here pictured in 1961
Practice / rehearsal session
Leroy Mack McNees' parents home
Los Angeles area, Calif.
circa 1959-1960
1 Angel of Death 2:48
2 Who Will Sing for Me 0:28
3 Who Will Sing for Me 2:05
4 Singing All Day 0:46
5 Singing All Day 2:14
6 If I Be Lifted Up 1:06
7 Wicked Path of Sin 2:11
8 Hear a Voice Calling 2:40
9 Are You Afraid to Die 3:09
10 Let Me Walk Lord 1:44
11 A Beautiful Life 1:24
12 Working on a Building 2:23
13 A Beautiful Life 2:15
14 Old Time Religion 2:16
27:35
source: Leroy McNees' master reel > cassette > my DAT
Transfer (April 2011): DAT > Sony PCM-R500 > (coax spdif) > Metric Halo MIO-2882 firewire interface > MacBook Pro (2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) > MIO Console 5.4.01.188 (record panel) > (48kHz split stereo files) > Bias Peak Pro 6.2.0.21692 (trimmed; right channel of this mono recording was mostly noise, so it was discarded and the left channel was cloned; converted to 44.1kHz - best-quality setting; notch filter applied to reduce electrical noise (60Hz and 120Hz, -10db, 2.0Q, -24db); notch filter applied to reduce muddiness and slightly boost high-end vocals (-3.9db, 166Hz, 2.0Q; +3db boost at 2456 and 3257 Hz; 2.0Q); normalized by 15.9 db; split into songs) > aiff/wav > flac v1.2.1 (linux command line; level 8 compression) > flac file
There are numerous pops, crackles and buzzes throughout. No noise-reduction has been applied to this recording.
The Country Boys on this recording:
Roland White, mandolin and vocals
Clarence White, guitar and vocals
Eric White Jr., bass and vocals
Billy Ray Lathum, banjo and vocals
Leroy "Mack" McNees, dobro and vocals
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Comments welcome.
7 comments:
Is this the world's coolest blog or what? Love the variety! Thanks for sneaking this one in Dave!
Neat!
God damned american christian pipes & drums, Obama will haunt you down!
When I first discovered the Byrds 25 years ago I immediately loved the later 'untitled' etc period as much as the classic mid 60s stuff. One of the main reasons was Clarence White. Now I am listening to bootlegs from legendary bluegrass bands I only ever saw mentioned briefly in album notes etc. I guess he must have been a teenager still when these were done. Great stuff Dave, ALL Byrds and Byrds related posts are very much appreciated. I note there are still some classic later era soundboards awaiting posting lossless here (or anywhere for that matter)
Big thanks as always
ps love the bluegrass stuff you've posted too
Having played dobro in a bluegrass band, after my rock years, I'm always grateful for this kind of music.
Thanks Dave.
Hello Dave!
Thanks for posting some more Bluegrass music!
I think I have seen this stuff elsewhere with credits for Roger Bush on bass & vocals and given the year 1962!?
Track 8 is a Bill Monroe tune mostly titled:
"A Voice From On High"
Thanks again!
Rank Stranger
Lawdy lawd-Lawd... If I don't hear Ira and Charlie in there somewhere..
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