George Pegram

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Genre: Bluegrass

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George Pegram (1911-1974) was one hell of a banjo player. This North Carolina native picked up the instrument at the age of nine without the slightest notion that he would later leave a permanent mark on the history of folk music. In his prime, Pegram played old-timey bluegrass with mouth harp aficionado Red Parham and then the Bushy Mountain Boys. He was the first string-band artist to be recorded by two undergraduates from Boston who (upon finishing the recordings) decided to start a record label that became the seminal Rounder Records. Pegram's interpretation of old gospel standards is purely rustic, expelling string-picking at lightning speed as he hoots and hollers over fiddle swipes, mandolin chimes and acoustic guitar strumming.

- Eric Shea

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		Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane (3:15)
		In The Sweet Bye And Bye (3:07)
		Just Because (2:25)
		John Henry (2:18)
		Are You Washed In The Blood? (2:28)
		Wildwood Flower (2:19)
		Never Grow Old (2:37)
		Reuben (2:44)
		What A Friend We Have In Jesus (2:46)
		Mountain Sally Ann (1:57)
		Old Time Religion (2:02)
		Johnson's Old Grey Mule (2:17)
		Cumberland Gap (1:52)
		Bury Me 'Nearth The Willow (2:05)
		Old Country Church (2:48)
		Will The Circle Be Unbroken? (3:52)
		Ole Reuben (2:09)
		Cindy (1:56)
		Poor Jesse James (3:27)
		Where Could I Go But To The Lord (2:11)