Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains
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Live album by
Released1973, re-issued 2007
RecordedLive performances, early-mid 60's
Genre Bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass
Length46:29
Label Folkways Records
Smithsonian Folkways
Producer Daniel Sheeby
Country Gentlemen chronology
The Award Winning Country Gentlemen
(1972)
Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains
(1973)
Yesterday & Today Volume 1
(1973)
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Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains is a live album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen. It includes songs performed live by the "almost classic" lineup of the group (without Tom Gray, with Ed Ferris on bass). The recordings come from live performances during early and mid 60's. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains 2:00
  2. Going to the Races 2:09
  3. Azzuro Campana 2:41
  4. Dark as a Dungeon 5:05
  5. Copper Kettle 3:01
  6. Billy in the Low Ground 2:19
  7. I Saw the Light 2:09
  8. Tom Dooley #2 2:55
  9. Brown Mountain Light 2:43
  10. Electricity 2:30
  11. Daybreak in Dixie 2:22
  12. Mary Dear 3:52
  13. Sad and Lonesome Day 2:40
  14. Cripple Creek 2:49
  15. Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky 3:16
  16. Muleskinner Blues 3:58

Personnel

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