American Bluegrass Express, The Hired Hands (?), The Boys From Indiana, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #186

10th Annual Georgia State Bluegrass Festival 

(Shoal Creek Bluegrass Festival)

Shoal Creek Country Music Park

Lavonia, GA   July 30, 1978



Transfer: Keith Kreider 10/12/2006 - Concertape C-90:Nakamichi ZX7>Nickspicks Silver Hydra's>Lunatec V3 @ 24/48>M-Audio Firewire 410



Side A: American Bluegrass Express (continued from C185):



1. (x) Big Spike Hammer

2. Shady Grove

3. Once More

4. (Talking)

5. Wildwood Flower

6. How I Miss Home

7. Born To Be With You

8. Hit Parade of Love

9. Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler

10. (begin Hired Hands) Doin' My Time

11. Whoa Mule

12. Down Yonder (w/ Snuffy Jenkins)

The Boys From Indiana:

13. (Introduction)

14. Carolina Jane

15. My Night To Howl...(Band Intros)

16. Fire on the Mountain

17. Papa Played the Dobro

18. 99 Years (x)



1- Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys (intro)

2. (Clapping)

3. My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'

4. I've Lived a Lot in My Time

5. Bluegrass Breakdown

6. My Cabin in Caroline

7. Highway of Sorrow

8. Get Up John

9. The Old Crossroads

10. Grassy Fiddle Blues

11. Fiddler's Pastime

12. Molly and Tenbrooks/Blue Moon of Kentucky

13. Uncle Pen

14. The Old Old House

15. Instrumental (?)

16. Y'All Come



Notes:

Side A is labeled "1978.7.30 Lavonia, ga 186"



Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette #186 was recorded at the 10th Annual Georgia State Bluegrass 

Festival (Shoal Creek Bluegrass Festival), Shoal Creek Country Music Park, Lavonia, GA, July 30, 

1978, and features: 1) American Music Express (the Raybon family band, including Marty Raybon, 

Ken Raybon, Tim Raybon, Rick Raybon, & Ed Heard); the introduction and very start of their set 

is at the end of Cassette #185, 2) two songs from an unknown group that might be South Carolina's, 

The Hired Hands, (featuring famed fiddler Homer "Pappy" Sherrill, Harold Lucas, and some hot banjo 

picking on "Whoa Mule" from his young son Randy Lucas who was later to be the National Banjo 

Champion in 1997 at Winfield after finishing second in 1996 and third in 1995; banjo legend Dewitt

"Snuffy" Jenkins joins the band on washboard for "Down Yonder"), 3) The Boys From Indiana (Aubrey 

Holt-guitar, Tommy Holt-mandolin, Harley Gabbard-Dobro, Dave Evans-banjo, Glen Duncan-fiddle, & 

Jerry Holt-bass), and 4) Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys (Bill Monroe-mandolin, Kenny 

Baker-fiddle, Butch Robins-banjo, Wayne Lewis-guitar, & Randy Davis-bass).



--Mitchell Wittenberg