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Album Description:

Lester Flatt took bluegrass to Carnegie Hall and beyond in his long and illustrious career, but he never forgot the old brush arbor meetings and church choirs where he sang as a child. This Essential Bluegrass Gospel album is chock full of amazing gospel performances from The Nashville Grass with Lester Flatt, Curly Seckler, Marty Stuart and Betty Jean Robinson, who is known to millions of fans through her TV Show “Up On Melody Mountain.” With some of the most inspirational songs of all-time including “What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul,” “Will The Circle Be Unbroken,” “The Unclouded Day” and more, this collection is a pure joy from start to finish.

Track List:

1. I’m Gonna Sit Down Beside My Jesus
2. Get In Line, Brother
3. Father’s Table Grace
4. Heaven’s Bluegrass Band
5. What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul
6. Little Brown Church (In the White Oak Grove)
7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
8. The Night Daddy Passed Away
9. There’s Gonna Be A Singing
10. Back To The Cross
11. The Unclouded Day
12. Wicked Man
13. Tramp On The Street
14. I’ll Fly Away (Instrumental)
15. Palms of Victory
16. He Took Your Place
17. Thinking About You

Credits:

Tracks 1, 4 & 8:
“Heaven’s Bluegrass Band”, Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass, (CMH LP-6207), 1976
Lester Flatt: Guitar and Lead Vocals
Paul Warren: Fiddle and Harmony Vocals
Curly Seckler: Mandolin and Harmony Vocals
Kenny Ingram: 5-String Banjo and Harmony Vocals
Marty Stuart: Mandolin and Guitar
Charles Nixon: Dobro
Jervis “Pete” Corum: Bass

Tracks 2 & 7: “Lester Flatt’s Bluegrass Festival”, Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass, (CMH LP-9009), 1977, Recorded Live Near Pinnacle, North Carolina
Lester Flatt: Rhythm Guitar and Vocals
Kenny Ingram: 5-String Banjo and Harmony Vocals
Clarence “Tater” Tate: Fiddle
Curly Seckler: Rhythm Guitar
Marty Stuart: Mandolin and Lead Guitar
Charles Nixon: Dobro Guitar
Jervis “Pete” Corum: Bass and Vocals

Track 6: “Pickin’ Time” Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass, (CMH LP-6226), 1978
Lester Flatt: Rhythm Guitar and Lead Vocals
Kenny Ingram: 5-String Banjo
Clarence “Tater” Tate: Fiddle
Curly Seckler: Rhythm Guitar
Marty Stuart: Mandolin and Lead Guitar
Charles Nixon: Dobro Guitar
Jervis “Pete” Corum: Bass

Tracks 3 & 5: “The Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival” Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass, (CMH CD-8012), 1978
Lester Flatt: Rhythm Guitar and Lead Vocals
Clarence “Tater” Tate: Fiddle and Bass Vocals
Marty Stuart: Mandolin and Lead Guitar, Lead and Harmony Vocals
Jervis “Pete” Corum: Bass and Lead Vocals
Charles Nixon: Dobro Guitar
Curly Seckler: Rhythm Guitar and Harmony Vocals
Blake Williams: 5-String Banjo

Tracks 9 - 16: “There’s Gonna Be A Singing!” the Nashville Grass with Curly Seckler and Special Guest Betty Jean Robinson (CMH LP-6257), 1981
Curly Seckler: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Betty Jean Robinson: Vocals
Marty Stuart: Mandolin, Lead Guitar
Kenny Ingram: Banjo
Johnny Warren: Fiddle
Pete Corum: Bass
Gene Wooten: Dobro
Ray Edenton: Rhythm Guitar

Track 17: The Essential Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass (CMH CD-8414), 1976
Lester Flatt: Guitar and Lead Vocals
Paul Warren: Fiddle and Harmony Vocals
Curly Seckler: Mandolin and Harmony Vocals
Kenny Ingram: 5-String Banjo and Harmony Vocals
Marty Stuart: Mandolin and Guitar
Charles Nixon: Dobro
Jack Hicks: Bass