The Bottom Line
Pros
- "Keep On The Sunny Side" - The Carter Family
- "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mt. Boys
- "Turn Your Radio On" - Grandpa Jones
Cons
- None.
Description
- 109 Tracks on 4 CD's.
- Music from the 1920's through today.
- Includes a 59 page booklet with photos and stories on the different artists.
Guide Review - Various Artists - Can't You Hear Me Callin' Bluegrass: 80 Years of Music
If you are a bluegrass fan, this collection will put a big smile on your face. They have picked a very comprehensive sampling of bluegrass. And while you are listening to the music, you can pull out the handy little booklet they have included and lose yourself with lots of photos of all the artists, a story behind the person for most and all kinds of trivia and interesting facts.Grandpa Jones has always been one of my favorite performers, just because of the kind of person he was. Unassuming, down to earth and he could really play the banjo. There are several songs by Grandpa Jones in the collection and one of the standout songs for me was "Turn Your Radio On." The words and the melody just reach out and grab me. It wouldn't be a bluegrass collection without "Keep on the Sunnyside" by The Carter Family and Roy Acuff sings "Great Speckle Bird," which became a signature song for him. There are some fun songs on there like "Ida Red," again by Roy Acuff, "Pretty Polly" by The Coon Creek Girls and "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" by Earl Scruggs. Ralph Stanley performs the original "I'm A Man of Constant Sorrow," which became a hit song and movie that far outdid what many people thought it could do. Ricky Skaggs sings "Uncle Pen," the Bill Monroe tune he took to the top of the country charts and Alison Krauss & Union Station sing their hit "So Long, So Wrong." This is just a very small sample of some really great music. It is definitely a winning project.
