New Kentucky Colonels-Indian Springs BG Festival, 1973 set 1

The New Kentucky Colonels Set 1 Indian Springs BG Festival, June 1 - 3, 1973 One of the most important and impactful individuals in the history of bluegrass music, the preeminent, Pete Kuykendall taped these sets. Pete's knowledge and deep insights into all aspects of bluegrass, which he generously shared, made him a mentor to all of us who got to be in his presence. First of all, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the generous people who have all contributed with the audio from the 2nd annual Indian Springs BG Festival, June 1-3, 1973. The lineage of this 50 year old recording is as follow: Pete Kuykendall - Etsuo Eito - Steve Pottier - Sandy Rothman - John Arms Prior to the appearance at the second annual Indian Springs BG Festival, that took place June 1 - 3, 1973, the White Brothers had spent the month of May touring Europe with a busy schedule with performances in the Netherlands, The UK and Sweden. Herb Pederson played banjo with the brothers during the first part of the tour until he had to honor a commitment, that he had previously made to join Country Rocker Johnny Rivers’ band. He was replaced by the excellent, Alan Munde. ‘’When the European tour was over, the New Kentucky Colonels flew into Washington D.C., and their friend John Kaparakis (1937–2020) drove them to Indian Springs, Maryland. There they played at a large bluegrass festival on June 2. It was the first and last bluegrass festival Clarence ever played.’’ (Quote from "Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White pg 23 by Black, Bob, Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2022). Since the White Brothers didn't have a regular banjo player, for the Indian Springs festival they borrowed the eminent, Jack Hicks, who at the time was the five stringer with Bill Monroe. They also added their good friend, John Kaparakis on the rhythm guitar. Clarence White – guitar Roland White - mandolin Eric White - bass Jack Hicks - banjo John Kaparakis – rhythm guitar Set One 01 Fire On The Mountain 02 Never Ending Love. 03 Shuckin' The Corn 04 A Good Woman's Love 05 Take A Whiff On Me 06 Sally Goodin 07 Dark Hollow 08 The Last Thing On My Mind 09 If You're Ever Gonna Love Me 10 Soldier's Joy--Black Mountain Rag 11 New River Train Please subscribe to my YouTube channel    / @janjohanssonmusic     / acousticjohansson   Produced with CyberLink PowerDirector 21