[78-L] Mercury Founder Dies

[Erwin Kluwer]

I personally feel that the especially the 1956 Mercury sessions of the
Stanley Brothers (producing classics as Cry From The Cross, etc) are the
summit of  bluegrass recordings...

Etwin

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, Gene Baron <gene.baron at gmail.com.invalid>
wrote:

>
> The Flatt and Scruggs Mercury sessions even go back to the late 1940s, and
> I have always thought that the Stanley Brothers Mercury recordings
> (mid-1950s) are some of the best bluegrass recordings ever.
>
> Gene
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Malcolm Rockwell
> <malcolm at 78data.com.invalid
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > And let's nor forget Jerry Byrd, steel player extraordinaire.
> > M
> >
> > *******
> >
> > On 1/6/2015 10:25 AM, Bill Knowlton wrote:
> > > forgotten is Mercury's flirtation with bluegrass in the Fifties with
> > Flatt & Scruggs, Carl Storey, and The Stanley Brothers; all three cutting
> > real bluegrass standards for the label.
> > > This includes Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" which was
> used
> > in the soundtrack of "Bonnie & Clyde..."
> > >
> > > BILL KNOWLTON, "BLUEGRASS RAMBLE," WCNY-FM, SYRACUSE NY
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