Two New Digital Releases from Rural Rhythm Archives

Just in time for World Fiddle Day (May 18th, 2013), bluegrass fiddlers have more reason to rejoice.  Rural Rhythm has just released, “Curly Fox – Champion Fiddler Volume One” as one of a pair of digital downloads.

The other rare Rural Rhythm tracks from the archive available beginning this month belong to Red Smiley and the Bluegrass Cutups.

Both Discs are available to the public for digital download via all sources such as iTunes, Amazon and Google Play and to radio broadcasters via Airplay Direct.

For broadcasters, Rural Rhythm has even provided the original liner notes reprinted as they appeared on the back cover of the original album jacket.

TRACK LISTINGS

CURLY FOX	RED SMILEY and the BLUEGRASS CUTUPS
SONGS: 1. LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD 2. MISSISSIPPI SAWYER 3. BACK TO OLD SMOKEY MOUNTAINS 4. ALABAMA JUBILEE 5. BREAD AND GRAVY 6. SOMEONE MORE LONESOME 7. A PAL LIKE MOTHER 8. FIFTY-YEAR WALTZ 9. LONG LOST JOHN 10. THE TRAIN RACE 11. KEEP THEM COLD ICY FINGERS OFF ME 12. BULLY OF THE TOWN 13. HANG OUT THE FRONT DOOR KEY 14. HASTE TO THE WEDDING 15. AT THE END OF THE LANE 16. PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE 17. BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG 18. THE FUNERAL	SONGS: 1. ROLL ON BUDDY 2. SUMMERTIME IS PAST AND GONE 3. BIG SANDY 4. TAKE THIS HAMMER 5. WRECK OF OLD NO. 9 6. LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON 7. SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE 8. SHADY GROVE 9. LITTLE MAGGIE 10. 900 MILES 11. SILVER BELLS 12. OH! MONAH 13. TUPELO COUNTY JAIL 14. BLACK EYED SUSAN 15. FALLEN LEAF 16. SOMETHING GOT HOLD OF ME 17. LITTLE BIRDIE 18. IN THE PINES 19. DARLIN’ COREY 20. WORKING ON A BUILDING 21. SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME
The world of entertainment, with its colorful personalities and unpredictable ways, has in it the stuff that makes for greatness.  One Such great champion fiddler and master showman – is CURLY FOX, one of the great performing talents of the era.	This recording is the first of three LPs that Red and his Bluegrass Cut-Ups made for Rural Rhythm in the years immediately after the split. After his TV show was cancelled in March 1968, Red retired briefly before signing on with Don Reno and Bill Harrell in 1970. They performed and recorded together, and were in the middle of a tour when Red began suffering mild heart-attacks in 1971. Later that year, he was taken ill during a flu epidemic, and died on January 2, 1972, at the age of 47.

Rural Rhythm’s SOUND TRADITIONS collection titles have helped keep the traditional Bluegrass flame burning through the past several decades at the brick & mortar level.  Now the new RURAL ROOTS Digital series will continue the steady flow of available Old-Time Country, Bluegrass & Gospel titles culled from the treasure trove of masters in the Rural Rhythm Records vault…IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC !