Foggy Mountain Jamboree is one of the cornerstone albums in Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys' catalog, recorded for Columbia in 1957 at the height of the duo's creative powers. The album captures the full Foggy Mountain sound at its most self-assured: Scruggs's three-finger banjo roll setting a propulsive rhythmic foundation, Flatt's authoritative rhythm guitar and lead vocals, and tight ensemble playing from a band that had spent years honing its craft on the road and radio. It stands as a defining document of hard-driving bluegrass at mid-century and a primary source for players and scholars seeking to understand the genre's foundational vocabulary.
Tracklist
- 1 Flint Hill Special Source Recording 2:45
- 2 Some Old Day alt version 2:29
- 3 Earl’s Breakdown Source Recording 2:59
- 4 Jimmie Brown the Newsboy alt version 3:20
- 5 Foggy Mountain Special alt version 3:14
- 6 It Won’t Be Long Source Recording 2:32
- 7 Shuckin’ the Corn alt version 2:07
- 8 Blue Ridge Cabin Home alt version 2:56
- 9 Randy Lynn Rag Source Recording 2:03
- 10 Your Love is Like a Flower alt version 2:35
- 11 Foggy Mountain Chimes alt version 2:52
- 12 On My Mind alt version 2:46
- 13 Dear Old Dixie alt version 2:57
- 14 Pray for the Boys 2:48
- 15 Reunion in Heaven 2:53