Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (Arhoolie Records F 5006) is a studio album from Del McCoury, the York County, Pennsylvania guitarist and vocalist who became one of traditional bluegrass's most venerated lead singers through his years with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and his subsequent leadership of the Dixie Pals, presenting early solo material in the unvarnished acoustic setting that suited his direct, unwavering tenor. McCoury plays guitar and sings; Bill Emerson plays banjo; Billy Baker plays fiddle; Dewey Renfro plays guitar and mandolin; and Wayne Yates holds the bass. Arhoolie Records, the El Cerrito, California folk-roots independent, documented traditional performers across multiple traditions, and this McCoury recording preserves the future Del McCoury Band founder at an early career phase when his reputation rested primarily on the Monroe years and his own regional performing work.
Tracklist
- 1 I Wonder Where You Are Tonight alt version 3:13
- 2 Willie Roy 3:59
- 3 Prisoner’s Song alt version 2:43
- 4 You're a flower in the wildwood 2:37
- 5 Hey, hey bartender 2:40
- 6 Fire on the Mountain alt version 2:04
- 7 Used to Be alt version 2:05
- 8 Dreams alt version 3:42
- 9 Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On alt version 2:21
- 10 Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms alt version 2:37
- 11 Blue Yodel #3 alt version 3:24
- 12 Beautiful Life alt version 2:43
- 13 Del McCoury Sings Bluegrass alt version