Country Songs Old & New

Country Gentlemen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Smithsonian Folkways
• ASIN: B000001DFV
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Old and New demonstrates how the original Country Gentlemen helped define modern bluegrass. The reissue of their first album presents one of the most successful and influential bluegrass bands. Recorded in 1959. 44 minutes. "(4 stars)" — Country on Compact Disc: The Essential Guide to the Music "(4 stars)" -Country on Compact Disc: The Essential Guide to the Music

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Genuine Article, October 6, 2000

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This review is from: Country Songs Old & New (Audio CD)

This is the way music should be..Clear, beautiful, and real. These guys were keeping it real, and sing beautifully. The vocal arrangements and strings and the songs work together to create something unimaginably terrific. This is a great study of American bluegrass.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Bluegrass album EVER!, February 9, 2010

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Robert Lemos "Bobby-O" (Gilroy, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Country Songs, Old and New (MP3 Download)

I discovered this album when I was going to school at San Jose State COLLEGE in 1965. Yes, before it was a university! I had listened to lstened to a fair amount of Bluegrass (including the Dillards and of course the fabulous Greenbriar Boys). But, this particular album just blew me away!! This was the period when Eddie Adcock and John Duffey were perfecting their instrumental styles, and all three were perfecting their supernal vocal harmonies. Every song both intrumental and vocal are just excellent. To my way of thinking, the quintessential bluegrass album. I know you've heard this before, BUT if you are going to have only one bluegrass album Make it be this one! I'm serious.... BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM EVER!!!!