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The Seldom Scene
The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band that formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland. The band's original line-up comprised John Starling on lead vocals and guitar, Mike Auldridge on Dobro and baritone vocals, Ben Eldridge on banjo, Tom Gray on double bass, and John Duffey on mandolin; the latter three also provided backing vocals. Together they released their debut studio album, '' Act I'', in 1972, followed by both '' Act II'' and '' Act III'' in 1973. In 1977, Starling left the group and was replaced by singer-songwriter Phil Rosenthal. Starling and Rosenthal shared lead vocals on the group's sixth studio album, ''Baptizing'', released in 1978. Around the same time, the group switched record labels from Rebel Records to Sugar Hill Records. In 1986, Rosenthal and Gray left the band, and were replaced by Lou Reid and T. Michael Coleman, respectively; Reid and Coleman first appeared on the band's 1988 album ''A Change of Scenery''. Reid left the band in 1992, and Starling b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820, rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda. The National Institutes of Health's main campus and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are in Bethesda, in addition to a number of corporate and government headquarters. As an unincorporated community, Bethesda has no official boundaries. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the community had a total population of 68,056. History Bethesda is located in a region that was populated by the Piscataway and Nacotchtank tribes at the time of European colonization. Fur trader Henry Fleet became the first European to visit the area, reaching it by sailing up the Potomac River. He stayed with the Piscataway tribe from 1623 to 1627, either as a guest or prisoner (historical accounts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Starling (musician)
John Lewis Starling (March 26, 1940 – May 2, 2019) was an American musician. He is an International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee bluegrass musician and composer, founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene, an otolaryngological physician for communities in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Virginia, and an amateur architect designing the field house at Virginia Military Institute, the house his parents retired in and the floor plans for the building he practiced medicine in. Biography John Starling was born in Durham, North Carolina, and grew up in Lexington, Virginia. His father was hired by Washington and Lee University as a biology professor. He discovered bluegrass and country through live radio programs taking up the electric guitar during his teenage years. He is a graduate of Davidson College, Class of 1962, and then matriculated to University of Virginia where received his medical degree in 1967. While on campus, he attended folk and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like We Used To Be
''Like We Used to Be'' is an album by the progressive bluegrass Maryland band The Seldom Scene It's a group reunion with their original singer/guitarist, John Starling. He recorded only this album and decided to continue concentrating on his career as ear, nose & throat physician. Track listing # Grandpa Get Your Guitar (McCullough, Jim Rushing) 02:54 # Let Me Be Your Friend (Carter Stanley) 02:45 # Like I Used to Do (Pat Alger, Tim O'Brien) 04:06 # Highway of Pain (Dauphin) 03:46 # Cheap Whiskey (Emory Gordy Jr., Jim Rushing) 03:46 # Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie) 03:26 # Almost Threw Your Love Away (Germino, Hylton) 03:56 # The Other Side of Town (Clark, Williams, Williams) 02:59 # She's More to Be Pitied (Rakes) 03:01 # Heaven's Green Fields (Jim Rushing, Shamblin) 02:49 # I've Come to Take You Home (Coleman, Duffey) 03:09 # I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers (Hayes) 03:04 # Some Morning Soon (Lynch, Lynch) 03:36 Personnel * John Starling - vocals, guitar * John Duff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Change Of Scenery
''A Change Of Scenery'' is an album by the Maryland-based progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. It is the first album with vocalist/guitarist Lou Reid and bassist T. Michael Coleman. Track listing Personnel * Lou Reid – vocals, guitar, fiddle * John Duffey – mandolin, vocals * Ben Eldridge – banjo * Mike Auldridge Mike Auldridge (December 30, 1938 – December 29, 2012) was an American Dobro player and a founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. The ''New York Times'' described Auldridge as "one of the most distinctive dobro players in the ... – Dobro, vocals * T. Michael Coleman – bass, vocals with * Robbie Magruder – percussion References External links Official site – {{DEFAULTSORT:Change Of Scenery 1986 albums The Seldom Scene albums Sugar Hill Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar Hill Records
Sugar Hill Records is an American bluegrass and Americana record label. It was founded in Durham, North Carolina in 1978 by Barry Poss and David Freeman, the owner of County Records and Rebel Records. Poss acquired full control of Sugar Hill in 1980 and owned the label until 1998, when he sold it to the Welk Music Group, owner of Vanguard Records. Poss stayed on as president, and in 2002 was promoted to chairman. Sugar Hill remained in Durham until 2007, when Poss moved the label to Nashville, Tennessee. Among the many notable artists who have released albums on the label are Nickel Creek, Doc Watson, Townes Van Zandt, Ricky Skaggs, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, Sam Bush and Dolly Parton. One of Parton's albums for Sugar Hill, ''Halos & Horns'' (2002), included a song called "Sugar Hill", which she wrote as a tribute to the label. In 2008, Welk Music Group appointed EMI as distributor of its labels including Sugar Hill. In 2006, Sugar Hill executive Barry Poss won a Lifetime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptizing (album)
''Baptizing'' is an album by the progressive bluegrass Maryland band The Seldom Scene. It is marked as a last album for John Starling and arrival of new singer/guitarist Phil Rosenthal. It is also The Seldom Scene's last album recorded under Rebel Records, before switching to Sugar Hill Records . Track listing # "By the Side of the Road" (Albert E. Brumley) – 4:09 # "Brother John" (Phil Rosenthal) – 3:04 # "Dreaming of a Little Cabin" (Albert E. Brumley) – 3:54 # "Fallen Leaves" (Louis M. Jones) – 3:22 # "He Took Your Place" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) – 2:46 # "Take Him In" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:13 # "Hobo on a Freight Train to Heaven" (Sam Weedman) – 2:39 # "Will You Be Ready to Go Home?" (Hank Williams) – 2:34 # "Were You There?" (Traditional; arranged by John Duffey) – 3:25 # "Walk With Him Again" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:49 # "Gospel Medley" (Traditional; arranged by John Duffey) – 4:09 Personnel ;The Seldom Scene * John Starling - vocals, guitar * Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act III (The Seldom Scene Album)
''Act III'' is the third album by the progressive bluegrass Maryland band The Seldom Scene. The album features the band in their "classic" lineup. . Track listing # "Chim-Chim-Cher-Ee" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) – 1:20 # "Little Georgia Rose" (Bill Monroe) – 2:57 # "Another Lonesome Day" (Wendy Thatcher) – 2:04 # "Willie Boy" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:57 # "Faded Love" (Bob Wills, John Wills) – 2:04 # "Rider" (Traditional; arranged by the Seldom Scene) – 5:23 # "Muddy Water" (Phil Rosenthal) – 3:00 # "Mean Mother Blues" (John Starling) – 3:00 # "Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) – 2:56 # "Hail to the Redskins" (Barnee Breeskin, Corinne Griffith) – 1:53 # "Don't Bother with White Satin" (John Duffey, Ann Hill) – 2:55 # "Heaven" (Boyd McSpadden, Helen McSpadden) – 2:56 Personnel ;The Seldom Scene * John Starling – vocals, guitar * John Duffey – mandolin, vocals * Ben Eldridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Two (The Seldom Scene Album)
''Act 2'' is the second album by the progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. The band continues to benefit from all their trademarks: John Starling folkie lead vocals blend with high tenors of John Duffey, completed with Mike Auldridge's third vocals and Dobro solos, plus all that strengthened by Tom Gray's solid bass playing, not to forget Ben Eldridge's banjo and John Duffey's mandolin fancy licks. Track listing # "Last Train from Poor Valley" ( Norman Blake) 3:45 # "Gardens and Memories" (John Starling) 2:46 # "Paradise" (John Prine) 2:26 # "Small Exception of Me" (Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent) 3:04 # "Train Leaves Here This Morning" (Gene Clark, Bernie Leadon) 3:07 # "Keep Me From Blowin' Away" (Paul Craft) 2:46 # "Hello Mary Lou" (Cayet Mangiaracina, Gene Pitney) 2:23 # "Lara's Theme" (Maurice Jarre) 1:24 # "I've Lost You" (Earl Scruggs) 2:42 # "The Sweetest Gift" (Benny Cain, Ronnie Bucke) 2:42 # "Reason for Being" (John Duffey, Ann Hill) 3:24 # "Smokin' Hickory" (B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act I (Seldom Scene Album)
''Act I'' is the debut studio album by the American progressive bluegrass band the Seldom Scene, released in 1972. It is regarded one of the best and most influential albums ever recorded in the genre. Track listing # "Raised By The Railroad Line" (Paul Craft) 2:59 # " Darling Corey" (Traditional); arranged by John Duffey) 3:43 # "Want of a Woman" (Paul Craft) 2:16 # "Sweet Baby James" () 3:09 # "Joshua" (Traditional; arranged by Mike Auldridge) 2:41 # "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" (Tradi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 strings, although five (10 strings) and six (12 strings) course versions also exist. There are of course different types of strings that can be used, metal strings are the main ones since they are the cheapest and easiest to make. The courses are typically tuned in an interval of perfect fifths, with the same tuning as a violin (G3, D4, A4, E5). Also, like the violin, it is the soprano member of a family that includes the mandola, octave mandolin, mandocello and mandobass. There are many styles of mandolin, but the three most common types are the ''Neapolitan'' or ''round-backed'' mandolin, the ''archtop'' mandolin and the ''flat-backed'' mandolin. The round-backed version has a deep bottom, constructed of strips of wood, glued togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bass
The double bass (), also known simply as the bass () (or #Terminology, by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow (music), bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass). Similar in structure to the cello, it has four, although occasionally five, strings. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, viola, and cello, ''The Orchestra: A User's Manual'' , Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra as well as the concert band, and is featured in Double bass concerto, concertos, solo, and chamber music in European classical music, Western classical music.Alfred Planyavsky [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by African Americans in the United States. The banjo is frequently associated with folk, bluegrass and country music, and has also been used in some rock, pop and hip-hop. Several rock bands, such as the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, and the Grateful Dead, have used the five-string banjo in some of their songs. Historically, the banjo occupied a central place in Black American traditional music and the folk culture of rural whites before entering the mainstream via the minstrel shows of the 19th century. Along with the fiddle, the banjo is a mainstay of American styles of music, such as bluegrass and old-time music. It is also very frequently used in Dixieland jazz, as well as in Caribbean genres like biguine, calypso and mento. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
