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Cragger
Jun-15-2004, 12:32pm
where can i find a recording of "crossing the cumberland?" does anyone have an .mp3 i could listen to? i found the midi on mandozine but would like to actually here it before trying to play it from the midi. i couldn't find any of monroe's albums that had it on it but i only looked at like twenty of his 65.
Scotti Adams
Jun-15-2004, 12:44pm
..Butch Robins...one of Monroes banjo players had a record out years ago called "The Fifth Child"...its on there with Sam Bush doing th honors....
Cragger
Jun-15-2004, 1:52pm
i searched for that one but couldn't find anything about it. it might not be around anymore. i'll keep looking though. thanks scotti.
Spruce
Jun-15-2004, 2:39pm
Sally Van Meter used to play a great version of it with The Good "Ol Persons, with John Reischmann on mandolin...
I've got a couple live versions with that lineup...
It's on the Monroe box set (http://mp3.com.com/4004-4182_8-660196396.html?tag=txt) ('59-'69) too...
Also, the "Cumberlands" is indeed plural, which may aid you in your Google searching...
Nice choice of tune, BTW...
Scotti Adams
Jun-15-2004, 3:29pm
..Ive got the record somewhere....I can make a cassette copy of it....Ive got to buy some blank tapes tho....
Michael Lewis
Jun-23-2004, 8:44am
Spruce is right on with the mention of Sally VanMeter and Good 'Ol Persons. I think that rendition is the best out there, even if they didn't write it they sure seem to 'own' it. It's on either "Can't Stand to Ramble" or "Part of a Story", both great albums. The ones I have are vinyl but I think they are available on CD.
Peter Hackman
Jul-13-2004, 10:50pm
County records has a compilation called
"Bill Monroe: American Traveler". Almost all of
the songs are instrumentals and they all have
a place, a state or a river in their names:
Roanoke, Texas Gallop, Salt Creek, Kentucky Mandolin, etc.
Crossing the Cumberlands is on that CD.
I bought my copy from amazon.com, and I believe
Elderly Instruments stocks it.
jhbaylor
Mar-03-2010, 11:35am
Here's an attempt at this tune...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERpBiOAwHcE
sgarrity
Mar-03-2010, 2:08pm
Great tune and nice picking!! That mando sounds great too. Is it a Passernig?
evanreilly
Mar-03-2010, 3:21pm
I thank my good buddy and pickin' friend John B. for getting me to think about this obscure Bill Monroe banjo instrumental again. I have the Good Ole Persons version somewhere around, and thought that was the best version out there.
But, ahem, there is the definitive banjo version of it....
and when I find it, I'll post it....
sgarrity
Mar-03-2010, 3:42pm
The Nashville Bluegrass Band recorded it as well as David Grier on solo guitar
jhbaylor
Mar-03-2010, 5:50pm
Thanks for the compliment, mando is indeed a 2006 Passernig.
Russ Jordan
Mar-03-2010, 6:07pm
I like the version on the Cracker Barrel cd Bluegrass Highway---Mike Compton on the mandolin.
Amandalyn
Mar-03-2010, 7:08pm
Nice version! Thanks for posting- alwasy wanted to learn that one- maybe now I will.
GTison
Mar-04-2010, 6:33pm
The Nashville Bluegrass Band has a good version with Mike Compton playing a solo on it. This is on their Twenty Year Blues CD from 2004. It's great.
evanreilly
Mar-05-2010, 7:51am
Here is the original banjo tune....
Kind of an 'angry' mandolin break, tho....
I think Bill thought it should be played slower, maybe?
GTison
Mar-05-2010, 2:17pm
That is a bit of a surprise when it first starts after Bill saying it was a slow banjo number. Any idea who was playing the banjo on that? I see what you were saying about the "angry" break. Kind of curt sounding. People applauded anyway to the break.
evanreilly
Mar-05-2010, 3:33pm
I think it sounds like Rowan on guitar & Vic Jordan on banjo, maybe???? Might be Lamar, tho.....
The banjo player out-runs himself in a few places.
Nice job jhbaylor. This is a great tune.