Long Journey Home [Live]

Kentucky Colonels | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Vanguard Records
• ASIN: B000000EGO
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,269 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Long Journey Home-The Kentucky Colonels, January 31, 2001

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Jim Cunningham (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Journey Home (Audio CD)

I only recently obtained this album, but am a long-time fan of Clarence White. This album has some priceless cuts with Clarence and Doc Watson playing together, as well as Bill Keith joining in on several songs. I was a little disappointed that the mixing was not the best- you can tell on some of the songs that Clarence's guitar was not miked adequately. In addition (speaking as a Clarence White fan), many of the songs don't feature guitar breaks, although the six songs with Doc Watson do much to allay your appetite for hot guitar.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The disc that made me have to learn to play bluegrass, July 3, 2000

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Tim (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Journey Home (Audio CD)

I was stuck in a rut musically. It was 1995 and I was only listening to the Grateful Dead. Anyway, I bought this disc on a whim. Within three months I was playing mandolin and wondering how I got by never having heard the notes on this album. The fact is, you get Bill Keith, Doc Watson, Clarence White, Roland White, the rest of the Kentucky Colonels. You get great liner notes. You get great instrumentals and great gospel harmonies. You'll freak. Buy this disc.

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An important band, in pretty fine form, December 5, 2002

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Journey Home (Audio CD)

The much-vaunted Colonels, playing live at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. Plenty of great old tunes and much earnest re-creation of the classic "high lonesome" sound. To be honest, I've often found their reputation outweighs their recorded legacy... Although I understand the band's importance to their generation of pre-hippie pickers, I can never help but notice the rough spots in their picking (particularly in Clarence White's guitar work) and, at times, the callowness in their vocals. Still, they were a lively and enthusiastic band, and this disc captures them at their best. Roland White's mandolin work is mighty purty, especially when he gets in a groove with Bill Keith's amazing banjo pickin'. Plus, Doc Watson shows up to play along and encourage the lads, midway through their show, and that's always a treat. Definitely worth checking out.