Jethro Burns LP

[Charles E.]

While looking around an antique store yesterday I saw a large stack of records. Right on top was a Flying Fish LP from 1977, simply titled Jethro Burns. I did not know about this recording, it has Vassar Clements on fiddle, Johnny Burns on electric guitar, and a host of other musicians. This album is pretty rollicking, the total opposite of Tea For One. I paid all of three dollars for it.

The dedication:
This album is dedicated to The Old Country......Any Old Country.

[mandopops]

Great Jethro album.
I still have my vinyl & I dubbed it to CD years ago.
"Mama was a Truck Driving Man" worth the $3 alone.
Joe B

[AlanN]

Yep, this one.

My feeling is Jethro rightfully had a 2nd coming in the mid-70's, as a direct result of Steve Goodman. I caught Goodman in 1977 or so, he would feature Jethro as a solo set first before making his stage entrance. He knew a good thing. Then, of course, Dawg brought him to the mandolin fore-front with Back to Back (Bock to Bock) in '79 and the rest is history.

[mandopops]

I agree w Alan.
Jethro had a string of albums showcasing his talents. The aforementioned "Jethro Burns", then the "Live" record, then the Venuti record and of course the album w/ Tiny.
A good run.
Joe B

[David Lewis]

Don stiernberg had a large influence in jethro's later years.

[Pete Martin]

Man, I wish I could find a copy of that again. Lent to a student in the 80's and never returned.

[AlanN]

And s'more Jethro from the same era is on this overlooked gem

01 - Black Room
02 - Slipped Disc
03 - To Django
04 - Red Haired Boy Medly
05 - Honeysuckle Rose
06 - Edson Breakaway
07 - Blue Jazz
08 - Banjo Nova
09 - Space Circus
10 - Zubenelgenubi
11 - Limehouse Blues
12 - Sunstone
13 - Rhapsody for Banjo #1

Jethro Burns - Mandolin
Charlie Collins - Guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Husky - Bass
Larry McNeely - Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals

[AlanN]

And uno mas, same vintage...

The giants in question are violinist Joe Venuti, guitarist and former Texas Playboy Eldon Shamblin, steel guitarist Curley Chalker, and mandolinist Jethro Burns. The music is mostly George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. Despite the country music experience of Shamblin, Burns, and Chalker (and the usual country setting of steel and mandolin), the group holds to a strict jazz aesthetic, with sophisticated, polished improvisation. Recorded in 1977, this blowing session balances refined elegance with blazing ferocity. Chalker coaxes some amazing, unique sounds from his pedal steel (especially on the ballads) while Burns and Shamblin, usually lumped in the country bag, show their amazing facility with the jazz idiom. Of course, Venuti’s jazz credibility was never in question.

Bass – Jim Tullio
Drums – Angelo Varias
Guitar – Eldon Shamblin
Mandolin – Jethro Burns
Piano – Robert Hoban
Steel Guitar – Curly Chalker
Violin – Joe Venuti

[MikeEdgerton]

Jethro and Steve Goodman were actually a great team.

[Joel Glassman]

[Charles E.]

Gee, you think Larry could have lightened up a little at some point to give Jethro some playing space.

[Joel Glassman]

Using a balance control after 1.15 will do that.