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RED ALLEN - KEEP ON GOING: THE REBEL & MELODEON RECORDINGS (REB-1127), 2004

Musicians
Red Allen: Guitar, Vocals
Frank Wakefield: Mandolin, Vocals
Ralph "Robbie" Robinson: Banjo, Vocals
Jim Cox: Bass
Pete Kuykendall: Guitar
Bill Emerson: Banjo, Vocals
Billy Baker: Fiddle
Tom Morgan: Bass
Wayne Yates: Mandolin, Vocals
Bill Yates: Bass, Vocals
Porter Church: Banjo
Scotty Stoneman: Fiddle

Production Credits
Executive Producer: David Freeman
Mastered by David Glasser at Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
Transfer of tracks 1-4 by Josh Mong at Mong Media, Scottsville, VA

Tracks 1-4 pre-session "demo" cuts for Rebel Records.
Track 3 originally released on County LP 749, Springtime In The Mountains (Various Artists)
Recorded at Wynwood Studio, Falls Church, VA, April 1963
Produced by Pete Kuykendall

Tracks 5-6 originally released on Rebel single #242
Recorded at Wynwood Studio, Falls Church, VA, October 2, 1963
Produced by Red Allen, Frank Wakefield and Pete Kuykendall
Engineered by: Pete Kuykendall

Tracks 7-19 originally released on Melodeon LP 7325, The Solid Bluegrass Sound Of The Kentuckians
Recorded at Wynwood Studio, Falls Church, VA, January 14-15, 1965
Produced and engineered by: Pete Kuykendall

Tracks 21 and 23 originally released on Rebel single #253
Tracks 20 and 23 released on County LP 749 Springtime In The Mountains (Various Artists)
Recorded at Recordings, Inc., Baltimore, MD, ca. Fall 1965
Produced by Charles R. Freeland

Red Allen is a member of the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame. A native of eastern Kentucky, Red possessed a powerful singing voice that was captured to good advantage on recordings he made in the 1950s and ‘60s. He is perhaps best remembered for the songs he did with the Osborne Brothers in the late 1950s.

By the mid-1960s, Red was fronting his own band, the Kentuckians, and was headquartered in the Washington DC area. His partner, at times, was mandolin wizard Frank Wakefield. Red was very active recording-wise during this time period, with songs appearing on a variety of labels, including County, Melodeon, and Rebel.

This compilation is comprised of the Rebel masters – including several previously unissued tracks – and 12 songs that appeared on a self-titled album on the Melodeon label. The collection features a stellar line-up of Washington area musicians including Frank Wakefield, Bill Emerson, Billy Baker, Tom Morgan, Bill and Wayne Yates, Pete Kuykendall and Scotty Stoneman. Among the highlights are “Journey’s End,” “Those ‘Gone and Left Me’ Blues,” “No Blind Ones There,” “Down Where the River Bends,” “Hello City Limits” and “Out on the Ocean.”