted" | 3:08 | |
| 13. | "Teach Your Children" | Graham Nash | 2:34 |
| 14. | "Where I'm Bound" | Tom Paxton | 2:22 |
| 15. | "Redwood Hill" | Gordon Lightfoot | 2:38 |
| 16. | "Letter to Tom" | John Duffey | 3:13 |
| 17. | "Less of Me" | Glen Campbell | 2:02 |
| 18. | "Devil's Little Angel" | 3:52 | |
| 19. | "The Likes of You" | Randall Hylton | 2:05 |
| 20. | "This Morning at Nine" | Sid Campbell | 2:24 |
| 21. | "Dixieland for Me" | Curtis McPeake | 2:30 |
| 22. | "The Fields Have Turned Brown" | Carter Stanley | 3:04 |
| 23. | "Over the Hills to the Poorhouse" | David Braham | 2:57 |
| 24. | "Come and Sit by the River" | Roehrig | 3:29 |
Smoke is an album by Paul Kelly and Melbourne bluegrass band, Uncle Bill, which was composed of Gerry Hale on guitar, dobro, mandolin, fiddle and vocals, Adam Gare on fiddle, mandolin and vocals, Peter Somerville on banjo and vocals and Stuart Speed on double bass. The album featured a mix of old and new Kelly songs treated in classic bluegrass fashion.
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