Cuttin' the Grass (CMH Records CMH-6210, 1976) is a studio album from the Stonemans, the continuing ensemble built around Van Stoneman and Patsy Stoneman following the deaths of their father, Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, in 1968 and their brother Scotty in 1973. Van Stoneman plays guitar throughout; Patsy Stoneman plays guitar, autoharp, jaw harp, and tambourine; Dave Dougherty plays banjo; Jimmy Stoneman holds the bass; and Johnny Bellar plays resonator guitar. Recorded at Arthur Smith Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina, with liner notes by Ranger Doug, the album is a return-to-roots bluegrass and traditional country statement at a moment when the ensemble was carrying the family's musical legacy without its most storied founding members. Dougherty, a banjoist who had spent years learning tunes directly from Patsy Stoneman, anchors the bluegrass rhythm section alongside Jimmy Stoneman's bass in what stands as a late-period document of the family's enduring commitment to the tradition.
Tracklist
- 1 Watermelon on the Vine alt version 2:40
- 2 Under the Double Eagle alt version 3:47
- 3 Muleskinner Blues alt version 4:23
- 4 Wreck of the Old 97 alt version 2:30
- 5 Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane 2:44
- 6 Blue Ridge Mountain Blues alt version 3:21
- 7 Cripple Creek alt version 2:18
- 8 Let’s All Go Down to the River alt version 1:57
- 9 Soldier’s Joy alt version 1:34
- 10 I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes alt version 3
- 11 Whippoorwill Song 2:14
- 12 Tecumseh Valley alt version 4:55
- 13 Old Joe Clark alt version 2:33
- 14 Little Maggie alt version 2:44
- 15 Tupelo County Jail 2:04
- 16 I Washed My Face In the Morning Dew 3:16
- 17 Steel Guitar Rag 3:11
- 18 Life is Like a Mountain Railway alt version 3:28
- 19 Orange Blossom Special alt version 2:56
- 20 Mama Don't Allow 2:57
