You Can’t Beat The Classics
For good measure, we’ve also included a number of wonderful tunes never released before. We hope our threesome brings a fresh sound to this posy of classics and rarities.”
Most of these tunes and versions were collected from Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia; other sources include Burl Hammons, Doc White, Snake Chapman, and John R. Griffin. The CD comes with a 16pp. booklet by Alan with information on the project and the tunes.
You Can’t Beat the ClassicsKen Perlman teamed up with noted Appalachian style fiddler Alan Jabbour and guitarist/vocalist Jim Watson, a founding member of the former Red Clay Ramblers. Features some intriguing new versions of common old-time tunes, along with several great tunes that have rarely if ever been recorded. This was Alan’s very last recording. 22 cuts in all. |
15.00 |
Playlist
Sources in Parentheses
- Rye Straw (Henry Reed)
- Ragged Bill (Henry Reed)
- Fire on the Mountain / Christmas Morning (Henry Reed)
- Dixie Doodle
- Grover Jones’s Waltz (Henry Reed)
- Old Joe Clark (Henry Reed)
- Love Somebody / Shoo Fly (Henry Reed)
- Henry Reed’s Schottische (Henry Reed)
- Rocky Road to Dublin (Burl Hammons)
- Turkey in the Straw (Henry Reed)
- When You and I Were Young, Maggie
- New Castle, or Texas (Henry Reed)
- Mississippi Sawyer
- Red Fox (Henry Reed)
- Newcastle (Iain Bain)
- Casey Jones
- Sally Ann / John R. Griffin’s Tune (Snake Chapman / John R. Griffin)
- Hell among the Yearlings (Henry Reed / Doc White)
- The Old Churchyard (Sanford Kelly)