''Scenic Roots'' is an album by the
progressive bluegrass
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Like mainstream country music, it lar ...
Maryland
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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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Album info on www.sugarhillrecords.com
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Track listing
# If You Ever Change Your Mind (Carl Jackson
Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-wi ...
, Stuart) 02:07
# Lots in a Memory (Wes Golding) 03:41
# The Wrath of God ( Delmore, Delmore) 02:34
# Before I Met You (Lewis, Rader, Seitz) 03:13
# Red Georgia Clay (Coleman, Pyrtle) 02:25
# I've Cried My Last Tear over You (Delmore, Jackson) 02:57
# Not in My Arms (Coleman, Pyrtle) 02:24
# Highway of Heartache (Carl Jackson
Carl Eugene Jackson (born September 18, 1953) is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-wi ...
, Rushing) 03:17
# Long Black Veil (Dill, Wilkin) 04:12
# Last Call to Glory (Duffey) 02:38
# Distant Train (Coleman, Pyrtle) 02:24
# How Mountain Girls Can Love (Rakes) 02:06
Personnel
* Lou Reid
Lou Reid Pyrtle (born September 13, 1954 in Union Grove, North Carolina) is an American bluegrass singer, band leader, and multi-instrumentalist.
Biography Early life
Reid grew up on a tobacco farm in Moore Springs, North Carolina. His father ...
- vocals, guitar, mandolin
* 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 the ...
- 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
* T. Michael Coleman - bass, vocals
References
External links
Official site
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1990 albums
The Seldom Scene albums
Sugar Hill Records albums