Livin' in the Good Old Days finds the Bluegrass Cardinals, the family-centered California band built around Don and David Parmley, delivering a program that mixes sentimental country material with gospel and bluegrass standards. Released on CMH in 1978, the album reflects the Cardinals' particular combination of professional polish and traditional feeling. Don Parmley's banjo work is clean and authoritative, and the ensemble harmonies, a Cardinal trademark, are in fine form throughout. "Sweet Hour of Prayer," drawn from the standard Protestant hymn repertoire, sits comfortably alongside secular numbers like "Knee Deep In Lovin' You," illustrating the range the Cardinals brought to a single record. The band occupied a productive middle ground between the West Coast folk-bluegrass scene and the mainstream of traditional bluegrass, and CMH-era recordings like this one document that position well.
Tracklist
- 1 Knee Deep In Lovin’ You Source Recording 2:32
- 2 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight alt version 2:42
- 3 Blue Is the Color of Lonesome 2:37
- 4 I've Had a Time 3:08
- 5 32 Acres alt version 3:06
- 6 Morristown 3:45
- 7 Where Rainbows Touch Down 3:46
- 8 The Old Man In the Park 2:05
- 9 Mountain Laurel alt version 2:11
- 10 WIth Half a Heart 3:01
- 11 Don't Give Up On Me 4:31
- 12 Shine Hallelujah Shine alt version 2:18
- 13 Carpenter of Wood 4:33
- 14 Crossing of Jordan 3:01
- 15 Angels Rock Me to Sleep alt version 2:28
- 16 Sweet Hour of Prayer Source Recording 4:00
- 17 The First Time I Heard About Heaven 5:03
- 18 Pretty Red Wing 2:00
- 19 Eighteen Wheels 3:13
- 20 Don't Come Running 2:23
- 21 Jubilee Road 3:28
- 22 I Know It's Wrong To Love You 3:18
- 23 Lee Berry Rye 2:13
- 24 Uncle Billy Play Your Fiddle For Me 3:00
- 25 Darling is it Too Late Now alt version
