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The Seldom Scene The Seldom Scene is an American bluegrass band that formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland. The band's original line-up comprised John Starling on lead vocals and guitar, Mike Auldridge on Dobro and baritone vocals, Ben Eldridge on banjo, Tom Gra ...

. There were several personnel changes in the group after the unsuccessful comeback with John Starling.

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T. Michael Coleman Thomas Michael Coleman (born January 3, 1951) is an American bass player of bluegrass and folk music. He is best known for work with Doc Watson and the Seldom Scene. Biography Doc Watson Coleman grew up in Mayodan, North Carolina, graduating fr ...

left the group to form progressive band Chesapeake. Duffey and Eldridge recruited guitarist/singer

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, dobroist Fred Travers and bass player Ronnie Simpkins to continue with the group. This album would be the last for John Duffey who died late in 1996.Album info on www.sugarhillrecords.com

Track listing

# Dry Run Creek (McPeak) 2:34 # Going up on the Mountain (Gamble, Huff) 3:17 # Willie Roy (Williams) 4:40 # Tulsa Chili Bop (Pennington) 3:09 # When I Get My Rewards (Kennerley) 3:40 # They're at Rest Together (Traditional) 2:59 # The Boatman (Hylton) 3:33 # Love of the Mountains (Mills) 2:46 # Little Sparrow (Fair Tender Ladies) (Traditional) 5:21 # The Shape I'm In (Connell) 3:45 # Blue Diamond (Ritchie) 5:15 # Bad Moon Rising (Fogerty) 2:21

Personnel

* Dudley Connell - vocals, guitar, mandolin *

John Duffey John Humbird Duffey Jr. (March 4, 1934 – December 10, 1996) was a Washington D.C. based bluegrass musician. Duffey was born in Washington, D.C., and lived nearly all his life in the Washington D.C. area. He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Cha ...

- mandolin, vocals *

Ben Eldridge Ben Eldridge, (born August 15, 1938) is a five-string banjo player and a founding member of the seminal bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. He also works as a mathematician. Biography Ben Eldridge was born in Richmond, Virginia. He began playing the ...

- banjo, guitar, vocals * Fred Travers - Dobro, guitar, vocals * Ronnie Simpkins - bass, vocals

References

External links

Official site
1996 albums The Seldom Scene albums Sugar Hill Records albums {{1990s-country-album-stub