Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe

Selected Listening

selected listening Ideally, a discography should list all recordings participated in by the subject, but as the session material on many of J.D. Crowe’s Rounder recordings has been lost, this is not possible here. Such information as is available, gathered from individual reports, reviews, and other sources, is given in the text of the book but is by no means complete. Information about recordings made when Crowe recorded with Jimmy Martin (1956–60 plus 1963) is included in the excellent discography that accompanies Bear Family’s five-CD box set, BCD-15705-EI, Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys, which is the only source for those recordings at this time. The following recordings are representative of Crowe’s work at various times, and all of them are currently available on CD. With Jimmy Martin 1950s–1960s Don’t Cry to Me Compilation Thrill Jockey 145c Contains nine performances recorded live at the Louisiana Hayride with Jimmy Martin and Paul Williams. i-xviii_1-240_Godb.indd 211 8/3/11 9:28 AM 212 Selected Listening Ca. 1960 Big Jam Session Live/private party Old Homestead 159 A private picking party with Jimmy Martin and Paul Williams. The Kentucky Mountain Boys 1969 Bluegrass Holiday Originally on Lemco Rebel CD 1598 With Red Allen, Doyle Lawson, and Bobby Slone. 1970 Blackjack Originally Ramblin’ Boy on Lemco Rebel CD 1583 With Doyle Lawson, Larry Rice, and Bobby Slone. 1971 The Model Church Originally on Lemco Rebel CD 1585 With Doyle Lawson, Larry Rice, and Bobby Slone. The New South 1973 J.D. Crowe and the New South “Bluegrass Evolution” Originally J.D. Crowe and the New South, Starday SLP 489, released June 1977 Starday-0489-CD With Tony Rice, Larry Rice, and Nashville studio musicians. 1975 The New South Rounder CD 0044 With Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, and Bobby Slone. Holiday in Japan Originally issued in Japan as two LPs on the Towa and Trio labels New South Music (remastered) Two-CD set, recorded live. Same personnel as above. i-xviii_1-240_Godb.indd 212 8/3/11 9:28 AM Selected Listening 213 1979 My Home Ain’t in the Hall of Fame Rounder CD 0103 With Keith Whitley, Jimmy Gaudreau, Bobby Slone (f), and Steve Bryant. Live in Japan Issued in 1987 Rounder CD 0159 With Keith Whitley, Jimmy Gaudreau, Bobby Slone (f), and Steve Bryant. 1981 Somewhere Between Issued in 1982 as Rounder LP 0153; no longer available Remastered 2000. Reissued as Sad Songs and Waltzes (Rounder CD 0399), under Keith Whitley’s name. With Keith Whitley, Wendy Miller, Bobby Slone (f ), and Steve Bryant plus Nashville studio musicians. Sad Songs and Waltzes Issued in 2000 Rounder CD 0399. Crowe appears on only two cuts, but produced the recording. Keith Whitley, Steve Bryant, Glen Duncan, Randy Howard, Jeff White; harmony vocals by Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley, Wes Hightower, Carl Jackson, Gene Johnson, and Alison Krauss. 1986 Straight Ahead Rounder CD 0202 With Tony King, Bobby Slone (f), Wendy Miller, Sam Bush, Steve Bryant, Randy Hayes, and Jerry Douglas. 1994 Flashback Rounder CD 0322 With Richard Bennett, Don Rigsby, Phil Leadbetter, Curt Chapman, and Randy Howard. 1999 Come on Down to My World Rounder CD 0422 With Greg Luck, Dwight McCall, Phil Leadbetter, Curt Chapman, Rickey Wasson , Glen Duncan, and Buddy Spicher. i-xviii_1-240_Godb.indd 213 8/3/11 9:28 AM 214 Selected Listening 2007 Lefty’s Old Guitar Rounder CD 0512 With Rickey Wasson, Dwight McCall, Ron Stewart, and Harold Nixon. The Bluegrass Album Band 1981 The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 1 Rounder CD 0140 1982 The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 2 Rounder CD 0164 These two volumes feature Tony Rice, J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson, Bobby Hicks, and Todd Phillips. 1983 The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 3, California Autumn Rounder CD 0180 Jerry Douglas is added and appears on all remaining Bluegrass Album Band volumes. 1985 The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4 Rounder CD 0210 1990 The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5, Sweet Sunny South Rounder CD 0240 Mark Schatz replaces Todd Phillips and Vassar Clements replaces Bobby Hicks on this volume. 1996 The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 6, Bluegrass Instrumentals Rounder CD 0330 Todd Phillips returns; Clements and Hicks play twin fiddles. i-xviii_1-240_Godb.indd 214 8/3/11 9:28 AM Selected Listening 215 Selected Special Projects 2004 Tribute to Jimmy Martin...