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Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics

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From Bill Monroe to Alison Krauss, this is a classic introduction to bluegrass music, with such standards as "Orange Blossom Special," "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" and "Foggy Mountain Breakdown."
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Media Type: CD
Artist: APPALACHIAN STOMP-BLUEGRASS
Title: APPALACHIAN STOMP-BLUEGRASS CL
Street Release Date: 02/28/1995
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Genre: BLUEGRASS COLLECTIONS

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Appalachian Stomp is an ideal starter disc for those just beginning to explore bluegrass. Mostly this is because its 18 selections are so immediately accessible. The "classics" here, in other words, are usually those infrequent bluegrass cuts to have gained radio recognition beyond a core bluegrass audience. That explains why along with timeless standards such as Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the Osborne Brothers' "Rocky Top" we also get "Dueling Banjos" from the film Deliverance, a cut that is to classic bluegrass what Walter Murphy is to Beethoven. There are less immediately obvious choices too, though. If your previous exposure to bluegrass doesn't go beyond the Holy Trinity of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers--for example, if you've never heard J.D. Crowe & the New South's stellar example of progressive bluegrass, "Old Home Place," or experienced Jimmy Martin lay down the law on his rousing "You Don't Know My Mind"--then you're in for a high-lonesome surprise. --David Cantwell




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    33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to traditional bluegrass, February 23, 2003
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    Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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    This review is from: Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics (Audio CD)
    Bluegrass music has seen an upsurge in popularity recently. Dolly Parton, Alison Krauss, Steve Earle, the O brother soundtrack and the various O sister compilations have all contributed. However, while some of that music is traditional, much of it is a modernised form of the music. Nothing wrong with that, of course - bluegrass, like every other form of music, must modernise or die, and some of it is pure magic - but this compilation draws on the roots of bluegrass, containing many old classics, especially from the fifties, sixties and seventies.

    Bill Monroe invented bluegrass and his original version of Uncle Pen opens this set. It was later covered by Ricky Skaggs, himself represented by Little cabin home on the hill, a cover of another Bill Monroe song. Bill puts in another appearance here with his version of Blue moon of Kentucky - a song that was covered by Elvis.

    Foggy mountain breakdown became famous after its use in the 1968 movie, Bonnie and Clyde. Flatt and Scruggs... Read more

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    48 of 53 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars The grass is always bluer on the sunny side of the hill, June 5, 2003
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    Kevin Cook "Darlin' Boy" (McDonough, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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    To my way of thinking, bluegrass music is doing its job when it gets your hands and feet to moving and puts your mind on simple, bygone things you recollect, if you're lucky, or must pine for in vain, if you were born too late (like me). Leave it to Rhino Records to come out with a bluegrass sampler that fits the bill to a Model T, mixing bluegrass tunes that have found a fond place in our collective psyche with less familiar (to newbies, anyway) archetypes of the form. Unlike another bluegrass sampler I own, the dreary and redundant "Bluegrass Essentials," "Appalachian Stomp" is as happy and carefree as your best-ever barefoot-summer day. I mean, only a person that's six feet under wouldn't be beguiled by The Osborne Brothers' catchier than poison ivy "Rocky Top" and Sonny Osborne's astounding, mile-high vocal.

    "Stomp's" appetizer tray of songs familiar from movies ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown," "Dueling Banjos") and TV ("Dooley," "The Ballad of Jed Clampett") will prime your palate... Read more

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    12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars If I could give it more stars, I would!, August 5, 2001
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    This is a great collection of Bluegrass if you want some of the most famous pieces. It has a good collection of artists, and is just simply wonderful! I also recommend the second CD in the series, which does not have as many of the "famous" pieces, but includes some real classics for folks who have listened to a good deal of bluegrass. I grew up listening to this music, and had not had many CDs of it, just records-so I was ecstatic to stumble across this. Buy it if you can, it is an excellent price and an outstanding CD!!
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