LARRY RICHARDSON AND THE BLUE RIDGE BOYS OLD BLUE CD-702
Larry Richardson And The Blue Ridge Boys - with Buddy Pendleton on Fiddle
Larry Richardson, who passed away this year at the age of 80, was one of the premier banjo pickers and singers of the early years of Bluegrass. Learning the style in the 1940s, he was one of the founding members of the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and played banjo for Bill Monroe in 1951-1952. He also played with Carl Sauceman and made a classic 78rpm record with old-time banjo picker Happy Smith before starting his own band.
From the mid 1950s to the late 1960s his band was a regular winner at the big Fiddler’s contests in Virginia and North Carolina, and he and his band were one of the first Bluegrass groups to secure a regular television show (over a station in Winston-Salem, N.C.).
He later became a banjo picking evangelist based in Florida in a new career that lasted over 25 years. This disc is a re-issue of the very first Bluegrass LP to come out on the David Freeman’s County label (in 1965), and it contains fine, vibrant traditional Bluegrass with a solid band that included the great fiddler Buddy Pendleton and Ronnie Prevette on mandolin (he later was a member of Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys.) (County Sales Newsletter #290)
TRACK
LISTINGS
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| 1 |
I Don't Love Nobody |
1:49 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 2 |
• John Henry (708kb) |
2:02 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys * |
| 3 |
Let Me Fall |
1:30 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 4 |
Sad and Lonesome Day |
2:55 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 5 |
• Liberty (588kb) |
1;17 |
Buddy Pendleton and Larry Richardson** |
| 6 |
Little Pal |
1:51 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 7 |
More Pretty Girls Than One |
2:34 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 8 |
Peacock Rag |
2:06 |
Buddy Pendleton+ |
| 9 |
Happy Love |
1:41 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys+ |
| 10 |
Paul and Silas |
2:15 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 11 |
Cabin In Caroline |
2:53 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys+ |
| 12 |
Whistling Rufus |
2:07 |
Buddy Pendleton++ |
| 13 |
Pain in My Heart |
2:12 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 14 |
Bill Cheatem |
1:20 |
Buddy Pendleton# |
| 15 |
You Left Me So Blue |
2:23 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 16 |
• Wild Over Me (628kb) |
2:12 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 17 |
I'll Meet You In Church Sunday Morning |
2:11 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys+ |
| 18 |
My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains |
2:47 |
Larry Richardson and the Blue Ridge Boys* |
| 19 |
Hop Light Ladies |
2:15 |
Buddy Pendleton# |
| 20 |
Golden Slippers |
2:24 |
Buddy Pendleton++ |
| 21 |
Sandy River Belle |
2:16 |
Buddy Pendleton++ |
| 22 |
Twinkle Little Star |
2:25 |
Buddy Pendleton# |
| 23 |
Florida Blues |
3:10 |
Buddle Pendleton++ |
| 24 |
• Cincinnati Reel (536kb) |
1:35 |
Buddy Pendleton## |
| 25 |
Rachel |
2:35 |
Buddy Pendleton## |
| 26 |
Red Skinned Girl |
3:14 |
Buddy Pendleton## |
| 27 |
Rickett's Hornpipe |
2:39 |
Buddy Pendleton## |
| 28 |
Snowflake Reel |
2:32 |
Buddy Pendleton## |
| 29 |
Fisher's Hornpipe |
2:10 |
Buddy Pendleton## |
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* – County 702, first 1965 session
** – County 702, second 1965 session
+ – New Release, first 1965 session
++ – County 705, second 1965 session
# –New Release: second 1965 session
## – New Release: Pendleton, 1971 session |
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