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FRC 727 - Jim Shumate: Pioneering Bluegrass Fiddle (Wayne Erbsen collection)

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1.	Katy Hill 01:47	buy track
2.	Dixon County Blues 01:49	buy track
3.	[Chat - Jim's Impact On Bluegrass Fiddle] 01:17	buy track
4.	Mean Old Rambling Blues 01:29	buy track
5.	Sugar Hill 01:35	buy track
6.	[Chat - Arthur Smith's Long Bow] 01:50	buy track
7.	Billy in the Lowground 01:30	buy track
8.	Paddy on the Turnpike 01:28	buy track
9.	Rainbow Of My Dreams 03:09	buy track
10.	[Chat- Playing Fiddle w-Monroe] 01:26	buy track
11.	John Henry 00:47	buy track
12.	Smoky Mountain Rag 01:42	buy track
13.	[Chat - Jim's First Fiddle] 00:38	buy track
14.	Rain Crow Breakdown 01:27	buy track
15.	Alone And Lonesome 02:02	buy track
16.	Boggy Road To Texas 01:45	buy track
17.	Done Gone 01:41	buy track
18.	Lost Train Blues 01:38	buy track
19.	[Chat- Recording w-Flatt & Scruggs] 01:56	buy track
20.	Lee Highway Blues 02:30	buy track
21.	[Unknown Tune] 01:36	buy track
22.	Grey Eagle 02:21	buy track
23.	Foggy Mountain Breakdown 02:11	buy track
24.	[Chat- Mic Placement] 01:19	buy track
25.	Going To Town 02:06	buy track
26.	Bully of the Town 02:23	buy track
27.	Lonesome Road Blues 01:09	buy track
28.	[Chat -78s w-Flatt & Scruggs] 00:42	buy track
29.	My Cabin In Caroline 03:09	buy track
30.	Muleskinner Blues 01:38	buy track
31.	Dusty Miller 02:34	buy track
32.	[Chat - Jim Learned Banjo & Guitar] 01:24	buy track
33.	Cumberland Gap 01:36	buy track

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Born in Wilkes County, NC, Jim Shumate (1921-2013) played with Bill Monroe in the mid-1940s and was the original fiddler for Flatt and Scruggs’s band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. The four tracks that he recorded with Lester and Earl are some of the most revered songs in the entire bluegrass repertoire. He also devised many of the standard licks that are still used by bluegrass fiddlers the world over. In 1974, just before I moved to Hickory, NC, a friend advised me that Jim Shumate lived there and strongly suggested that I look him up. Soon after my move I spotted Jim on the street, and he agreed to give me lessons. It didn’t take long for us to become fast friends. Even though Jim hadn’t been a touring musician in almost thirty years, I found that his fiddling was in fine form and at 56 years old he seemed to be at the top of his game. Jim didn’t have a band at that time, so with his blessing I invited banjo player Marc Pruett and guitarist Albert Maples to join a recording session at my house in Hickory. Twenty-five years later, Jim sat down with me for an interview, portions of which are included here. I am beyond excited that this recording is now available. Finally, a new generation of bluegrass fans will get to hear the real deal. – Wayne Erbsen

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released March 1, 2019

Personnel: Jim Shumate (fiddle, vocal on track 9); Marc Pruett (banjo); Albert Maples (guitar; vocal on tracks 15 & 29); Wayne Erbsen (mandolin).

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