Unknown
Brunswick
MD
Watermelon On The Vine
?
Bile Them Cabbage Down
That's Alright
Live & Let Live
Shortnin Bread
?
Lonesome Wind Blues
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Brand New Pair Of Shoes
Little Georgia Rose
Rawhide
In Despair
I've Gotta Travel On
Lee Highway Blues *
Turkey In The Straw *
I Am A Pilgrim
Have A Little Talk With Jesus
Lonesome Road Blues
On & On
Bluegrass Breakdown
Working On A Building
Nine Pound Hammer
Molly & Tenbrooks
Dark Hollow
Tennessee Blues
Red Apple Rag *
?
Cheyenne
Roanoke
Footprints In The Snow
Sally Goodin
Dear Old Dixie
Fire On The Mountain
Little Maggie **
Bugle Call Rag #
John Henry #
Y'all Come #
Rudy Lyle - banjo
Roger Drake - fiddle
Tony Ellis - bass
Porter Church - guitar #on banjo
* w/ Sonny Mead - fiddle
** w/ Tony ? - banjo
Unknown
Fairfax
VA
Introductions
Bile Them Cabbage Down
That's Alright Mama
Live and Let Live
Bluegrass Breakdown
A Good Woman's Love
Rawhide
Goodbye Old Pal
Come Go With Me
Muleskinner Blues
The Prisoner's Song
The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
Put My Little Shoes Away
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Uncle Pen
On and On
Dance Around Molly (1)
Sally Goodin
John Henry
Molly and Tenbrooks
Blue Yodel #4
Y'all Come
Watermelon on the Vine
My Little Georgia Rose
Footprints in the Snow
Gotta Travel On
Kentucky Waltz
Will You Be Lovin' Another Man
Sunny Mountain Chimes
Lonesome Road Blues
Rudy Lyle - banjo
Roger Drake - fiddle
Tony Ellis - bass
Porter Church - guitar, banjo, vocals
Sonny Meade - fiddle on (1)
Porter Church plays banjo on "Sunny Mountain Chimes", "Lonesome Road Blues"
Watermelon Park
Berryville
VA
Travelling Down This Lonesome Road
Can't You Hear Me Callin'
Will You Be Lovin' Another Man
When He Reached Down His Hand For Me
I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
Bluegrass Stomp
When You Are Lonely
Lonesome Road Blues
Bill Monroe , Mac Wiseman And Don Reno Reunion 1960
1960-08-14 (Sunday)
Watermelon Park
Berryville, Va.
1 Travelling Down This Lonesome Road
2 Can't You Hear Me Callin'
3 Will You Be Lovin' Another Man
4 When He Reached Down His Hand For Me
5 I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
6 Bluegrass Stomp
7 When You Are Lonely
8 Lonesome Road Blues
This set has previously circulated incorrectly as Newport 1960. Bill Monroe did not play Newport until 1963 so we know that was incorrect.
Neil Rosenberg helped to track down the correct date, with a resource at Bluegrass Unlimited: Walt Saunders
"I tracked down the date of the show Don Owens produced at Watermelon Park, in Berryville, Va. The date was Sunday, August 14, 1960. It was billed as 'Blue Grass Day.' I found the ad in the newspaper archives of the Handley Library in Winchester, Va. It appeared in The Winchester Star several days before the event. The ad listed the artists. Here they are, misspellings and all, in the order and pretty much how they appeared:
MAX WISEMAN
and the OSBORNE BROTHERS
and
SCOTTY STONEMAN,
BILL MONROE and the BLUE GRASS BOYS,
DON RENO and RED SMILEY,
BUCK RYAN and SMITTY IRWIN, BILL HARRIS.
The print for Wiseman, the Osbornes and Stoneman was bold and larger size than the other artists, which indicates who Owens considered to be the biggest draw, not only in the northern Shenandoah Valley, but also in the Washington, DC area, as he advertised in on his TV show.
Don knew all of these artists personally, so I assume the misspellings were not his, but likely the folks at the newspaper. Bill Harris of course is Bill Harrell, and Buck and Smitty were in his band.
This show was approximately a year before the one at Luray (I believe July 4, 1961), which has received all of the attention ever since.
First seeded in the Bluegrasshub by J Norstad
Research and identification by aikowolf
March 11, 2012