on 6/28/02 4:20 PM, Arthur Gadney at a_gadney@hotmail.com wrote:

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didn't love it. if you want that kind of thing, I can name about a half dozen records where it was really done right

Five albums would get me started...

Vassar Clements/DaveHolland/Norman Blake/Jethro Burns (self titled) the first David Grisman Quintet LP (with Tony Rice) John Hartford -- Morning Bugle (with Norman Blake & Dave Holland) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band -- Will The Circle Be Unbroken (the first one) Merle Haggard -- tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player... (more Western Swing, the improvising and interaction going on is just gorgeous) Norman Blake/Tony Rice -- Blake Rice 1 and, in a different way, Homer & Jethro -- Playing It Straight sh