Live in Stereo

RELEASE
May 27, 2003
LABEL
DBL
GENRES
Country

Album Review

The Kentucky Colonels existed as a group for approximately seven years, though with only two members who appeared on every recording, brothers Clarence White on guitar and Roland White on mandolin. Banjo player Billy Ray Latham and bassist Roger Bush round out the group, with everyone contributing vocals. The music from this 1965 concert in Vancouver has better sound than some of the earlier live releases, with a typical set blending uptempo intricate instrumentals and traditional bluegrass vocal favorites, along with deliberately corny novelty numbers and a few brief jokes traded back and forth between Latham and Bush. The intricate solos by the White Brothers are incredible (especially “Alabama Jubilee" and “Bluegrass Breakdown"), while the vocal harmonies are enjoyable as well. Sadly, this CD seems to have lapsed from print, as the Sierra label claimed an exclusive contract to release any recordings by the Kentucky Colonels and represented Clarence's widow. Currently, the CD commands a premium when it turns up for sale and it is unclear as to whether Sierra will eventually obtain the master tapes to reissue it.
Ken Dryden, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Intro
  2. Train 45
  3. Green Corn
  4. Shuckin' the Corn
  5. Dark Hollow
  6. Saw Creek
  7. All the Good Times (Are Past and Gone)
  8. Soldier's Joy
  9. You Won't Be Satisfied
  10. Alabama Jubilee
  11. Columbus Stockade
  12. Mockin' Banjo
  13. Workin' on a Building
  14. The Prisoner's Song
  15. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
  16. Johnson's Ole Gray Mule
  17. Fair and Tender Ladies
  18. Bluegrass Breakdown
  19. Long Journey Home
  20. Howdy Hoss
  21. Shady Grove