Kentucky Colonels 1965-1966 cover

Kentucky Colonels 1965-1966

The Kentucky Colonels

Album · 1976 · Rounder 0070

Kentucky Colonels 1965–1966, subtitled featuring Roland & Clarence White, was released by Rounder Records in 1976 (Rounder 0070). Its fifteen tracks are archival live recordings of the Kentucky Colonels, a band the White brothers had started in Burbank, California, in 1954. The Colonels had made two albums, The New Sound of Bluegrass America (1963) and Appalachian Swing! (1964), and Clarence White was later described as largely responsible for making the acoustic guitar a lead instrument in bluegrass before he joined the Byrds.

The Bluegrass Discography credits Clarence White on guitar, Roland White on mandolin, Billy Ray Latham on banjo, Scotty Stoneman on fiddle and Roger Bush on bass. Discogs also credits Bob Warford on banjo, Eric White on bass and Dennis Morris on rhythm guitar, the players of the group that reformed in 1966. Stoneman joined in mid-1965, and the first Colonels dissolved after a show on 31 October 1965.

The program includes the instrumentals “Lee Highway Blues” (arranged by Stoneman), “New Soldier’s Joy,” “Rawhide” (a Monroe composition), “Bucking Mule,” “Black Mountain Rag,” “Jimmy’s Barnyard Shuffle” and “Clinch Mountain Backstep.” Other titles include Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky” and “Wicked Path of Sin,” the Stanley Brothers’ “How Mountain Girls Can Love,” and the traditional “New River Train” and “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down.”

Tracklist

  1. 1 Soldier’s Joy alt version 1:34
  2. 2 The Fugitive 2:57
  3. 3 Reuben’s Train alt version 3:34
  4. 4 One Tear alt version 2:17
  5. 5 I Might Take You Back Again alt version 1:53
  6. 6 Head Over Heels alt version 2:34
  7. 7 Shady Grave 1:19
  8. 8 I’ll Never Love Anybody But You 1:59
  9. 9 Polka On The Banjo 2:20
  10. 10 Take Off Your Cheaters 0:52
  11. 11 The Old Country Church alt version 2:26
  12. 12 Earl’s Breakdown alt version 2:59
  13. 13 Give This Message To Your Heart 2:13
  14. 14 Ruben’s Train (Encore) 2:11
  15. 15 Cotton Eyed Joe alt version 2:32
  16. 16 Soldier’s Joy (Conclusion) 0:40
  17. 17 I’ll Go Steppin’ Too 2:36
  18. 18 Flint Hill Special alt version 2:45
  19. 19 Shuckin’ the Corn alt version 2:06
  20. 20 John Hardy alt version 3:29
  21. 21 Mad Banjo 1:53
  22. 22 Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down alt version
  23. 23 Sunny Side of the Mountain alt version 2:31

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