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Raising the Roof - Robert Plant & Allison Krauss

great new disc from this pair - they're doing a show in Berlin Maryland this July - about n hour or so north of here - maybe going

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Good Disc. Up there with their last collaboration 14 years ago that won 5 Grammies.

Raising the Roof - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

really, really liking this disc - the more I isten the more I like - their voices work so well togeter almost creating a "third voice"
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Raising the Roof - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

really, really liking this disc - the more I isten the more I like - their voices work so well togeter almost creating a "third voice"
***(y)

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Lots of rumors they're a couple - both deny ;)

Classical. Bach

***Anthology Boxed Set - John Lennon

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Picked this up for $10 from some guy in VA. Side 1 is all the cartoons - Magilla Gorilla, Jetsons, Felix the Cat, etc.. Favorites on the other 3 sides are Gilligan's Island, I Dream of Jeannie, F Troop, Mission Impossible, Get Smart, Dragnet, Hawaii 5-0, Mannix and The Mod Squad.

Last song on the last side is the National Anthem that came on when all the networks went off the air - imagine that!

Van Morrison

spingsteen essentials

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising the Roof

Classical Gas

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Thats becoming a staple on the set list list for my sons band- En Fuego!!

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Will the Circle be Unbroken - The Nity Gritty Dirt Band (with a Who's Who of the Bluegrass A Tier)

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This was a 3 disc vinyl set.

Will the Circle be Unbroken is the seventh [album]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album') by the [Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band'), with collaboration from many famous [bluegrass]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music') and [country-western]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country-Western_music') players, including [Roy Acuff]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Acuff'), "Mother" [Maybelle Carter]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybelle_Carter'), [Doc Watson]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson'), [Earl Scruggs]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Scruggs'), [Randy Scruggs]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Scruggs'), [Merle Travis]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Travis'), [Pete "Oswald" Kirby]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashful_Brother_Oswald'), [Norman Blake]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Blake_(American_musician)'), [Jimmy Martin]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Martin'), and others. It also introduced [fiddler]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle') [Vassar Clements]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassar_Clements') to a wider audience.

[HEADING=1]History[[edit]('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)&action=edit&section=1')][/HEADING]
The album's title comes from [a song]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken%3F') by [Ada R. Habershon]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_R._Habershon') (re-arranged by [A. P. Carter]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Carter')) and reflects how the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was trying to tie together two generations of musicians. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was a young country-rock band with a [hippie]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie') look. Acuff described them as "a bunch of long-haired West Coast boys." The other players were much older and more famous from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, primarily as old-time country and bluegrass players. Many had become known to their generation through the [Grand Ole Opry]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry'). However, with the rise of [rock-and-roll]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-and-roll'), the emergence of the commercial country's slick '[Nashville Sound]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_Sound'),' and changing tastes in music, their popularity had waned somewhat from their glory years. Acuff was initially contemptuous of the project, but later relented and participated.[[3]]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)#cite_note-3')

The album cover features an image of [Union]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)') [general]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)') [Fitz John Porter]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_John_Porter'). Every track on the album was recorded on the first or second take straight to two-track masters, so the takes are raw and unprocessed[[citation needed]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed')]. Additionally, another tape ran continuously throughout the entire week-long recording session and captured the dialog between the players. On the final album, many of the tracks—including the first track—begin with the musicians discussing how to perform the song or who should come in where in any given portion of a song.

The record includes the first meeting of [Doc Watson]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Watson') and [Merle Travis]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Travis'), after whom Watson's son, [Merle]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Watson'), was named. [Bill Monroe]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Monroe'), sixty years old at the time, refused to participate in the recordings.[[4]]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)#cite_note-4')

Originally appearing in 1972 as a three [LP]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record') album and three-[cassette]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Cassette') tape offering, Will the Circle Be Unbroken was remastered and re-released in 2002 as a two [compact disc]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc') set. The original album was certified platinum by the RIAA on November 6, 1997, indicating shipments of 500,000 copies.[[5]]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)#cite_note-United_StatesNitty_Gritty_BandWill_the_Circle_Be_UnbrokenalbumCertRef-5') It has sold 301,600 copies as of October 2019.[[6]]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)#cite_note-6')

Much later, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded two subsequent albums, [Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken:_Volume_Two') and [Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken,_Volume_III'), in an attempt to repeat the process with other historically significant musicians. Volume Two won the [Country Music Association]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association')'s 1989 Album of the Year as well as three [Grammys]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy'). In 1990, the album was celebrated on the [PBS]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service') music television program [Austin City Limits]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_City_Limits'), which featured a performance by the full ensemble of guests on the [Carter Family]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Family') song, [Will The Circle Be Unbroken]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_the_Circle_Be_Unbroken_(By_and_By)'), from the original 1972 album.[[7]]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)#cite_note-7')

[more here if interested]('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_the_Circle_be_Unbroken_(Nitty_Gritty_Dirt_Band_album)')

Turnstiles - Billy Joel

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Great keyboard work on this one.............

Great composition in general!

Drummer looks like he's having a ball.
Talk about energy - this song has it all...........
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Raising the Roof - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

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Damn he looks old