Bill Harrell & The Virginians + The B.G. Express

Lester Flatt's Mount Pilot Bluegrass Festival - SPPS-anon1C141

Pinnacle, NC 

June 1978



Transfer by Keith Kreider 6/24/2006

A.M.C. C-60:Nakamichi ZX7>M-Audio Firewire 410>Wavelab 5.01b



1. (x) One Morning in May...(Talking) (Bill Harrell & The Virginians -end of early set)

2. My Grandfather's Clock (Bill Harrell & The Virginians -end of early set)

3. Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior (Bill Harrell & The Virginians -end of early set)

4. Mama Don't Allow...(Emcee Announcements) (Bill Harrell & The Virginians -end of early set)

5. (Introduction) (The B.G. Express)

6. Have You Come to Say Goodbye (The B.G. Express)

7. (Tuning/Talking/Sound Problems) (The B.G. Express)

8. Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler (The B.G. Express)

9. Train 45 (The B.G. Express)

10. Pig in a Pen (The B.G. Express)

11. Drifting Too Far From the Shore (x) (The B.G. Express)

1. (Tuning)...  (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

2. You're a Flower Blooming in the Wildwood...(Talking) (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

3. Little Home in Tennessee (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

4. There's an Old and Faded Picture on the Wall (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

5. Flyin' High (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

6. The Letter Edged in Black...Please Buy Some Records (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

7. Eating Out of Your Hand (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

8. Red Rocking Chair (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

9. Flop-Eared Mule (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

10. I'll Fly Away (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)

11. Listen to the Mockingbird (x) (Bill Harrell & The Virginians)



Notes:

Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #141 contains several sets from Lester Flatt's Mount Pilot Bluegrass Festival, 

Pinnacle, NC, June 1978:  1) Bill Harrell & the Virginians (Bill Harrell-guitar, Carl Nelson-fiddle, Darrell 

Sanders-banjo, & Ed Ferris-bass), and 2) The B.G. Express (with Ivan Overstreet on banjo).  Flatt hosted this 

festival for a number of years; his "Lester Flatt's Bluegrass Festival" (CMH 9909) 2-LP set features recordings 

from the 1977 festivities.



--Mitchell Wittenberg



Side A to about 13:00 is Bill Harrell, then MC introduces Pete Kuykendall then the Boyd Brothers and the music cuts.

Then there is a splice and the MC introduces the BG express.

Side B is labeled "Bill Harrell"