Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert
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Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert is a live album by the progressive bluegrass
Maryland
band The Seldom Scene
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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...
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
band The Seldom Scene
The Seldom Scene
The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland.-Early history:The band formed out of the weekly jam sessions in the basement of banjo player Ben Eldridge. These sessions included John Starling on guitar and lead vocals, Mike Auldridge on Dobro and baritone...
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Track listing
- Introduction 00:43
- I Haven't Got the Right to Love You (Buchanan, Claude) 03:05
- Gardens and Memories (Starling) 03:42
- House of Gold (Williams) 04:08
- Pictures from Life's Other Side (Traditional) 06:02
- Satan's Jeweled Crown (Eden) 04:27
- Will You Be Ready to Go Home (Williams) 03:02
- Mean Mother Blues (Starling) 03:58
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? (Traditional) 04:09
- The Weary Pilgrim (Rosenthal) 03:17
- Leavin' Harlan (Rosenthal) 05:07
- Take Him In (Rosenthal) 03:19
- Stompin' at the SavoyStompin' at the Savoy"Stompin' at the Savoy" is a 1934 jazz standard composed by Edgar Sampson. It is named after the Savoy Ballroom.Although the song is credited to Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, and Edgar Sampson, and the lyrics by Andy Razaf, in reality the music was written and arranged for Chick Webb's band by...
(Goodman, Razaf, Sampson, Webb) 03:52 - Something in the Wind (Rosenthal) 04:07
- Muddy Water (Rosenthal) 03:41
- Open Up the Window, Noah (Rosenthal) 02:59
- Breakin' New Ground (Carl JacksonCarl JacksonCarl Jackson is an American country and bluegrass musician. Jackson's first Grammy was awarded in 1992 for his duet album with John Starling titled "Spring Training." In 2003 Jackson produced the Grammy Award-winning CD titled Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers - a tribute to Ira...
, Jerry Salley) 04:19 - Old Train (Herb PedersenHerb PedersenHerb Pedersen is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past forty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different...
, Nikki Pedersen) 02:13 - Wait a Minute (Herb PedersenHerb PedersenHerb Pedersen is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past forty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different...
) 04:59 - Blue Ridge Cabin Home (Certain, Stacey) 03:11
- Gypsy Moon (Coleman, Reid) 04:36
- Walk Through This World with Me (Savage, Seamons) 02:43
- In the Pines (Traditional) 04:39
- And on Bass (Coleman) 04:01
- Another Lonesome Day (Thatcher) 02:33
- Have Mercy on My Soul (Coleman, Reid) 03:33
- House of the Rising Sun/Walk Don't Run (Smith, Traditional) 08:32
- In the Midnight HourIn the Midnight Hour"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April 1968...
(Steve CropperSteve CropperSteve Cropper , also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T...
, Wilson PickettWilson PickettWilson Pickett was an American R&B/Soul singer and songwriter.A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100...
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Personnel
- Lou Reid - vocals, guitar, mandolin
- John DuffeyJohn DuffeyJohn H. Duffey was a Washington DC-based bluegrass music innovator and musician....
- mandolin, vocals - Ben EldridgeBen EldridgeBen Eldridge, is a five-string banjo player and a founding member of the seminal bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. He also works as a mathematician. Eldridge is best known for his scat singing on "Lay Down Sally."-Biography:...
- banjo, guitar, vocals - Mike AuldridgeMike AuldridgeMike Auldridge is widely acknowledged as a premier resophonic guitar player. He played with The Seldom Scene for many years, creating a fusion of bluegrass with jazz, folk and rock.Auldridge started playing guitar at the age of 13...
- Dobro, guitar, vocals - T. Michael Coleman - bass, vocals