Originally released in 1975 and 1976 on the CBS record label and now available for the first time as a 2 on 1 CD. 

Earl Scruggs was born 6 January 1924 in Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. He was raised in the Appalachian Mountains, and learned to play banjo from the age of five. In 1944, he joined Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, where he perfected his three-finger banjo technique.

He later left with fellow member Lester Flatt, to form the Foggy Mountain Boys in 1948. They enjoyed a long career spanning 20 years, and were reportedly only outsold during the 60s (on CBS Records) by Johnny Cash. The duo became synonymous with their recordings of 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown', which was used in the film Bonnie And Clyde and 'The Ballad Of Jed Clampett', which was the theme tune for the television series The Beverly Hillbillies.

In 1969, after Flatt and Scruggs parted company, the Earl Scruggs Revue was formed featuring Earl (banjo, vocals) and his sons - Randy (lead guitar, slide guitar, bass, vocals), Gary (bass, harmonica, vocals), Steve (guitar) - plus Josh Graves (dobro, guitar, vocals) and Jody Maphis (drums, vocals).

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THE EARL SCRUGGS REVUE

Anniversary Special Volume One / Volume Two

Anniversary Special - Volume One:

1. Banjo Man 2. The Swimming Song 3. Gospel Ship 4. Bleeker Street Rag 5. Royal Majesty 6. Rollin' In My Dreams 7. Song To Woody 8. Third Rate Romance 9. Hey Porter 10. Passing Through


Volume Two:

11. Rita Ballou 12. Harbour For My Soul 13. I've Got A Thing About You Baby 14. Instrumental In D Major 15. Every Man Has Got His Own Price 16. Harley 17. Broad River 18. Fairytale 19. I Still Miss Someone 20. Someday My Ship Will Sail

Featured musicians include Roger McGuinn (guitar), Billy Joel (piano), Johnny Cash (guitar, vocals), Leonard Cohen (vocals), Joan Baez (vocals), Dan Fogelberg (vocals), Ramblin' Jack Elliott (vocals), Jim Messina (guitar, vocals), Kenny Loggins (percussion, vocals), Rusty Young (dobro, pedal steel guitar), Jim Keltner (drums), Reggie Young (guitar), David Briggs (piano), Kenneth Buttrey (drums) Doug Kershaw (fiddle), Loudon Wainwright III (vocals), Michael Murphy (vocals), Mirabai (vocals), Alvin Lee (guitar), Charlie Daniels (guitar, vocals), Ron Cornelius (guitar), Leon Pendarvis (organ), Willie Hall (drums), Tracy Nelson (vocals), The Pointer Sisters (vocals), Bonnie Bramlett (vocals), Larry Gatlin (guitar), Skip Battin (vocals), John Dawson (vocals), David Nelson (vocals), Tim Wipperman (trumpet) and Buffy Sainte-Marie (vocals). Produced by Bob 'Highway 61 Revisited' Johnston, who has worked with Elvis, Dylan and Simon & Garfunkel on the majority of their landmark recordings.

£12.99 plus postage