Fiddle Jam (Featuring Kenny Baker & Others) +

Jim & Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys 

(Featuring Carl Jackson on Banjo)

Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival

Bean Blossom, IN   1971



Transfer: by Keith Kreider - T.E.C. C-60:Nakamichi ZX7>M-Audio Firewire 410>Wavelab 5.01b



1. (Talking) (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

2. Free Little Bird (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

3. Sally Goodin (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

4. Frost on the Pumpkin (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

5. Fiddle Tune (?) (1) (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

6. Fiddle Tune (?) (2) (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

7. Billy in the Lowground (Fiddle Jam with Kenny Baker & others)

8. Stony Creek (Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys featuring Carl Jackson on banjo)

9. (It's a Long, Long Way) To the Top of the World  (Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys)

10. Hoping That You're Hoping (Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys)

11. Freight Train (Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys)



1. (Talking) (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

2. Old Joe Clark (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

3. Liberty  (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

4. Amazing Grace (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

5. Devil's Dream (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

6. Golden Slippers (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

7. Fiddle Tune (?) (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

8. Fiddle Tune (?) (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

9. Fiddle Tune Waltz (?) (1) (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

10. Fiddle Tune Waltz (?) (2) (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)

11. Fiddle Tune Waltz (?) (3) (Fiddle Jam (with Kenny Baker & others)



Notes: 

Both Side A and Side B are labeled "Fiddle Jam"



Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #117 features two sets of recordings made at Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival, 

Bean Blossom, IN-1971: 1) a fiddle jam with Kenny Baker and a number of unidentified players; the portion of the 

jam on Side A finds the fiddlers accompanied by an unknown guitarist, while Side B adds an unknown banjoist to the 

mix; the last half of Side B feels a bit unfocused, and 2) part of a performance by Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys 

(featuring a teenaged Carl Jackson on banjo; he was 18 years old at the time of this recording!).  Jim & Jesse 

McReynolds feature several recordings from their 1969 "Saluting the Louvin Brothers" Epic LP and their 1971 

"Freight Train" Capitol LP.  Too bad we only get four songs featuring their one-of-a-kind vocal harmonies, Jesse's 

famous mandolin cross-picking, and Carl Jackson's sophisticated banjo playing.



--Mitchell Wittenberg