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JOHN DUFFEY - THE REBEL YEARS 1962 - 1977 (REB-1836), 2011

Musicians
John Duffey: Mandolin, Vocals
Charlie Waller: Guitar, Vocals
John Starling: Guitar, Vocals
Eddie Adcock: Banjo, Vocals
Ben Eldridge: Banjo, Guitar
Mike Auldridge: Dobro, Vocals
Ed Ferris: Bass
Tom Gray: Bass, Vocals
Kenny Haddock: Dobro

Production Credits
Produced by: David Freeman
Mastered by: David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO

It's safe to say that no one was more instrumental in creating the contemporary style of Bluegrass than John Duffey. He was a founding member of both the Country Gentlemen and then The Seldom Scene, and though both bands continued to perform and record later on, there’s not much doubt that most of their best and most influential recordings were done for the Rebel label. With band mates like Charlie Waller and John Starling, there wasn’t a need for Duffey to do much more than supply his breath taking tenor harmonies and pick his mandolin. But happily he found time to take an occasional solo, and this gem of a re-issue presents 15 of them, about evenly split between tracks with the Gents and cuts with the Scene. His rendition of "The School House Fire" was not previously issued on Rebel. A wonderful tribute to a great artist.