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Phantoms of the Opry Concert, Nov. 12, 1972 |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 86 min |
| Event Type: Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
Phantoms of the Opry, a San Francisco based bluegrass band active in the 1970s, in a in-studio, live broadcast of traditional bluegrass and country music, most likely recorded on November 12, 1972. Bill Schechner hosts the concert and talks to members of the band about their personal histories, the origins of bluegrass, the difficulties of making it big in bluegrass, and the influence of bluegrass music on mainstream rock and roll musicians. |
| Musical Selections: |
Goldrush -- Who’s Shoulder Will You Cry On? / Kitty Wells -- Two Different Worlds -- Honey You Don't Know My Mind / Jimmy Skinner -- Fräulein -- John Henry / [traditional] -- Driving Nails In My Coffin / Ernest Tubb -- Heartbreak Mountain / Buck Owens -- Blue Night / Kirk McGee -- I Like To Hear Them Preach It -- Tennessee Waltz / Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King -- Daybreak In Dixie / Ralph Stanley -- Hit Parade of Love / Jimmy Martin -- The Dark Hollow / [traditional] -- Freeborn Man / Jimmy Martin -- Moving On Over / Hank Williams -- Beautiful Life / [traditional] -- Billy in the Low Ground / [traditional] -- Happy Birthday / Mildred J. Hill -- Lonesome River / [traditional] -- Mule Skinner Blues / Jimmy Martin |
| Performers: |
Phantoms of the Opry:
Pat Enright, guitarist
Paul Shelasky, fiddle
Joe Zumwalt, mandolin
Robbie MacDonald, banjo
Chuck Wiley, bass |
| Genres: |
Popular Music; Folk Music |
| Subject: |
Popular music; Folk music; Folk songs; Country music; Bluegrass music |
| People: |
Schechner, Bill; Wells, Kitty; Skinner, Jimmie, 1909-1979; Tubb, Ernest, 1914-1984; Owens, Buck, 1929-2006; McGee, Kirk, 1899-; Stewart, Redd; King, Pee Wee, 1914-2000; Stanley, Ralph; Martin, Jimmy; Williams, Hank, 1923-1953; Hill, Mildred J., 1859-1916; Enright, Pat, 1945-; Shelasky, Paul; Zumwalt, Joe ; MacDonald, Robbie ; Wiley, Chuck |
| First Broadcast Date: |
11/12/1972 |
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