Title from container. Performances by Earl Scruggs & The Earl Scruggs Revue, Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin, J.D. Crowe, Chubby Wise, The Osborne Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Mac Wiseman, The Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan, Don Stover, The Bluegrass Alliance, The Bluegrass 45, Del McCoury, The New Deal String Band, Roy Acuff. "Legendary 1971 Bluegrass Festival."
Contents:
Black mountain rag (Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan & Don Stover) -- Man of constant sorrow (Ralph Stanley & his Clinch Mountain Boys) -- Train 45 (J.D. Crowe & the Kentucky Mountain Boys) -- Freeborn man (Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys) -- White House blues (Blue Mountain Boys) -- White House blues (Del McCoury & the Dixie Pals) -- Matterhorn ; Fox on the run ; Matterhorn (onstage) (the Country Gentlemen) -- Roanoke (rehearsal) ; Love potion no. 9 (the New Deal String Band) -- Rocky top ; Ruby, you are mad -- (Osborne Brothers) -- Fuji Mountain breakdown ; Mocking banjo -- (Bluegrass 45) -- Four walls around me (Mac Wiseman & Blackwell & Collins & the Dixie Bluegrass Boys) -- Sally Goodin (Festival fiddle players) -- Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff & his Smokey Mountain Boys) -- Listening to the rain (Osborne Brothers) -- One tin soldier (the Bluegrass Alliance) -- New river train (Lilly Brothers, Tex Logan & Don Stover) -- Orange blossom special (Chubby Wise ; Mac Wiseman) -- Country comfort (Earl Scruggs Revue) -- Take me home, country roads (Osborne Brothers) -- Foggy Mountain breakdown (Earl Scruggs & Festival banjo players) -- Dear Old Dixie (Earl Scruggs & Festival banjo players).
Summary:
Captures the sights, sounds and magic of the legendary 1971 Bluegrass Festival. Bluegrass veterans and future stars alike share the stage for the first time ever. Includes live performances, interviews, jam sessions, and crowd footage.
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