The Best of the Early Country Gentlemen

1971 compilation album by The Country Gentlemen

Greatest hits album by Country Gentlemen

Released

1971

Recorded

1971

Genre

Bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass

Label

Rebel Records

Country Gentlemen chronology

Live In Japan
(1970)

The Best of the Early Country Gentlemen
(1971)

One Wide River To Cross
(1971)

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The Best of the Early Country Gentlemen is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen.

Track listing

Young Fisherwoman
Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
I Am Weary,
Heartaches
Lonesome Day
Katie Dear
This Morning At Nine
500 Miles
Copper Kettle
The Gentleman Is Blue
Can't You Hear Me Callin'
You Left Me Alone

Personnel

Charlie Waller - guitar, vocals
John Duffey - mandolin, vocals
Eddie Adcock - banjo, vocals
Tom Gray - bass, vocals

References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1059032

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20091215090142/http://www.lpdiscography.com/c/Cgentlemen/cgent.htm

v t e The Country Gentlemen
Charlie Waller John Duffey Eddie Adcock Tom Gray Bill Emerson Doyle Lawson Bill Yates Larry Lahey list of all former members
Studio albums	Country Songs, Old and New (1960) Folk Songs & Bluegrass (1961) Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (1962) Hootenanny (1963) Folk Session Inside (1963) Bringing Mary Home (1966) Traveler And Other Favorites (1968) Play It Like It Is (1969) New Look, New Sound (1970) One Wide River To Cross (1971) Sound Off (1971) The Award Winning Country Gentlemen Remembrances & Forecasts (1974) Joe's Last Train (1976) Calling My Children Home (1978) Sit Down, Young Stranger (1980) River Bottom (1981) Good As Gold (1983) Return Engagement (1988) Classic Country Gents Reunion (1989) Nashville Jail (1990) Let The Light Shine Down (1991) New Horizon (1992) Souvenirs (1995) Crying In the Chapel (2001) Songs Of The American Spirit (2004)
Live albums	On the Road (1963) Live From The Stage Of The Roanoake Bluegrass Festival (1967) Live In Japan (1970) Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (1973)
Compilation albums	The Best of the Early Country Gentlemen (1971) Yesterday & Today Volume 1 (1973) Yesterday & Today Volume 2 (1973)Yesterday & Today Volume 3 (1974) 25 Years (Country Gentlemen album) (1980) The Country Gentlemen feat. Ricky Skaggs (1987) Sugar Hill Collection (1995) Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 {Box Set} (1998) High Lonesome (1998) Complete Vanguard Recordings (2002) 45 Years of Memories (2002)
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v t e Bluegrass music
Typical instruments	Guitar acoustic resonator Banjo Double bass Fiddle technique Mandolin resonator technique
Stylistic origins	Blues Country music Jazz Old-time music
Sub- and fusion genres	Traditional bluegrass Czech bluegrass
Notable festivals	High Sierra Music Festival Festival of the Bluegrass Merlefest Podunk Bluegrass Festival Telluride Bluegrass Festival Tottenham Bluegrass Festival List of bluegrass music festivals
Notable performers	List of bluegrass musicians List of bluegrass bands List of bluegrass mandolinists
Other	International Bluegrass Music Museum International Bluegrass Music Association International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Bluegrass Unlimited magazine Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards International Bluegrass Music Awards
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