The Kentucky Colonels (Rounder Records 0098, 1975) is a retrospective album compiling recordings from the Los Angeles-based traditional bluegrass ensemble that was one of the most influential groups in the genre's spread to the West Coast folk audience in the early 1960s. Clarence White plays guitar; Roland White plays mandolin; Bob Worford plays banjo; and Eric White plays bass. The Rounder collection draws from sessions documenting the Colonels before Clarence White's 1969 departure to join the Byrds and his death in 1973, assembling a portrait of the ensemble that made his flatpicking technique one of the most widely discussed instrumental innovations in acoustic music. Eric White was the younger brother of Clarence and Roland, completing the three-brother core of the band's most active recording configuration.
Tracklist
- 1 Alabama Jubilee alt version 2:52
- 2 I Am a Pilgrim alt version 2:32
- 3 Billy in the Low Ground alt version 2:43
- 4 Bury Me Beneath the Willow alt version 2:43
- 5 Footprints in the Snow alt version 2:39
- 6 Wildwood Flower alt version 4:26
- 7 Farewell Blues alt version 3:10
- 8 When you're smiling
- 9 Prisoner’s Song alt version 2:43
- 10 Good woman's love
- 11 White-Washed Chimney alt version
- 12 Listen to the mocking bird
- 13 Teardrops in My Eyes alt version 2:22
