Long Journey Home

• Artist: The Kentucky Colonels
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1964
• Total Time: 48:39
• Type: Live
• Genre: Country

Review

The Kentucky Colonels are heard at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival on this Vanguard CD. A quartet at the time, as fiddler Scotty Stoneman had not yet joined the band, their performances include both instrumentals and vocals, with bassist Roger Bush also serving as the MC. Guitarist Clarence White, mandolinist Roland White, banjo player Billy Ray Latham, and bassist Roger Bush seem effortless as they delve into bluegrass favorites like "Shuckin' the Corn," "Sally Ann," and "Shady Grove," though there are a few surprises in store. Doc Watson joins Clarence White for six intricate guitar duets (including White's arrangement of "Soldier's Joy" and Watson's chart of "Lonesome Road Blues"). Several of the numbers near the end of the CD actually feature the Kentucky Colonels backing banjo master Bill Keith, who later joined Clarence White in the short-lived group Muleskinner. While there are a few spots where the sound is a tad overmodulated, this vintage live music will be of great interest to serious bluegrass fans. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Roll on Buddy	Charles Bowman	The Kentucky Colonels	(2:18)
Bill Cheatham	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(2:53)
There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone	Harry McAuliffe	The Kentucky Colonels	(2:51)
Shuckin' the Corn	Buck Graves, Gladys Stacey, Louise Certain	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:58)
A Beautiful Life	William Lee Golden	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:58)
Get Down on Your Knees and Pray	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(3:09)
Over in the Glory Land	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:52)
Sally Ann	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:36)
Brakeman's Blues	Jimmie Rodgers	The Kentucky Colonels	(3:15)
Soldier's Joy	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:14)
Listen to the Mockingbird	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:13)
Farewell Blues	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:58)
Lonesome Road Blues	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:18)
Beaumont Rag	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:58)
Footprints in the Snow	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(2:08)
Long Journey Home	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:58)
In the Pines	Jimmie Davis, Clayton McMichen, Slim Bryant	The Kentucky Colonels	(2:24)
Chicken Reel		The Kentucky Colonels	(2:06)
Old Hickory	Sonny Osborne	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:27)
Auld Lang Syne	Traditional, Robert Burns	The Kentucky Colonels	(3:20)
Nola	Felix Arndt	The Kentucky Colonels	(2:33)
Flat Fork	Billy Ray Latham	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:36)
Shady Grove	Traditional	The Kentucky Colonels	(1:36)

Credits

The Kentucky Colonels (Main Performer), The Kentucky Colonels (?), Clarence White (Arranger), Clarence White (?), Bill Keith (Arranger), Doc Watson (Arranger), Mary Katherine Aldin (Producer), Mary Katherine Aldin (Liner Notes), Mary Katherine Aldin (Compilation Producer), Roger Bush (?), John Delgato (Photography), Billy Ray Latham (Arranger), Billy Ray Latham (?), Roland White (?), Captain Jeff Zaraya (Engineer), Captain Jeff Zaraya (Mixing), Georgette Pantello (Coordination), Susanne Smolka (Cover Design), Kent Crawford (Executive Producer), Bev Male (Photography)