Country Bluegrass from Southwest Virginia is the first in a series of albums recorded by the Virginia Mountain Boys. Even as many commercial bluegrass bands in the 1970s were being influenced by Nashville or folk rock sounds, the Virginia Mountain Boys stuck to the traditional bluegrass sounds that were pioneered decades earlier. Eschewing the Dobro favored by other bands of the time, for example, the band's sound relies heavily on the simple banjo picking and hard-driving rhythm of traditional Appalachian mountain music. Glen Neaves leads with lonesome, bittersweet singing and fiddle playing inspired by G. B. Grayson, a traditional mountain fiddler from North Carolina. Liner notes include full song lyrics and brief performer profiles with photos.

Tracklist:

Don't Go Out Tonight My Darlin'
What A Friend We Have In Mother
Fortune
Careless Love
Poor Ellen Smith
Nigger Trader
Someday We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
Barbara Allen
Two Dollar Bill
Drunkard's Dream: Drunkard's Lament
Drinkin' From The Fountain
On The Banks Of Old Tennessee
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Hangman Song
When The Roses Bloom Again
Cripple Creek

UPC: 093070383029
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

The Virginia Mountain Boys - Country Bluegrass (CD)