Fun_People Archive
20 Oct
On this day in 1950...

Date: Thu, 20 Oct 94 15:28:05 PDT
To: Fun_People
Subject: On this day in 1950...

From: Frank Godbey <UKA016@UKCC.UKY.EDU>

On October 20, 1950, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain
Boys recorded the following at radio station WDAE, Tampa, Florida, to
fulfill their contract with Mercury Records:

Doin' My Time / Pike County Breakdown / Preachin', Prayin', Singin' /
Pain in My Heart / Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms / Back to the Cross /
Farewell Blues / Old Salty Dog Blues / Take Me in the Lifeboat /
Will the Roses Bloom (Where She Lies Sleeping) / I'll Just Pretend

You can hear 'em all today on
FLATT & SCRUGGS: THE COMPLETE MERCURY SESSIONS Polygram 314 512 644-2
and
FLATT & SCRUGGS 1948-1959 Bear Family Records BCD15472 (4-CD box)

Great stuff; highly recommended.  Std. disclaimer.

© 1994 Peter Langston