Rah Rah Random!

The Edge Of AmericanaRah Rah Random!

A heap of random bluegrass, oldtime, blues and more.

Plus, we bid a sad farewell to Becky Taylor, a great Richmond musician and a kind and patient person.

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Artist / Name / Album / Label

The Stanley Brothers / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Angel Band: Classic Mercury Recordings / Mercury
The Monroe Brothers / Watermelon Hangin’ On The Vine / The Monroe Brothers Complete RCA Victor Bluebird Recordings, / Soundmark
Mississippi Sheiks / Sitting On Top Of The World / Bo Carter & The Mississippi Sheiks / JSP
EARL JOHNSON / Rocky Palace / Roots of American Fiddle Music – Volume 2 / http://1001tunes.com

Otto Virgial / Little Girl In Rome / When the Levee Breaks: Mississippi Blues / JSP
Wade Ward / Ida Red / Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia / Smithsonian Folkways
Happy Hayseeds / Ladies Quadrille / Aimer Et Perde: To Love and To Lose Songs / Tompkins Square
Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers / Constant Companions / Rambling Guitar / Pine Tree
Hazel Dickens / Old and In the Way / Pioneering Women of Bluegrass, 1965 – 1973 / Smithsonian Folkways
Ron Hughey / F and D Rag / Country Fiddlin’ Ozark Style / American Heritage

Bruce Molsky / The Cowboy / If It Ain’t Here When I Get Back / Rounder Select
Vernon Dalhart / The Frog Song / On the Lighter Side / Old Homestead
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers / Take A Drink On Me / Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers / JSP
Camp Creek Boys / Slew Foot / Home Recording: Jan. 25, 1967 / Old Blue
Gerry & Jesse Milnes with Emily Miller / Liza Jane / Cherry River Line / Self
Tony Rice / Gold Rush / Church Street Blues / Sugar Hill

Becky Taylor & Other Beings / Ruby Ridge / Live at Ashland Coffee & Tea / Self
George Winn & the Bluegrass Partners featuring Becky Taylor / Silver Tongue & Gold Plated Lies / Live at Ashland Coffee & Tea / Self
George Winn & the Bluegrass Partners featuring Becky Taylor / Sitting On Top Of The World / Live at Ashland Coffee & Tea / Self
Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger / Jennie Jenkins / Fly Down Little Bird / Smithsonian Folkways
Mando Mafia / Highlander’s Farewell / Hand Picked: The Best Of Watermelon Hand Picked: The Best Of Watermelon Park Fest / Shepherd’s Ford

Stephen Wade, Danny Knicely & Zan McLeod / Cuckoo Bird / Banjo Diary: Lessons from Tradition / Smithsonian Folkways
The Stanley Brothers / Crazy Arms / Stanley Series, Vol. 3 #1 (1956-08-05) – Silver Creek Ranch, Paris, Va / Copper Creek
Bill Monroe / Corrina, Corrina / Bluegrass 1970-1979 / Bear Family
Buzz Busby / Don’t Come Running Back To Me / A Pioneer of Traditional Bluegrass / Webco
The Stanley Brothers / Daybreak In Dixie / Angel Band: Classic Mercury Recordings / Mercury
The Lost and Found / Maple On The Hill / Endless Highway (Rebel 1607, 1982) / Rebel
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / Sugar Moon / Bob Wills Box Set / Bear Family

Clyde Davenport / My Old Gray Beard’s A-Flappin’ / Recordings from the collection of Ray Alden – volume 2 / Field Recorders Collective
Uncle Eck Dunford / Angeline The Baker / The Bristol Sessions / Bear Family
Otis Burris and the Blue Ridge Buddies / Fortune / Herbert Pitzer Collection, recorded at Galax Fiddler’s / None
The Louvin Brothers / Stuck Up Blues / Close Harmony / Bear Family
Vern and Ray / The Prisoner’s Song / April 26 1970 demo reel / None
Wayne Henderson of Rugby, VA / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Rugby, VA / Music Makers

Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters / My Wife Died Saturday Night / Nashville: The Early String Bands – 1 / County
C. H. Gatewood / The New Birth / The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) / Third Man & Reverent
Clinch Valley Gospel Singers / What a Day That Will Be / Vision of Calvary / Gospel
John Jackson / Just A Closer Walk With Thee / Country Blues & Ditties / Arhoolie
Lefty Miller and the Rhythm Kings / Whistling Rufus / West Virginia Country Fiddling / Self