anon-C165 James Monroe + Jimmy Martin Buckhorn Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Tazewell, VA, July 8, 1978
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
James Monroe & The Midnight Ramblers
Buckhorn Mountain Bluegrass Festival Tazewell, VA July 8, 1978
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Source: Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #165
Concertape C-60:Nakamichi ZX7>Nickspicks Silver Hydra’s>Lunatec V3 @ 24/48>M-Audio Firewire 410
Transfer by Keith Kreider 10/31/2006
Side A:
Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys:
1. (x) Pete, The Best Coon Dog in the State of Tennessee
2. Sunny Side of the Mountain (x)
James Monroe & The Midnight Ramblers:
3. (x) Bringing in the Georgia Mail
4. Wheel Hoss
5. Smoky Mountain Memories
6. I Haven’t Seen Mary in Years
7. Little Maggie
8. Love, Please Come Home
9. Orange Blossom Special
10. Bonnie…(Talking)
11. Sweet Lucy
12. Down in the Willow Garden
13. Girl of My Dreams (x)…
Side B:
James Monroe & The Midnight Ramblers (continued):
1. …(x) Girl of My Dreams
2. Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms
3. I Saw the Light
4. Lee Highway Blues
5. Sweet Mary and the Miles in Between
6. Ashes of Love…(Emcee Announcements)
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys:
7. (x) Sophronie
8. (Talking/Band Intros)
9. Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die
10. Crowe on the Banjo (Bugle Call Rag)
11. Freeborn Man…(Talking) (x)
Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #165 was recorded at the Buckhorn Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Tazewell, VA, July 8, 1978, and features sets by 1) Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys (Jimmy Martin-guitar, Billy Smith-guitar, Dave Ratcliffe-mandolin, Terry Smith-bass, & Kenny Ingram-banjo) and 2) James Monroe & The Midnight Ramblers (James Monroe-guitar, Alan O’Bryant-banjo, James Bryan-fiddle, & David Bowlin-bass). It is interesting to note that the Sunny Mountain Boys heard here are an almost completely different aggregation than the group that backed Martin just several weeks earlier at Lester Flatt’s Mount Pilot Bluegrass Festival (Tim Murphy-fiddle, Harold Davis-mandolin, Gloria Bell-bass, & Kenny Ingram-banjo; see Cassette #153). Midnight Rambler, Alan O’Bryant, is best known for his role in forming the Nashville Bluegrass Band, while James Bryan played fiddle with Norman Blake for many years and recorded several fine LPs of his own on the Rounder label. Notably, Larry Sledge (another Norman Blake compatriot), who played mandolin with James Monroe several weeks earlier than this show at Bean Blossom (see Cassette #132), is missing from the Midnight Rambler line-up found here. --Mitchell Wittenberg
