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Rebel Records to Release New Digital Download on Jan. 18th
These albums were recorded in the 1960s at a time when the newest generation of bluegrass and old-time fans was re-discovering the older masters, many of whom had become relatively inactive in music. This was the case for both Kenny Baker and The Coon Creek Girls prior to when these releases debuted in 1968. Fiddler Kenny Baker had been a Blue Grass Boy with Bill Monroe from 1956 to 1958 and then again from 1961 to 1963 but had returned to his original profession of coal mining by the time he was invited to perform at a bluegrass festival in Fincastle, VA in fall of 1966. It was there that County Records president Dave Freeman witnessed Baker in an informal jam session with the then relatively unknown young fiddler Joe Greene. He was so impressed with their twin fiddling that he signed them in what would be the first of several albums Baker would record for Rebel and County Records. High Country showcases Baker and Greene at the pinnacle of the twin fiddling tradition, with the former on melody line and the latter carrying the harmony parts. Since its initial release the title track has gained widespread recognition and become a twin fiddling standard.
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