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Sally Goodin’ is my favorite fiddle tune. An excellent version of Sally Goodin’ is by Byron Berline with Bill Monroe and Earl Scruggs.
There were some hard feelings between Monroe and Scruggs after Flatt & Scruggs left the Bluegrass Boys to form their own group. However, Berline was able to get the two bluegrass legends together to record this great fiddle tune.
Often recorded as an instrumental, this version starts off with Earl picking by himself, then Bill comes in with his vocals and mandolin. After a minute, it builds with the full band coming in and Byron Berline turning in a masterful performance on his fiddle.
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[...] My favorite song on the album is Katy Hill. I think that’s my second favorite fiddle tune recording of all time behind only Sally Goodin’. [...]
[...] After leaving Bill Monroe, Scruggs and Lester Flatt formed Flatt & Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys and made many great traditional bluegrass recordings. Despite helping invent what would become the traditional style, Earl was not a traditionalist. Eventually Flatt and Scruggs parted ways and Earl formed a band with his sons entitled The Earl Scruggs Revue which pushed the envelope a bit by incorporating folk and rock sounds. In his later years, he toured occasionally with a group known as Earl Scruggs and Friends. Before Bill Monroe passed away, Earl reunited with him to make one of my favorite recordings, Sally Goodin’. [...]
[...] Indian from the full length album. Lost Train Blues reminds me a bit of my favorite fiddle tune Sally Goodin’ except with added train sounds on the fiddle. Visit the Old Sledge Music Store for full length [...]
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