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Complete recordings of the second weekend of the Bean Blossom June festival in 1972. Avail on FLAC. See details for complete setlists

Volume 1: Disc 1

Saturday Afternoon

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Fiddle Workshop

(begins in progress)

Kenny Baker
01. ?

Curly Ray Cline
02. Intro and question
03. Sally Goodin
04. (questions)
05. Pretty Little Indian

Buck Ryan
06. Nervous Crackup Breakdown
07. The Beaumont Rag
08. (questions)
09. Maiden's Prayer

Art Stamper
10. Cattle in the Kane
11. Oh Say Old Man Can You Play the fiddle
12. (announcements)

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Mandolin Workshop

Bill Monroe
13. Paddy on the Turnpike
14. (questions)
15. Sally Goodin

Vernon Derrick
16. Arab Bounce

Ricky Skaggs
17. Crazy Creek

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Goins Brothers

Kentucky Slim - guitar
Leslie Sturgill - bass, mandolin
Art Stamper - fiddle
Ray Goins - banjo
Melvin Goins - guitar

18. My Brown-Eyed Girl
19. Blackberry Blossom
20. Head of the Holler
21. Lonesome Pine
22. The Lonesome Pine Breakdown
23. The Wildwood Flower
24. Maybe Then I'll Understand
25. Swing Low Sweet Chariot

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Volume 1: Disc 2

Saturday Afternoon

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Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass

Cliff Waldron - guitar
Gene Johnson - mandolin
Bill Poffinberger - fiddle
Jimmy Arnold - banjo
Ed Farris - bass

01. Kentucky Love
02. Deep River
03. Falling Leaves
04. Corinna Where'd You Stay Last Night
05. The Veil of White Lace
06. The Valley of the Never Do No Good
07. Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
08. Nobody's Love is Like Mine
09. Fox on the Run

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Carl Story and the Ramblin' Mountaineers

Carl Story - guitar
Bob Burnham - bass
Argil Meeks - fiddle
Larry Johnson - banjo
Harold Austin - guitar

10. I'll Be a Friend to Jesus
11. I'm Workin' on a Building#
12. Light at the River
13. I've Got a Lot to Tell My Jesus
14. Panhandle Country

#-fade out/in during applause (tape flip)

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Second Generation

Eddie Adcock - banjo
Martha Adcock - guitar
Wendy Thatcher - guitar
Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin
Bob White? - bass

15. Intro > Happy Together
16. Silence or Tears
17. Mrs. Robinson
18. All the Good Times are Past and Gone
19. Old Man
20. Old Joe Clark
21. ?

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Volume 2: Disc 1

Saturday Afternoon

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Bill Clifton - guitar
Mike Seeger - guitar, autoharp
Tom Gray - bass
John Farmer - banjo
Tracy Schwarz - fiddle

01. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
02. Mid the Green Fields of Virginia
03. Cluck Old Hen
04. Oh Take Me Back
05. The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee
06. Mary Dear
07. Liberty Dance
08. Little White Washed Chimney

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Don Reno, Bill Harrell and the Tennessee Cutups

Don Reno - banjo
Bill Harrell - guitar
Raymond McClain - mandolin
Ruth McClain - bass
Buck Ryan - fiddle

09. Intro > Limehouse Blues
10. Love is a Stranger
11. Kansas City Railroad Blues
12. Just a Phone Call Will Do
13. Orange Blossom Special
14. Dreaming of a Little Cabin
15. Charlotte Breakdown

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James Monroe and the Midnight Ramblers

James Monroe - guitar
Lynn Dunn - Bass
David Dougherty - Banjo
Buck White - Mandolin
Vernon Jerrick - Fiddle

16. Intro > ?
17. Roll on Buddy
18. Dusty Miller
19. Happiness Hill
20. All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
21. Cherokee Shuffle
22. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
23. The Girl in My Dreams
24. I Haven't Seen Mary in Years
25. Somebody Touched me

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Volume 2: Disc 2

Saturday evening

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Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Ralph Stanley - banjo
Curly Ray Cline - fiddle
Ricky Skaggs - mandolin
Keith Whitley - guitar
Roy Lee Centers - guitar
Jack Cooke - bass

01. Intro > Riding on That Midnight Train
02. Pretty Little Indian
03. All I Ever Loved Was You
04. Let Me Rest at the End of My Journey
05. Will You Miss Me
06. Little Maggie > Pretty Polly > Little Maggie
07. Cry From the Cross
08. Katy Daley

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Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Jim McReynolds - guitar
Jesse McReynolds - mandolin
William McCormick - bass
Jim Brock - fiddle
Vic Jordan - banjo

09. Intro > Fiddle Tune > Are You Missin Me
10. I Wish You Knew > Band Intros
11. Pick Away
12. Cash on a Barrel Head
13. El Cumenchero
14. Rocky Top*
15. Please Be My Love*
16. Freight Train

* w/ Carol Johnson

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Volume 2: Disc 3

Saturday evening

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Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass

Lester Flatt - guitar
Haskell McCormick - banjo
Roland White - mandolin
Jack Martin - dobro
Johnny Johnson - bass
Paul Warren - fiddle

01. Band Intros > It's Mighty Dark for Me to Travel
02. I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home
03. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
04. The Bluebird Sings For Me
05. Dear Old Dixie
06. Salty Dog Blues
07. Martha White
08. Ballad of Jed Clampett

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Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

Monroe Fields - bass
Joe Stuart - guitar
Jack Hicks - banjo
Kenny Baker - fiddle

09. My Old Kentucky and You
10. Uncle Pen
11. Bluegrass Breakdown
12. Muleskinner Blues#
13. Footprints in the Snow
14. Blue Moon of Kentucky
15. Methodist Preacher
16. I Saw the Light
17. Goodbye Old Pal
18. Rawhide
19. Rawhide (again!?)

#-fade out/fade in during applause - tape flip

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Volume 3: Disc 1

Saturday Evening

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Goins Brothers

Kentucky Slim - guitar
Leslie Sturgill - bass, mandolin
Art Stamper - fiddle
Ray Goins - banjo
Melvin Goins - guitar

(begins in progress)

01. Across the Sea Blues
02. Kentucky Breakdown
03. Windy Mountain
04. In the Head of the Holler
05. Death Came a-Creepin' Into My Room*

*- with Paul Mullins

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Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass

Cliff Waldron - guitar
Gene Johnson - mandolin
Bill Poffinberger - fiddle
Jimmy Arnold - banjo
Ed Farris - bass

06. Intro > Fox on the Run
07. Proud Mary
08. East Tennessee Blues
09. By the River
10. Home Sweet Home
11. The Four Strong Windxs
12. Matthew 24
13. ?

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Second Generation

Eddie Adcock - banjo
Martha Adcock - guitar
Wendy Thatcher - guitar
Jimmy Gaudreau - mandolin
Bob White? - bass

14. Intro > Sea of Heartbreak
15. Bluebirds Singing > (extended chatter)
16. Cripple Creek
17. Country Roads
18. Mocking Banjo

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Volume 3: Disc 2

Saturday Evening

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Carl Story and the Ramblin Mountainers

Carl Story - guitar
Bob Burnham - bass
Argil Meeks - fiddle
Larry Johnson - banjo
Harold Austin - guitar

01. Intro > You Don't Love God If You Don't Love Your Neighbor
02. Long Lonesome Road
03. The Voice of My Savior
04. My Lord Keeps a Record
05. Light at the River


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Bill Clifton - guitar
Tom Gray - bass
John Farmer - banjo, guitar
Mike Seeger - banjo
Tracy Schwarz - fiddle

06. Intro > You're a Flower Blooming in the Wildwood
07. You Give Me Your Love and I'll Give You Mine
08. Ragtime Annie
09. Take Back the Heart
10. The Cannonball Blues
11. Bed on the Floor
12. Blue Eyed Elaine
13. The Blue Ridge Mountain Blues


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Don Reno, Bill Harrell and the Tennessee Cutups

Don Reno - banjo
Bill Harrell - guitar
Raymond McClain - mandolin
Ruth McClain - bass
Buck Ryan - fiddle

14. Intro > ?
15. Kiss Me Once Again
16. Cacklin' Hen
17. I Dipped in the Sugarbowl But All I Got Was Lumps
18. Peacock Rag
19. Charlotte Breakdown*
20. Country Boy Rock and Roll

*- w. Earl Snead

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Volume 4: Disc 1

Saturday Night

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James Monroe and the Midnight Ramblers

James Monroe - guitar
Lynn Dunn - Bass
David Dougherty - Banjo
Buck White - Mandolin
Vernon Jerrick - Fiddle

16. Intro > ?
17. Veil of White Lace
18. Heartbreak Mountain
19. On the Banks of the Ohio
20. Cherokee Hill
21. The Strangest Dream
22. Bonnie
23. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight*
24. I Saw the Light

*-w. Curly Seckler

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Jimmy Martin and Sunny Mountain Boys

Jimmy Martin - guitar
Ronnie Prevette - mandolin
Ray Martin - guitar
Kenny Ingram - banjo
Jimmy Martin Jr. - drums
Gloria Belle - bass

25. In the Hills of Tennessee
26. Future on Ice
27. Freeborn Man
28. Gotta Do My Time
29. Traveling the Highway Home
30. (chatter)
31. Mother's Not Dead*
32. Sunny Side of the Mountain

*-w. Curly Seckler; fade out/in during chatter (tape flip)

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Volume 4: Disc 2

Saturday Night

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Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys

Ralph Stanley - banjo
Curly Ray Cline - fiddle
Ricky Skaggs - mandolin
Keith Whitley - guitar
Roy Lee Centers - guitar
Jack Cooke - bass

01. Intro
02. Nobody's Love is Like Mine
03. Man of Constant Sorrow
04. Clinch Mountain Backstep
05. The Angels are Singing in Heaven Tonight
06. When I Get Home
07. Take Your Shoes Off Moses
08. Little Birdie
09. Stone Walls and Steel Bars

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Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Jim McReynolds - guitar
Jesse McReynolds - mandolin
William McCormick - bass
Jim Brock - fiddle
Vic Jordan - banjo

10. Intro > Air Mail Special
11. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
12. John Henry
13. I Don't Believe You Met My Baby
14. When I Stop Dreamin
15. Border Ride
16. Snowbirds
17. Wishful Thinking*
18. Your Old Love Letters*
19. I Got a Diesel on My Tail

*-w. Carol Johnson

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Volume 4: Disc 3

Saturday Night

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Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass

Lester Flatt - guitar
Haskell McCormick - banjo
Roland White - mandolin
Jack Martin - dobro
Johnny Johnson - bass
Paul Warren - fiddle

01. Intro > ?
02. Is Anybody Going North to Cincinnati?
03. McCormick String Picnic
04. Dark Hollow
05. Listen to the Mocking Bird
06. Wabash Cannonball
07. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
08. You Took My Sunshine With You*
09. Let Our Love Shine Through
10. Father's Table Grace

*-w. Curly Seckler

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Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys

Monroe Fields - bass
Joe Stuart - guitar
Jack Hicks - banjo
Kenny Baker - fiddle

11. Intro > Mighty Dark to Travel
12. My Old Kentucky and You
13. Salt Creek#
14. My Little Georgia Rose
15. The Old Old House
16. Get Up John
17. The Little Community Church
18. Blue Moon of Kentucky
19. Kentucky Waltz
20. The Old Gray Mare
21. Little Cabin Home on the Hill
22. Footprints in the Snow

#-fade out/in during applause (tape flip)

Final set of Saturday night

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Volume 5: Disc 1

Sunday Morning

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Gospel Set

Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

01. I'll Reach Home
02. Two Coats

Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass

03. Monroe Intro > Old Time Religion
04. Fathers Table Grace

Cliff Waldron and the New Shades of Grass

05. Monroe Intro > Satan's Jeweled Crown
06. Matthew 24

Goins Brothers

07. Little White Church
08. Death Came Creeping in My Room

Carl Story and the Rambling Mountainers

09. Intro > There's a Light at the River
10. My Home on the Other Side

Jim and Jesse

11. River of Jordan
12. It's a Lonesome Road

The Sullivan Family

13. What a Wonderful Savior is He
14. Let Me Rest Beneath the Tree

James Monroe and the Midnight Ramblers

15. I'll Fly Away

Buck White and the Downhomers

16. Crying Holy Unto the Lord
17. Steal Away and Pray

Rex and Eleanor Parker and Family

18. I Care Not What This World May Say About Me
19. Jesus Died Upon the Cross

Brother Bishop

20. Old Country Church

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Volume 5: Disc 2

Sunday Morning, Sunday Afternoon

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Gospel set, Continued

Bill Clifton

01. Intro > Give Me the Roses While I Live#
02. You Go to Your Church and I'll Go to Mine

Jim Rooney

03. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

04. Somebody Touch Me

#- fade out/in during applause (tape flip)

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Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper

Wilma Lee Cooper - guitar
Stoney Cooper - fiddle
Bill Carver - dobro
Earl Snead - banjo
Mike Lattimore - bass
George McCormick - guitar

05. Midnight Special
06. Come Walk With Me > Jokes
07. John Hardy
08. Willie Roy the Cripple Boy
09. There's a Higher Power

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Bill Clifton - guitar
Tom Gray - bass
Mike Seeger - autoharp, guitar
John Farmer - banjo
Tracy Schwarz - fiddle

10. Intro > Little White Washed Chimney
11. Gathering Flowers from the Hillside
12. Happy Days
13. Louis Collins
14. 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia
15. Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

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Don Reno, Bill Harrell and the Tennessee Cutups

Don Reno - banjo
Bill Harrell - guitar
Raymond McClain - mandolin
Ruth McClain - bass
Buck Ryan - fiddle

16. ?
17. Love is a Stranger
18. Lee Highway Blues
19. Kiss Me Once Again
20. Red Wing

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Volume 5: Disc 3

Sunday Afternoon

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James Monroe and the Midnight Ramblers

James Monroe - guitar
Lynn Dunn - Bass
David Dougherty - Banjo
Buck White - Mandolin
Vernon Jerrick - Fiddle

01. Intro > ? > I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
02. Roll on Buddy
03. Love Please Come Home
04. The Willow Garden
05. Train 45
06. I Wonder When You are Tonight*
07. Bonnie

*-w. Curly Seckler

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Goins Brothers

Kentucky Slim - guitar
Leslie Sturgill - bass, mandolin
Art Stamper - fiddle
Ray Goins - banjo
Melvin Goins - guitar

08. My Brown-Eyed Girl
09. You Broke your Promise#
10. Sally Goodin
11. Head of the Holler

#-fade out/in during applause (tape flip)

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Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys

Jimmy Martin - guitar
Ronnie Prevette - mandolin
Ray Martin - guitar
Kenny Ingram - banjo
Jimmy Martin Jr. - drums
Gloria Belle - bass

12. Intro > Doing My Time
13. Future on Ice
14. Bugle Call Rag
15. Keep on the Sunny Side
16. Honey You Just Don't Know My Mind
17. Sunny Side of the Mountain
18. When the Savior Reached Down His Hands for Me

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Volume 6: Disc 1

Sunday Afternoon

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Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Ralph Stanley - banjo
Curly Ray Cline - fiddle
Ricky Skaggs - mandolin
Keith Whitley - guitar
Roy Lee Centers - guitar
Jack Cooke - bass

01. Intro > Katie Daley
02. Dark Hollow
03. Back Up and Push
04. Sittin on Top of the World
05. Little Maggie
06. Rank Stranger
07. Hemlocks and Primroses
08. Don't Cheat in Our Home Town
09. Little Birdie
10. Orange Blossom Special

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Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys

Jim McReynolds - guitar
Jesse McReynolds - mandolin
William McCormick - bass
Jim Brock - fiddle
Vic Jordan - banjo

11. Intro > There's Better Times a-Coming
12. Gosh I Miss You All the Time
13. It's a Long Long Way to the Top of the World
14. El Cumenchero
15. The Cotton Mill Man
16. Rocky Top
17. Please Be My Love
18. The Knoxville Girl
19. Pick Away

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Volume 6: Disc 2

Sunday Afternoon

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Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass

Lester Flatt - guitar
Haskell McCormick - banjo
Roland White - mandolin
Jack Martin - dobro
Johnny Johnson - bass
Paul Warren - fiddle

01. Salty Dog
02. Shucking the Corn
03. The Bluebirds Sing for Me
04. Mocking Banjo
05. Back into Birmingham*
06. Katie Hill
07. Moonlight on My Cabin
08. Is Anybody Going North to Cincinnati?
09. Ballad of Jed Clampett

*-noisier than other tracks; fade out/in during applause (tape flip)

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Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (~4pm)

10. (getting the 9 Fiddlers ready*)
11. Back Up and Push
12. Soldiers Joy
13. Sally Goodin
14. John Henry
15. Katie Hill

*Howdy Forrester, Kenny Baker, Tex Logan, Paul Warren, Buck Ryan, Art Stamper, Vernon Jerrick, Jim Brock, Curly Ray Cline

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Volume 6: Disc 3

Sunday Afternoon

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The Story of Bluegrass

Begins with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys

Monroe Fields - bass
Joe Stuart - guitar
Jack Hicks - banjo
Kenny Baker - fiddle

01. My Old Kentucky and You
02. When You're Lonely (1)
03. Will You Be Lovin Another Man (2)
04. My Little Cabin Home on the Hill (2)
05. True Life Blues (3)
06. In the Pines (4)
07. Uncle Pen (4)
08. I Haven't Seen Mary in Years (5)
09. Tall Pines (5)
10. I'm On My Way Back to the Old Home (6)
11. Sugar Coated Love (6)
12. Long Journey Home (7)
13. Love Come Home (8)
14. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight (9)
15. Lonesome Road Blues (10)
16. Roanoke (11)
17. Bill talking with Hal Durham and Paul Mullins
18. Muleskinner Blues

(1) w. Don Reno
(2) w. Lester Flatt
(3) w. Carl Story
(4) w. Jimmy Martin
(5) w. James Monroe and Earl Snead
(6) w. Ralph Stanley
(7) w. Melvin and Ray Goins
(8) w. Bill Harrell
(9) w. Jim and Jesse
(10) w. Eddie Adcock
(11) w. Hubert Davis

Last set of festival