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Live at the Cellar Door is a live album by the American bluegrass band the Seldom Scene, released in 1975 on Rebel Records as a double LP. The performances were recorded in December 1974 at the Cellar Door, a Washington, D.C. venue where the band held a long-running weekly residency. The lineup feat...
"Act 1" is the debut studio album by the American progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene, released in 1972 on Rebel Records. The record features the group's original Washington, D.C.-area lineup, including John Duffey, Ben Eldridge, Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray, and John Starling. It is noted for i...
Old Train is a bluegrass album by the American band The Seldom Scene, released in 1974 on Rebel Records. The record features the band's classic original lineup, including John Duffey on mandolin, Mike Auldridge on Dobro, and John Starling on guitar. It highlights the group's progressive approach to...
"Act 2" is a bluegrass album released in 1973 on Rebel Records by the Seldom Scene, a pioneering band in the progressive bluegrass movement. The record features the group's original classic lineup, including John Duffey and Dobro player Mike Auldridge, known for expanding the genre's boundaries by i...
Act 3 is a 1973 album by the Seldom Scene, released by Rebel Records during the Washington-area group's formative period. The recording features the band's early lineup and combines close harmony singing with banjo, dobro, mandolin, guitar, and upright bass. Its repertoire crosses traditional bluegr...
Country Songs, Old and New is the 1960 debut album by the American bluegrass band The Country Gentlemen, released on the Folkways Records label. The album is considered an early foundational document of the progressive bluegrass movement, as the band incorporated elements of folk and mainstream coun...
Bringing Mary Home is a 1966 bluegrass album by the Country Gentlemen, released by Rebel Records. It comes from the group's influential period featuring Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray, whose polished harmony singing and inventive instrumental work helped expand the style of...
The Johnson Mountain Boys is the self-titled debut studio album by the American traditional bluegrass band of the same name, released on Rounder Records. The group originated in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. area and gained prominence in the 1980s for their strict adherence to the first-generati...
Joe's Last Train is a bluegrass album by the American band The Country Gentlemen, released in 1976 on Rebel Records. The album features the classic 1970s lineup of the band, including Charlie Waller on guitar and vocals, Doyle Lawson on mandolin, Bill Holden on banjo, and Bill Yates on bass. The rec...
"Blue Diamond" is a traditional bluegrass album by the Washington, D.C.-based Johnson Mountain Boys, released on Rounder Records in 1993. The album was recorded following the group's initial breakup and 1988 farewell concert, featuring the classic lineup of Dudley Connell, David McLaughlin, and Tom...
Requests is a bluegrass music album released in 1988 by the American band the Johnson Mountain Boys on the Rounder Records label. The album features the band's traditional acoustic instrumentation and distinct vocal harmonies, reflecting their commitment to first-generation bluegrass styles. Formed...
Scenechronized is a bluegrass album by the American progressive bluegrass band Seldom Scene, released in 2007 on the Sugar Hill record label. The project marked a significant recording for the Maryland-based group, featuring a mix of contemporary material and traditional acoustic instrumentation. It...
