Nashville Jail
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Nashville Jail is an album by the progressive bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass is one of two major subgenres of bluegrass music. It is also known as newgrass, a term attributed to New Grass Revival member Ebo Walker. Musicians and bands John Hartford, New Grass Revival, J.D. Crowe and the New South, The Dillards, Boone Creek, Country Gazette, and the...

 band Country Gentlemen
The Country Gentlemen
The Country Gentlemen were a bluegrass band that originated during the 1950s in the area of Washington, DC, United States, and recorded and toured with various members until the death in 2004 of Charlie Waller, one of the group's founders who in its later years served as the group's "focal point...

 — their first classic lineup (Waller-Duffey
John Duffey
John H. Duffey was a Washington DC-based bluegrass music innovator and musician....

-Adcock
Eddie Adcock
Eddie Adcock was born in Scottsville, Virginia, USA, on June 21, 1938. His professional musical career as a 5 string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, VA. His exposure with Graves led to jobs with other...

-Gray
Tom Gray
Tom Gray is a bluegrass musician widely considered one of the best bass players in the genre. He is probably best known for his bass playing with The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene. In 1996, as a member of The Country Gentlemen, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall...

). Recorded in 1964 when the band was with Mercury Records
Mercury Records
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, the album was not released until 1990 by Copper Creek Records.

Track listing

  1. Nashville Jail (McHan) 2:04
  2. This World's No Place to Live (Duffey, Hill) 2:57
  3. Electricity (Murphy) 2:17
  4. Azzurro Campana (Adcock, Duffey) 2:28
  5. Brown Mountain Light (Wiseman) 3:18
  6. A Cold Wind Blowing (Duffey, Hill) 2:20
  7. Uncle Joe (Adcock) 2:26
  8. She's Long, She's Tall (Rodger) 2:51
  9. Theme from Exodus (Gold) 2:28
  10. Flowers by My Grave (Allen, Duffey) 2:52
  11. Are You Waiting Just for Me (Tubb) 2:38

Personnel

  • Charlie Waller - guitar, vocals
  • John Duffey
    John Duffey
    John H. Duffey was a Washington DC-based bluegrass music innovator and musician....

     - mandolin, guitar, vocals
  • Eddie Adcock
    Eddie Adcock
    Eddie Adcock was born in Scottsville, Virginia, USA, on June 21, 1938. His professional musical career as a 5 string banjoist began in 1953 when he joined Smokey Graves & His Blue Star Boys, who had a regular show at a radio station in Crewe, VA. His exposure with Graves led to jobs with other...

     - banjo, vocals
  • Tom Gray
    Tom Gray
    Tom Gray is a bluegrass musician widely considered one of the best bass players in the genre. He is probably best known for his bass playing with The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene. In 1996, as a member of The Country Gentlemen, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall...

    - bass, vocals


and
  • Pete Kuykendall - guitar, engineer, liner notes, producer
  • Ed Ferris - bass

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