Bean Blossom 1969 & 1979

Various Artists

Beanblossom, IN



Transfer:  by Keith Kreider 04/20/07 Source Info: BASF LN90:Nakamichi ZX7>Nickspicks Silver Hydra's>Lunatec V3 @ 24/48>M-Audio Firewire 410



1. (Talking)  (Country Gentlemen)

2. Foggy Mountain Breakdown  (Country Gentlemen)

3. Matterhorn...//Hazel & Alice: (x) Long Journey Home  (Country Gentlemen)

4. A Tiny Broken Heart (Country Gentlemen)

5. Where the Soul of Man Never Dies... (Country Gentlemen)

6. St. Anne's Reel  (Roger Sprung & Kenny Baker)

7. Auld Lang Syne (Roger Sprung & Kenny Baker)

8. (Talking) (Doc Watson)

9. Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents (Doc Watson)

10. You're Gonna Be Sorry (x) (Doc Watson)



1. (Talking) (Doc Watson)

2. You're Gonna Be Sorry (Doc Watson)

3. Little Sadie (x) (Doc Watson)

4. (Introduction) (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

5. Sweet Blue-eyed Darling...(Band Intros) (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

6. I've Lived a Lot in My Time (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

7. Blue Grass Breakdown (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

8. (Talking)...(Enter Earl Scruggs) (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

9. Molly & Tenbrooks (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

10. Little Joe (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)

11. Medley:  Little Maggie/Train 45/Nine Pound Hammer/ Breaking in a Brand New Pair of Shoes/ Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/Cabin in the Hills of 

Caroline/ Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys w/Earl Scruggs September 1979)



Notes: Listed as "Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, xx-xx-1969, Bill Monroe"

The B side of the cassette itself is labeled "Monroe w/ Earl"



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Anonymous Collection Cassette #238 features several recordings made at Bill Monroe's 1969 Bean Blossom 

Bluegrass Festival, Bean Blossom, IN: a) Country Gentlemen, b) Hazel & Alice--Hazel Dickens & Alice Foster 

with Kenny Baker-fiddle, Mike Seeger-mandolin, & Rual Yarbrough-banjo, c) banjoist Roger Sprung with Kenny 

Baker, and d) Doc Watson performing solo, and a recording of the first Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs reunion 

in 31 years at the Bean Blossom Festival, Bean Blossom, IN, September 1979; Monroe's Blue Grass Boys at the 

time were Kenny Baker-fiddle, Wayne Lewis-guitar, Butch Robins-banjo, & Mark Hembree-bass.  The musical power 

and exuberance displayed during this all-too-brief Monroe-Scruggs reunion set, especially during the lengthy 

medley, defines bluegrass music for me; if someone asks what makes bluegrass special, you need only pull out 

this recording.



--Mitchell Wittenberg