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Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family And Friends

Earl Scruggs

1971 · Folk, World, & Country

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family And Friends is a Country album by Earl Scruggs, originally released in 1971. On Gatefold: 12 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Nine Pound Hammer
  2. A2Lonesome Ruben
  3. A3My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
  4. A4Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word
  5. A5The Last Thing On My Mind
  6. A6Streamlined Cannonball

Side B

  1. B1Nashville Skyline Rag
  2. B2Foggy Mountain Breakdown
  3. B3You Ain't Going Nowhere
  4. B4Nothin' To It
  5. B5Salty Dog Blues
  6. B6On Top Of Old Smokey
  7. B7Black Mountain Rag
  8. B8Foggy Mountain Breakdown (20-Second Excerpt From His Moratorium Appearance)

Sound DNA

  • Country
  • Bluegrass
  • twangy
  • playful
  • pastoral

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Terre Haute Pressing per etched T's in mostly stamped runouts.
Photo on back cover is of Earl Scruggs and his banjo.
Actually the soundtrack to a NET T.V. special.
Original release from November 1971 with different back cover than Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family And Friends (US 1972) (opens in a new tab).
Tracks recorded:
- A1, A2: Live at WSM's Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee (aka The Ryman Auditorium)
- A3, A4: Live at Miss Baez's home in California.
- A5, A6: Live At the home of Doc Watson in Deep Gap, North Carolina.
- B1: At the home of Mr. And Mrs.Thomas B. Allen, Carmel, New York.
- B2: At Athena Sound in Nashville.
- B3, B4: At the Doug Underwood Ranch just outside Nashville, Tennessee
- B5, B6: At the home Wiley Morris in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
- B7: Madison High School, Madison, TN
- B8: In Washington, D.C.
Track B6
- On Top Of Old Smokey (P.D.)
Courtesy of
- Gary Scruggs, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Randy Scruggs:
- Gil Trythall:

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Doc WatsonSOLOIST , ACOUSTIC GUITAR VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
  • Earl ScruggsBACKING VOCALS BAND , BANJO BANJO
  • Earl Scruggs RevueBACKING VOCALS FEATURING
  • Gary ScruggsBACKING VOCALS BAND , ELECTRIC BASS ELECTRIC BASS
  • Gil TrythallSYNTHESIZER
  • Jody MaphisBAND , 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
  • Karl HimmelDRUMS
  • Lea Jane BerinatiBAND , PIANO PIANO
  • Merle WatsonSOLOIST , ACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • Randy ScruggsBACKING VOCALS BAND , ACOUSTIC GUITAR GUITAR
  • Roger McGuinnVOCALS LEAD VOCALS
  • Steve ScruggsSOLOIST , ACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
  • The ByrdsBACKING VOCALS FEATURING
  • Wiley MorrisVOCALS LEAD VOCALS
  • Zeke MorrisMANDOLIN VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, MANDOLIN
  • Bob DylanGUITAR

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