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Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics

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Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0081227187026
Label : Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer : Rhino / Wea
Publisher : Rhino / Wea
Release date : 1995-02-28
Title : Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
Original release date : 1995-02-28
Studio : Rhino / Wea
MPN : 71870
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.com
Appalachian Stomp is an ideal starter disc for those just beginning to explore bluegrass. Mostly this is because its 18 selections are so immediately accessible. The "classics" here, in other words, are usually those infrequent bluegrass cuts to have gained radio recognition beyond a core bluegrass audience. That explains why along with timeless standards such as Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the Osborne Brothers' "Rocky Top" we also get "Dueling Banjos" from the film Deliverance, a cut that is to classic bluegrass what Walter Murphy is to Beethoven. There are less immediately obvious choices too, though. If your previous exposure to bluegrass doesn't go beyond the Holy Trinity of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers--for example, if you've never heard J.D. Crowe & the New South's stellar example of progressive bluegrass, "Old Home Place," or experienced Jimmy Martin lay down the law on his rousing "You Don't Know My Mind"--then you're in for a high-lonesome surprise. --David Cantwell

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-01-04 rating:

Fantastic
Good ol' passionate Bluegrass Music! Just go ahead and click "Add to Cart"....you know the rest! No regrets here.

review by: barbershop tenor date: 2008-11-29 rating:

Solid selection
Excellent selection of songs and artists. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Shipping was very timely

review by: OGC5 date: 2008-06-16 rating:

Very Average Bluegrass CD
Not Great sound quality, Look for a CD by a group called "Shades of Grass" if you like great Bluegrass music.

review by: Rich date: 2008-01-29 rating:

Best introduction to Traditional Bluegrass that I have seen
Best introduction to Traditional Bluegrass that I have seen.

It has probably the best known songs in bluegrass. If you listen to bluegrass at all, you will probably know some of them. But this is only a stepping stone. From here you can move on to albums by the invidual artists as well as others like "The Seldom Scene". Or possibly "new grass" like "Hayseed Dixie" They do some interesting covers of AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd and other groups.

review by: date: 2007-09-24 rating:

Can't get any better than this
This is the definitive one-stop choice for a package of all-time classic bluegrass hits in their original forms, and at a bargain price to boot. I enjoy the fact that the collection takes a long view, running from the oldest bluegrass tunes from Bill Monroe, originator of the genre, to a modern practitioner like Alison Krauss. Don't fail to read the liner notes, they're very informative and well-written.

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