25 Years cover
Released

By the time this retrospective set was released in the early 1980s, the Country Gentlemen had gone through many personnel shifts, the only constant presence being guitarist and lead singer Charlie Waller. This collection provides an excellent overview of the group’s consistent dedication to both celebrating and aggressively pushing the boundaries of traditional bluegrass music. Strictly traditional settings of classic songs like “I Am Weary” and “The Fields Have Turned Brown” rub up against arrangements of songs by Bob Dylan, Mel Tallis, and Gordon Lightfoot.

Rick Anderson

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When We Fall cover

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One Morning in May cover

One Morning in May

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Before the Sun Goes Down cover

Before the Sun Goes Down

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Legends of Country Music cover

Legends of Country Music

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
The Boston States cover

The Boston States

Katie McNally Trio
Kept & Protected cover

Kept & Protected

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Undercurrent cover

Undercurrent

Sarah Jarosz
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys: 1971-1973 cover

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys: 1971-1973

Ralph Stanley, The Clinch Mountain Boys
Lost Love Songs cover

Lost Love Songs

The Pine Hearts
Renaissance cover

Renaissance

Valerie Smith
Authentic cover

Authentic

Band of Ruhks