Across the Blue Ridge #39 - Young players keeping early bluegrass style alive

The evolution of style is normally a multi-layered process.  And where old time and bluegrass music are concerned, you'll find all sorts of approaches to tradition among younger musicians. Many of them bring rock and electric music influences to bear on traditional bluegrass, or vice versa, sometimes changing the music profoundly as they push it into the future. But one band of young adults in love with the sound of original bluegrass from the 1940s and ‘50s wants nothing more than to keep the early styles alive without a great deal of change. High Fidelity lead singer and guitarist Jeremy Stephens talks with Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown this week and explains why. We hear plenty of music from the band's album; some songs and tunes from artists inspiring High Fidelity; and other old time and bluegrass musicians on this week's show. Performers include Alice Gerrard,; Giles Lephew;  Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz; Benton Flippen; Charlie Monroe; Ralph Stanley and others.

Episode 39 - Playlist

1. Bile Them Cabbage Down
   Benton Flippen & the Smokey Valley Boys
   Old Time, New Times
    
2. Steel Guitar Blues
   The Earls of Leicester
   Rattle & Roar
    
3. Campin' In Canaan's Land
   Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky Pardners
   His Recordings 1938-1956
    
4. Honey in The Rock
   Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
   Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
    
5. There'll Come A Time
   Jim Eanes
   WPAQ Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains
    
6. Love Will Roll The Clouds Away
   Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz
   Draw Closer
    
7. Wrong Road Again
   Lynn Morris Band
   You'll Never Be The Sun
    
8. Break 1-- Bonaparte's Retreat
   Chubby Wise
   An American Original
    
9. Lost Indian
   High Fidelity
   High Fidelity
    
10. I Ain't Got Time
    High Fidelity
    High Fidelity
     
11. I'm Happy To Know
    High Fidelity
    High Fidelity
     
12. Weep & Cry
    High Fidelity
    High Fidelity
     
13. I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
    High Fidelity
    High Fidelity
     
14. Break 2-- Sugar Hill
    Ed Spencer
    Traditional Music from Grayson & Carroll Counties
     
15. Another Day
    High Fidelity
    High Fidelity
     
16. Bully Of The Town
    High Fidelity
    High Fidelity
     
17. Stable Boss
    Giles Lephew
    ATBR field recording
     
18. Sourwood Mountain
    Hobart Smith
    Southern Journey Volume 2
     
19. Little Birdie
    Paul Brown
    ATBR studio recording