Country Songs, Old and New

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Country Songs Old & New
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Studio album by
Country Gentlemen
Released1960, reissued in 1991
Recorded1960
Genre Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass
Length44:05
Label Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways
Producer Country Gentlemen
Country Gentlemen chronology
Country Songs Old & New
(1960)		 Folk Songs & Bluegrass
(1961)
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Country Songs, Old and New is the debut album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen, recorded in 1960 and reissued in 1991. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Roving Gambler" – 3:07
  2. "The Little Sparrow" – 3:31
  3. "Drifting Too Far" – 3:27
  4. "Weeping Willow" (A.P. Carter) – 2:01
  5. "Tomorrow's My Wedding Day" – 2:09
  6. "The Story Of Charlie Lawson" – 3:03
  7. "Turkey Knob" (Eddie Adcock) – 2:18
  8. "Paul And Silas" – 2:26
Side 2
  2. "Ellen Smith" – 2:13
  3. "The Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 3:35
  4. "Honky Tonk Rag" (John Duffey) – 2:26
  5. "Jesse James" – 2:35
  6. "Have Thine Own Way" – 2:51
  7. "A Good Woman's Love" (Cy Coben) – 3:25
  8. "The Double Eagle" (Josef Wagner) – 2:54
  9. "Darling Alalee" – 2:04

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Album info". Music.barnesandnoble.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  3. ↑ "Album overview". Answers.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  4. ↑ "Album info". Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
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