{"id":1455,"date":"2009-12-07T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/?p=1455"},"modified":"2009-12-07T08:30:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:30:30","slug":"the-monroe-brothers-live-at-new-river-ranch-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/2009\/12\/07\/the-monroe-brothers-live-at-new-river-ranch-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monroe Brothers Live at New River Ranch, 1955"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SFC_p970\"<\/a>To follow up on the recent photo-post with Bill Monroe, we offer a live recording of the Monroe Brothers from New River Ranch, May 8, 1955.
\nWith the rise of Rock and Roll and Nashville\u2019s turn towards hyper-stylized Countrypolitan, country music parks and campgrounds of the 1950s and 1960s acted as catch-all venues for performers and fans in the still very active hillbilly and honky-tonk music scenes. Located just across the Pennsylvania border in Rising Sun, Maryland, New River Ranch welcomed everyone: old-time legends, honky-tonk heroes, and homegrown fiddle bands.
\nWith an open-air stage and wooden planks for seats, picnic suppers and rudimentary PA, what New River Ranch lacked in amenities, it made up tenfold with the music. On the urging of Mike Seeger, Ralph Rinzler first visited New River Ranch in 1954 to see Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys; an experience that profoundly affected the future of not only Rinzler and Monroe, but also the future of folk and country music in ways that continue to resonate today.
\nThe Eugene Earle Collection<\/a> holds a treasure trove of live recordings from New River Ranch and countless other parks and venues across the U. S. A. Digitized for the project Fiddles, Banjos, and Mountain Music: Preserving Audio Collections of Southern Traditional Music<\/em>, these clips come from a reel-to-reel tape likely recorded by Gerald Mills on May 8, 1955, featuring a rare 1950s reunion by The Monroe Brothers, Charlie and Bill, whose bands both performed regularly at the park, just two years before Charlie\u2019s retirement from music in 1957. The raw beauty of the setting and the enthusiasm of the audience and the performers shine through on these recordings. \u201cNine Pound Hammer\u201d is the brothers\u2019 classic rendition of the Merle Travis tune, including the ferocious first licks of Bill\u2019s chiming mandolin solo. \u201cThis World is Not My Home\u201d is their rendition of the gospel tune popularized by the Carter Family. The vocal harmonies are stunning. Please enjoy.
\nbill and charlie monroe_9 pound hammer_clip<\/a>
\nbill and charlie monroe_this world is not my home_clip<\/a>
\nBoth clips from SFC field tape FT-12917 in the Eugene Earle Collection<\/a>.<\/em>
\nThe ongoing digitization project <\/em>Fiddles, Banjos and Mountain Music: Preserving Audio Collections of Southern Traditional Music<\/strong>, is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To follow up on the recent photo-post with Bill Monroe, we offer a live recording of the Monroe Brothers from New River Ranch, May 8, 1955. With the rise of Rock and Roll and Nashville\u2019s turn towards hyper-stylized Countrypolitan, country music parks and campgrounds of the 1950s and 1960s acted as catch-all venues for performers … Continue reading “The Monroe Brothers Live at New River Ranch, 1955”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[26,64],"tags":[189,237,590],"class_list":["post-1455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eugene-earle-collection","category-music","tag-bill-monroe","tag-charlie-monroe","tag-new-river-ranch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/sfc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}