Red Cravens, The Bray Brothers - 419 West Main (1972)

Tracklist

01. WHOW Introduction
02. This Train
03. Glory In The Meeting House
04. Bluegrass Breakdown
05. Cora Is Gone
06. East Virginia Blues
07. Jingle Bell Breakdown
08. Blue Eyed Darling
09. Little Darling Pal Of Mine
10. Pass Me By
11. Cumberland Gap
12. I Never Shall Marry
13. Lost Love
14. Sally Goodin
15. Gentle Blues
16. Rawhide
17. Angel With The Golden Hair
18. Buckin' Mule
19. Our Darling's Gone
20. Hazel Dell

Assembled by John Hartford from radio tapes left behind by the group, and named for the house where they lived, this 40-minute disc showcases the group's sound better than their official Liberty recordings. There are some instrumentals here, but also lots of songs, showing off their originals, covers of numbers by Bill Monroe and A.P. Carter, and arrangements of traditional tunes ("Our Darling's Gone," etc.). The sound is exceptionally good for early-'60s radio sources, and shows off the degree of sophistication that this group achieved experimenting on their own.

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