VA - Bluegrass Breakdown - Newport Folk Festival

This recording documents live Newport Folk Festival performances by many of the greatest bluegrass artists of the Sixties, an era in which bluegrass was to see some radical changes. Younger artists were discovering the music with great enthusiasm, and were carrying on the tradition established by the music´s originators with tremendous vitality.

Here can be heard the roots of bluegrass, in the od-timey fiddle styles of Lue Berline, Clayton McMichen and Fiddling Arthur Smith; the bluegrass bands that were legends in their time, Bill Monroe and The Bluegrass Boys, The Stanley Brothers and The Dillards; and of course the next generation, citybillies who eagerly embraced the older styles and embellished them with their own imaginations and talents: Byron Berline, The New York City Ramblers and the Greenbriar Boys.

This album was recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 - 1965. It ends with "Bluegrass Breakdown", which gives this collection its name, another Bill Monroe original that always left the audience hollering for more.


Tracklist:

1	–Lue Berline And Byron Berline	New Broom
2	–Lue Berline And Byron Berline	Old Logan
3	–Lue Berline And Byron Berline	Crazy Creek
4	–Lue Berline And Byron Berline	Dusty Miller
5	–Stanley Brothers, The	How Mountain Girls Can Love
6	–Stanley Brothers, The	A Man Of Constant Sorrow
7	–Stanley Brothers, The	Big Tildy
8	–Stanley Brothers, The	Orange Blossom Special
9	–Fiddling Arthur Smith	Leather Britches
10	–Fiddling Arthur Smith	Blackberry Blossom
11	–Greenbriar Boys, The	Levee Breakin' Blues
12	–Greenbriar Boys, The	At The End Of A Long Lonley Day
13	–Dillards, The	Old Joe Clark
14	–Dillards, The	Ground Hog
15	–Dillards, The	Banjo In The Hollow
16	–Dillards, The	Polly Vaughn
17	–Dillards, The	Dueling Banjos
18	–Clayton McMichen	Alabama Jubilee
19	–Clayton McMichen	Sourwood Mountain
20	–New York City Ramblers, The	You Better Get Right Little Darlin'
21	–New York City Ramblers, The	I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When
22	–New York City Ramblers, The	Cedar Hill
23	–New York City Ramblers, The	Tell It To Me
24	–Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys*	Muleskinner Blues
25	–Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys*	Blue Moon Of Kentucky
26	–Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys*	Walls Of Time
27	–Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys*	Somebody Touched Me
28	–Bill Monroe And The Bluegrass Boys*	Bluegrass Breakdown

VA - Bluegrass Breakdown - Newport Folk Festival
(256 kbps, front cover included)