Lester Flatt's Mount Pilot Bluegrass Festival 1978

Various Artists SPPS-anon1C151

Pinnacle, NC  June 1978



Transfer: by Keith Kreider 6/24/2006 C-60:Nakamichi ZX7>M-Audio Firewire 410>Wavelab 5.01b



1. (Talking) (Boot Hill)

2. Blue Ridge Memories (Boot Hill)

3. Rocking on the Waves (Boot Hill)

4. (Emcee Talk) 

5. Redwood Hill (5th String Symphony)

6. Appalachian Train (5th String Symphony)

7. Little Grave...(Band Intros) (5th String Symphony)

8. Ruby, Are You Mad? (5th String Symphony)

9. Last Train From Poor Valley (5th String Symphony)

10. Beaumont Rag (5th String Symphony)

11. Ribbons of Darkness (5th String Symphony)

12. 500 Miles (tape speed problems) (5th String Symphony)



1. (Talk) (5th String Symphony)

2. Bed of Roses (5th String Symphony)

3. Gardens and Memories (5th String Symphony)

4. (Emcee Talk)

5. Instrumental (?) (Chubby Anthony & Big Timber)

6. Honky Tonkin' (Chubby Anthony & Big Timber)

7. Salty Dog Blues (x) (Chubby Anthony & Big Timber)

8. (x) The Maiden's Prayer (Chubby Anthony & Big Timber)

9. Lee Highway Blues (Chubby Anthony & Big Timber)

10. (Emcee Talk) (Chubby Anthony & Big Timber)

11. I'm Getting Ready to Leave This World (The Lewis Family)

12. My Ship Will Sail (The Lewis Family)

13. I Saw the Light... (The Lewis Family)

14. ...I Saw the Light (reprise) (The Lewis Family)

15. One Day at a Time (The Lewis Family)

16. Rocking on the Waves...(reprise)(x)  (The Lewis Family)



Notes:



1) Boot Hill (end of set)

2) 5th String Symphony

3) Chubby Anthony & Big Timber (partial set)

4) The Lewis Family (partial set)



Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #151 takes us to a June 1978 afternoon at Lester Flatt's Mount Pilot Bluegrass

Festival, Pinnacle, NC.  Side A starts with the tail end of a set from the Winston-Salem, NC-based band, Boot

Hill, featuring songwriter and vocalist Louisa Branscomb, whose songs have been covered by such artists as 

Alison Krauss, Dale Ann Bradley, and others.  Up next is 5th String Symphony, a Seldom Scene-influenced band 

from Charlottesville, VA, whose set continues on Side B.  Chubby Anthony & Big Timber, from Florida, are next 

up on the docket, although their set here is abbreviated.  Anthony is a legendary fiddler who played with the 

Stanley Brothers for many years (see: http://www.dizzyrambler.com/legends/AllensCafe/TheMusic/pf_chubbyAnthony.html 

for more information); he passed away two years after this performance at age 45.  Bluegrass-gospel legends, 

The Lewis Family, round out this tape, with several tunes featuring their pristine harmonies and fine picking; 

"Rocking on the Waves" is a lovely ride.  See Cassette #153 for more from the Lewis Family.



--Mitchell Wittenberg