Red Smiley and the Bluegrass Cutups, a 2013 reissue collection under the name of vocalist and guitarist Red Smiley, gathers recordings from one of the most underappreciated acts in the classic bluegrass era. Smiley, a longtime partner of Don Reno, led the Cutups through a busy recording and performing schedule after the Reno and Smiley partnership ended, and this material showcases his unassuming but reliable lead work. His voice was plain-spoken and warm, suited to the domestic and devotional themes common to the repertoire of the period. The Cutups were a working band's working band, dependable on radio and the road, and their recordings document the professional bluegrass mainstream of the 1960s and 1970s without the eccentricity or innovation of the genre's more celebrated names.
Tracklist
- 1 Roll on Buddy alt version 1:37
- 2 Summertime Is Past And Gone 2:01
- 3 Big Sandy 1:02
- 4 Take This Hammer alt version 1:59
- 5 Wreck of the Old No. 9 alt version 2:43
- 6 Let The Church Roll On 1:56
- 7 Short Life of Trouble alt version 2:21
- 8 Shady Grove alt version 1:19
- 9 Little Maggie alt version 2:44
- 10 Reuben’s Train alt version 3:34
- 11 Silver Bells 1:49
- 12 Oh! Monah 1:52
- 13 Tupelo County Jail 2:04
- 14 Black Eyed Susan 1:17
- 15 Fallen Leaf 2:35
- 16 Something Got Hold Of Me 2:31
- 17 Little Birdie alt version 1:59
- 18 In the Pines alt version 3:10
- 19 Darlin' Corey 1:20
- 20 Working on a Building alt version 3:36
- 21 Somebody Touched Me alt version 2:35
- 22 A Beautiful Life alt version
- 23 I’ll Be No Stranger There alt version
- 24 It’s Raining Here this Morning alt version
- 25 Little Glass of Wine alt version
- 26 Take Me in the Lifeboat alt version