In Memory of the Man: Dedicated to Lester Flatt is a 1980 tribute album by Red Allen recorded four years after Lester Flatt's death in 1979. Allen had navigated the same professional circles as Flatt for years, and the tribute is the work of a peer rather than a fan — a musician who understood from the inside what made Flatt irreplaceable. The album stands in a tradition of bluegrass tribute records that serve as both homage and historical argument, asserting the importance of particular figures to listeners who may encounter them only through such secondary documentation.
Tracklist
- 1 I’ll Take the Blame alt version 2:26
- 2 What's Good for You 2:32
- 3 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse 3:42
- 4 Somehow Tonight alt version 3:07
- 5 I’ll Never Shed Another Tear alt version 2:31
- 6 Give Mother My Crown 2:36
- 7 Shady Grove alt version 3:44
- 8 I’m Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darlin’ alt version 2:37
- 9 Why Don’t You Tell Me So alt version 2:31
- 10 My Darling's Last Goodbye 2:15
- 11 Your Love is Like a Flower alt version 3:00
- 12 Gone Home alt version 3:13