Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Lake Norman Bluegrass Festival
Lake Norman Music Hall
Terrell, NC
11/1967

Source: Unknown condenser mic (placed right below single stage mic) > 1966 Wollensack 4-track reel recorder 

Roland White - guitar
James Monroe - bass
Victor Jordan - banjo
Kenny Baker - fiddle

As the date is definitely in 1967, it appears that Kenny Baker may have been filling in for Benny Williams; or maybe Kenny began playing with the group earlier than previously thought.

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DISC ONE

Set 1: Saturday afternoon

01. intro > band intros
02. Virginia Darling
03. Dark Hollow
04. Live and Let Live
05. Bluegrass Breakdown
06. Muleskinner Blues
07. Train 45
08. A Good Woman's Love
09. Dusty Miller 
10. Down in the Willow Garden - (James Monroe on guitar and vocals)
11. I Saw the Light
12. Molly and Tenbrooks
13. Uncle Pen
14. (announcements)

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DISC TWO

Set 2: Saturday night

01. (introduction)
02. White House Blues
03. Can't You Hear Me Calling?
04. Bluegrass Breakdown
05. Little Joe  
06. The Old Old House
07. Blue Moon of Kentucky
08. Paddy on the Turnpike
09. Mother's Only Sleeping
10. I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
11. Katy Hill
12. Footprints in the Snow
13. I Live in the Past
14. Christmas Time's a Coming (fade.....x)*
15. (x)... Christmas Time's a Coming
16. Rawhide
17. (chatter)
18. Muleskinner Blues

*-tape flip

Set 3: Sunday early afternoon

19. I Saw the Light
20. Life's Railway to Heaven
21. Wayfaring Stranger
22. Pass Me Not
23. Wicked Path of Sin
24. A Beautiful Life
25. When the Saints Go Marching In

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DISC THREE

Set 4: Sunday afternoon

01. John Henry
02. On and On
03. Shenandoah Valley Breakdown
04. Muleskinner Blues
05. Highway of Sorrow
06. Footprints in the Snow
07. Walls of Time
08. Katy Hill (1)
      Lee Highway Blues (1)
09. (announcements)
10. Devil's Dream
11. Blue Moon of Kentucky (x)
12. (fiddle tune)

(1) - w. Jimmy Shoemaker - fiddle

known flaws:
- 2-second gap at beginning of track 10
- track 11 cut very early on
- track 12 cuts in

Set 5: Sunday night - closing set of festival

13. (introduction)
14. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
15. Gold Rush*
16. Sparklin' Blue Eyes (1)
17. Love Please Come Home (2)
18. Little Cabin Home on the Hill (2)
19. The First Whippoorwill (3)
20. Uncle Pen (3)
21. In the Pines (4)
22. True Life Blues (4)
23. The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake (5)
24. Sittin on Top of the World (5)
25. (chatter)
26. Y'all Come

(1) with Jim Eanes
(2) with Red Smiley
(3) with Jimmy Martin
(4) with Carl Story
(5) with Ralph Stanley

*with 1-second dropout  


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Notes on the festival recordings:

Dates are most likely Nov. 3-5, 1967, those seem correct due to a number of factors.  Stage chatter and band personnel are the main clues.

I did my best to figure out which sets happened on which days, though sometimes it was difficult.  Some are guesses and may be incorrect.

Recording: Tom Isenhour
Transfer: Jim Moss
Tracking: Ryan Baker

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