Back Porch Bluegrass
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Back Porch Bluegrass is the debut album by bluegrass quartet The Dillards
. Dooley and Deulin' Banjo were both released as singles.
The Dillards
The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of Douglas Flint "Doug" Dillard The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of Douglas Flint "Doug" Dillard The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, consisting of...
. Dooley and Deulin' Banjo were both released as singles.
Track listing
- "Old Joseph" (Traditional, arranged and adapted by Douglas Dillard and Dean Webb) – 1:25
- "Somebody Touched Me" (Traditional) – 2:23
- "Polly VaughnPolly Vaughn-Synopsis:A man, sometimes called Johnny Randle, goes out hunting for birds. Usually this is described as being in the evening or by moonlight in the rain. He sees something white in the bushes. Thinking this is a swan, he shoots. To his horror he discovers he has killed his true love, Polly...
" (Traditional, arranged and adapted with new lyrics by Rodney Dillard) – 2:45 - "Banjo in the Hollow" (Douglas Dillard) – 1:45
- "Dooley" (Mitch Jayne, Rodney Dillard) – 2:02
- "Lonesome Indian" (Traditional) – 1:46
- "Ground Hog" (Traditional) – 2:00
- "Old Home Place" (Dean Webb, Mitch Jayne) – 2:05
- "Hickory Hollow" (Douglas Dillard) – 2:00
- "Old Man at the Mill" (Traditional) - 1:45
- "Doug's Tune" (Douglas Dillard) - 2:13
- "Rainin' Here This Mornin'" (Grandpa JonesGrandpa JonesLouis Marshall Jones , known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer...
) - 3:07 - "Cold Trailin'" (Rodney Dillard) - 2:15
- "Reuben's Train" (Traditional, arranged and adapted by J. Nevel) - 2:15
- "Duelin' BanjoDueling Banjos"Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1955 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos", which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle". Smith recorded it playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by...
" (adapted and arranged by the Dillards) - 2:10
Personnel
- Rodney Dillard - lead vocals, guitar
- Douglas Dillard - banjo
- Mitchell Jayne - bass
- Dean Webb - mandolin