''Act III'' is the third album by the

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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 Gra ...

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Track listing

# "Chim-Chim-Cher-Ee" (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) – 1:20 # "Little Georgia Rose" (

Bill Monroe William Smith "Bill" Monroe (; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, who created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the " Father of Bluegrass". The genre take ...

) – 2:57 # "Another Lonesome Day" (Wendy Thatcher) – 2:04 # "Willie Boy" (Phil Rosenthal) – 2:57 # "Faded Love" (

Bob Wills James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...

, 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 Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled af ...

) – 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 John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician. Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...

– mandolin, vocals *

Ben Eldridge Ben Eldridge, (born August 15, 1938) is a five-string banjo player and a founding member of the seminal bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. He also works as a mathematician. Biography Ben Eldridge was born in Richmond, Virginia. He began playing t ...

– banjo, guitar, vocals *

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, guitar, vocals *

Tom Gray Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

– bass, vocals with: *

Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee Skaggs (born July 18, 1954), known professionally as Ricky Skaggs, is an American neotraditional country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, ma ...

– violin * Clayton Hambrick – guitar

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Act Iii (Album) 1973 albums The Seldom Scene albums Rebel Records albums