OLD BLUE RECORDS, LLC was founded in 2003 by Charlie Faurot as the vehicle to produce some of the old-time music that he, some with Dave Freeman and a lot with Rich Nevins, recorded between 1965 and 1973. Even though much of that material had been released by 2003, a lot of it never made it to LP. And a lot of the LP material is now out of print.
Old Blue’s original mission was to make available recordings from ’65 to ’73 years that were never released or no longer in print.
Old Blue’s horizons expanded after Charlie met up with Kinney Rorrer, in 2006. After hearing only a couple of tunes from the New North Carolina Ramblers, Charlie knew the band’s music was very much in line with Old Blue Records’ focus on old time rural music, for the most part featuring the traditional instruments: fiddle, banjo, and guitar.
Old Blue’s ninth CD, In the Field Behind the Stage - Recordings from the Galax Old Fiddlers Conventions – 1967 & 2010 OLD BLUE CD-708, is now available.
Early reviews say this is another exceptional CD – great for both fiddlers and banjo players. For example:
Dan Levenson, Banjo Newsletter, October 2011:
“I haven’t been to the fiddler’s convention at Galax since the Clifftop Stringband festival began some 20 years ago, but this new release from Old Blue might just make me reconsider that decision. … While [the recording] “features” the fiddlers, there is more than enough great banjo playing to satisfy even the most picky old-time banjo listener. Besides, the banjo is often considered at its best when accompanying the fiddle and with some great guitar thrown in, you don’t lose…
If you’re playing old-time banjo, the best way t0 learn tunes is to hear the fiddlers play them and hear the tune in a band-like setting in order to make it real". This CD is destined to be another 'must have' in e very old-time music afici0nado’s library.
OB-704, 705 and 706 are also receiving rave reviews:
OB 705 Kirk & Riley
The Old-Time Herald, February/March 2011:
"You don't need a full string band to make great music. It can be done with just two instruments and one voice, and this CD is proof of that."
Bob Buckingham, Bluegrass Unlimited:
“There are a lot of folks out there who play old-time in the Round Peak tradition, but these gentlemen (Kirk Sutphin and Riley Baugus) were born and bred to it. The tradition is them and they are it. They can no more leave it behind than they leave themselves behind. We are treated here to true old-time music played like few others can.”
OB 704 The New North Carolina RamblersFOUR AND A HALF
Bob Buckingham, Bluegrass Unlimited:
“The music of the New North Carolina Ramblers is truly a national treasure, and both of these collections should be part of any serious old-time music collection.”
OB 706 The New North Carolina Ramblers – LIVE and LIVELY
Alice Gerrard, The Old-Time Herald, February/March 2011:
“The CD starts out with a live performance [of] six tunes and some good old country humor and continues with a fine mix of tunes and songs-some of the best old-time music I’ve heard in a long time. … The piano on several cuts adds an extra lilt, voice and rhythmic dimension to tune like “Texas Gals,” “Hickman Rag, and “Under the Double Eagle.” … This is a CD chock full of a variety of old-time songs and tunes played with love and passion for the music."
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